Saturday, May 25th, 2013

Today's Top Stories

City seeks help in stopping break-ins

The city of Fostoria is asking for residents' help in stopping a recent rash of break-ins.

Red Cross offers ways to help in Okla.

Local residents can look to the American Red Cross for ways to be involved with the recovery and support efforts to aid the victims of the Oklahoma tornadoes.

St. Catherine's Stock gets food service honor

At the May 2 awards luncheon for the Ohio Health Care Association's Professional Achievement Awards ceremony, Mark Stock, food service supervisor for St. Catherine's Manor of Fostoria, was awarded the Nutritional Services Professional of the Year.

more >>

Public Record

Fostoria

more >>

Today's Front Page >>

Today's Top Local Sports Stories

Kirian's record blast helps Jackets advance

FINDLAY -- When a team manages only two hits in a game, it normally doesn't lead to a victory.

more >>

St. Joseph ousts H-L

Perhaps on paper a 20-win team should dominate one with a sub-.500 record, but that's why the games are played.

more >>

McComb bounces New Riegel

By NATHAN INNIGER

more >>

Elmwood's Sears wins district title

Freshman Madison Sears won the 400 to gain a regional bid and lead Elmwood in the Division II, District 1 track and field meet at Memorial Stadium on Friday.

more >>

Today's Sports Headlines >>

National News

Sexual assault is a 'scourge' on U.S. military: Hagel

(Reuters) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called sexual assault a "scourge" on Saturday as he addressed graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where a sergeant stands accused of videotaping female cadets in the showers. "Sexual harassment and sexual assault in the military are a profound betrayal - a profound betrayal - of sacred oaths and sacred trusts," Hagel said. "This scourge must be stamped out." His comments came a day after President Barack Obama delivered a similar message to graduates at the U.S. ...

Two believed dead as heavy rains flood San Antonio streets

By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - One woman died when her car was washed off a bridge and a second was believed to have drowned on Saturday as drenching rains in San Antonio triggered floodwaters so strong they swept a city bus off the street and forced the rescue of some 130 people, officials said. The flooding, which followed torrential rains that brought flash-flood warnings across South Texas, inundated a number of major thoroughfares in San Antonio and collapsed the roof of an apartment complex. ...

Two freight trains collide in Missouri, bringing down overpass

By Tim Bross ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Two freight trains collided at a rail intersection in rural Missouri on Saturday, triggering the collapse of a highway overpass when at least a dozen rail cars derailed and struck a support pillar, authorities said. None of the seven people hurt in the fiery crash - two train workers and five people who had been in two cars on the overpass - suffered life-threatening injuries, Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter said in a statement. ...

On Memorial Day, remembering friends, family with ‘a heavy but grateful heart’

From William Ray Fullmer: "My nephew, Sgt. Derek Tillman Roberts, spilled his blood on the sands of Iraq to extend the right to live free to the people of the Middle East. On June 14, 2007, Derek was killed by a roadside bomb in Kirkuk, placed by those too cowardly to face him on the [...]

Storm chaser footage captures the ferocity of Oklahoma tornado (VIDEO)

Storm chasers from an outfit called Fast Unit 70 uploaded raw footage of the first 10 minutes of the Moore, Okla., tornado that gives viewers a harrowing sense of what the EF5 twister looked like. Watch that footage here. As cars and trucks zoom past, Chance Coldiron and Justin Cox's camera focuses on the dark [...]

Police in Australia issue warning on 3-D printed gun

The DIY 3-D gun may not be quite ready for prime time. According to Techworld, the police commissioner in Australia’s New South Wales, Andrew Scipione, has issued a warning after his officers tested one of the firearms—dubbed the "Liberator"—and experienced a “catastrophic misfire” (no one was seriously injured). According to the website, the NSW police [...]

Bruins eliminate Rangers with 3-1 win in Game 5

BOSTON (AP) — Tuukka Rask stopped 28 shots, Gregory Campbell scored twice and the Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers in Game 5 on Saturday to advance to the Eastern Conference finals.

Brewers put closer Henderson (hamstring) on DL

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers placed closer Jim Henderson on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring following their 5-2 loss to Pittsburgh.

Correction: France-Cannes Notebook story

CANNES, France (AP) — In a May 24 Cannes Notebook item about jewelry at the Cannes Film Festival, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the Swavorski earrings Milla Jovovich wore cost $321,000. They cost $321.

Pagan wins it for Giants with inside-the-park HR

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Angel Pagan hit an inside-the-park home run with a runner aboard in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the San Francisco Giants a 6-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday.

Moreno takes lead in the Bahamas

PARADISE ISLANDS, Bahamas (AP) — Paola Moreno of Colombia played another bogey-free round on a 12-hole golf course and takes a one-shot lead in the Bahamas LPGA Classic.

Kuchar still leads at Colonial after long Saturday

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Matt Kuchar finished a long Saturday at Colonial exhausted and still a stroke in front.

Bayern beats Dortmund 2-1 in final on Robben goal (Yahoo! Sports)

LONDON (AP) -- Arjen Robben found redemption at Wembley Stadium.

Gay soccer player Robbie Rogers joins LA Galaxy (Yahoo! Sports)

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Robbie Rogers is joining the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer in another step by openly gay athletes in professional sports.

Granderson put on disabled list - again (Yahoo! Sports)

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- The New York Yankees have put outfielder Curtis Granderson on the 15-day disabled list with a broken knuckle on his left pinky finger and recalled outfielder Brennan Boesch from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

Spurs confirm C Tim Duncan, wife getting divorced (Yahoo! Sports)

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- San Antonio Spurs All-Star Tim Duncan is getting divorced.

Thousands walk, run final mile of Boston Marathon (Yahoo! Sports)

BOSTON (AP) -- Rosy Spraker was only a half-mile from the finish line of her seventh Boston Marathon when the bombs went off. She received her medal later in the mail at her Lorton, Va., home. But she couldn't bring herself to wear it until Saturday, when she and thousands of other athletes joined victims of the blast to run and walk the last mile of the race.