UT extends interim financial chief's contract
The University of Toledo wants its interim chief financial officer to stick around a little longer after two national searches failed to find someone to permanently fill the post.

The University of Toledo wants its interim chief financial officer to stick around a little longer after two national searches failed to find someone to permanently fill the post.
Thirteen people are facing charges after state authorities served a search warrant recently at an adult entertainment club in Toledo.
DEFIANCE - Officials have lifted a health advisory for recreational activity the Maumee River this afternoon after tests revealed levels of algae-related toxins have returned to normal.
LONDON - Just days after the deadly shooting at an LGBT club in Orlando, Prince William has appeared on the cover of a gay magazine as part of efforts to raise awareness about homophobic bullying.
COLUMBUS — Ohio’s Supreme Court has directed the state tax commissioner to refund a nearly $360,000 penalty to a Republican congressman and his wife who delayed paying tax on income earned by a trust because they relied on an earlier legal interpretation putting the tax on the trust.
COLUMBUS — A now-80-year-old man who disappeared from an Ohio prison camp in 1959 while serving time for manslaughter and was captured last year in Florida walked away from an Ohio prison facility Wednesday, this time with permission.
TULSA, Okla. — A 13-year-old student from the Oklahoma School for the Blind in Muskogee was forgotten in a van for two hours during a field trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Troopers seized what they estimate is $1 million dollars worth of marijuana during a recent traffic stop on the Ohio Turnpike, authorities said today.
A judge has set bond at $500,000 for a Toledo man charged with rape in the Old Orchard neighborhood.
DETROIT — Gordie Howe drew some of the biggest names in hockey, including Wayne Gretzky and Gary Bettman, to celebrate his life and legacy at a funeral service that was open to the public.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Omar Mateen drove around the Orlando area the night before the nightclub massacre, visiting several places, the mayor said Wednesday as investigators tried to piece together the killer’s movements and zeroed in on how much his wife may have known about the plot.
WASHINGTON — A Republican-run House committee was poised to vote today on censuring the IRS commissioner, asserting that John Koskinen failed to provide information demanded by Congress and lied under oath as lawmakers investigated allegations the agency targeted tea party groups that had applied for tax-exempt status.
NEW YORK — Workers at Macy’s flagship store in New York City are threatening to strike if contract negotiations fail.
SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni security officials say fighting on several fronts in the impoverished nation has killed at least 48 people over the past day.
BERLIN — Berlin police say they’ve arrested two men on narcotics charges and are seeking a third after finding 80 kilograms (176 pounds) of heroin worth an estimated 3 million euros ($3.6 million).
CHICAGO — Ebony and Jet magazines, which have chronicled African-American life for the past 71 years, have been sold to an Austin, Texas-based private equity firm.
PARIS — France’s president and prime minister warned today that the world faces a long war to defeat terrorism.
ORLANDO (CNN) — An alligator grabbed a 2-year-old boy and dragged him into a lagoon Tuesday night at a Disney hotel near Orlando as his father desperately tried to save him.
WASHINGTON — President Obama will meet at the White House today with the Dalai Lama in a get-together the Chinese government assailed.
Lillian Briggs recounted the story of a scared young person to a crowd of more than 300 who gathered Tuesday with signs and candles for a Toledo vigil to remember victims of the Orlando mass shooting.
When school lets out and warm weather returns, many students can’t wait to get on their bikes again.
CHICAGO — Justin Upton doubled, tripled and drove in four runs; J.D. Martinez had three of Detroit’s season-high seven doubles and the Tigers this time held on to a big lead, beating the skidding Chicago White Sox 11-8 on Tuesday night.
Kelli G. Andres, a survivor of childhood bone cancer who offered support to youngsters and their parents and decades later after a diagnosis of breast cancer raised money and awareness through the Komen foundation, died Sunday in ProMedica Ebeid Hospice Residence, Sylvania. She was 51.
DETROIT — When Colleen Moore first met Murray Howe, she wasn’t necessarily aware of who his father was.
One thing has been a constant throughout Dustin Molleken’s career: The 12-year pro has almost always been a relief pitcher.