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On the fourth day of his trial on murder charges, Lavell Allen took the witness stand Thursday in Lucas County Common Pleas Court, telling the jury he shot his friend to save his own life.

The Office of National Drug Control Policy has awarded four area organizations grants totaling $500,000 to fund programs related to the opioid epidemic and preventing youth substance abuse.

A man who fled police, shot at officers, and held a gun to an elderly man’s head before he was fatally shot by Perrysburg Township officers Monday has been identified.

It may seem an understatement to say that 2018 was a big year for Waterville indie-folk trio Oliver Hazard.

Jeff Molnar’s lip curled as he prepared to read a letter in court Thursday written by his younger sister to the man accused of later beating her to death.

The Toledo Zoo has just announced how to become a sponsor of Ohio’s first attempt to reintroduce iconic lake sturgeon into the Maumee River.

REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — Members of a state task force on Thursday made it clear they will not be rushed to a decision on Gov. John Kasich’s request that some eight watersheds in the Maumee River Basin be declared distressed.

MONROE — One man died after a crash Wednesday at the intersection of Ostrander and Townsend roads in London Township, according to Michigan State Police.

One person is dead and another is injured after a house fire early Thursday in central Toledo.

Labor Day might not seem like the most exciting holiday on the calendar, but the long weekend has a definite upside.