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Workers from Spartan Construction Co. insulate the exterior and prep the interior of what will be the city of Perrysburg’s second fire station, located at 26082 Fort Meigs Rd. south of I-475. The 22,000-square-foot building, whose construction is being directed by the Lathrop Co., broke ground in April, and when it’s completed early next year it is expected to cut response times to 5 minutes or less for southern areas of the city that have grown significantly since the city’s only other station was built years ago on West Indiana Avenue near downtown.

Commercial Realtor Pete Shawaker has attended retail conventions in Columbus for 30 years and almost every time the format was the same — dozens of executives from retail chains were present, ready to make deals for vacant space in Ohio’s malls, power centers, and strip centers.

Lee Brice and Kasey Tyndall perform at The Blade's 35th annual Northwest Ohio Rib Off Saturday, August 18, 2018, at the Lucas County Fairgrounds in Maumee, Ohio. The rib off continues through Sunday. Use the arrows to scroll through the above photo gallery.

Inspired by Ru Paul’s Drag Race, Jacob Measley, 9, of Perrysburg performs in shows around Toledo as drag queen Miss Mae Hem. This weekend he made his second appearance in the Toledo Pride Festival with performances at Legends and McCune’s along with riding in the parade. Use the arrows to scroll through the above photo gallery.

If you still haven’t nominated your workplace for The Blade’s 2019 Top Workplaces, there’s still time left.

Holding a “Black Lives Matter” sign and wearing a rainbow sash, Kay Chapman, 61, of Toledo stood next to her partner Jacqueline Nathan, 67.

If you still haven’t nominated your workplace for The Blade’s 2019 Top Workplaces, there’s still time left.

Students are headed back to class for a new school year and in the Parkland, Fla., high school where 17 were gunned down in February and they are finding millions of dollars worth of new security upgrades.

Thousands of people celebrated the LGBTQIA+ community at the eighth annual Toledo Pride Parade Saturday, August 18, 2018, in downtown Toledo. More than 100 organizations participated in the parade, which ended at Promenade Park in downtown Toledo where festivities will continue throughout the day. Use the arrows on either side of the image above to scroll through the complete gallery.

Crews are on scene fighting a fire at Twin Oaks Lanes at 2816 West Sylvania Ave. in West Toledo.