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Wednesday, May 01, 2013  FirstEnergy’s Ohio utilities are joining forces with other utilities throughout the state to launch Ohio’s Oldest Refrigerator Contest, which offers valuable prizes for Ohio’s oldest working refrigerator.

Thursday, April 18, 2013  Toledo Police urged drivers to avoid the area of Airport Highway and Holland-Sylvania after a transformer blew Thursday afternoon.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  FirstEnergy hopes less of its customers will feel left in the dark during an outage with a new email and text message alert system released on Thursday.

Sunday, December 09, 2012  Libbey Inc. recently announced an agreement to become the exclusive distributer of glassware and serveware products to the U.S. foodservice industry with European-based companies Spiegelau and Nachtmann.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012  Toledo Edison will begin restoring power to some customers after 8 a.m., according to a company representative. She said full power is expected to be restored within a couple of hours.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012  Libbey Inc. has signed a new lease to keep them in Toledo for another 15 years.

Thursday, July 19, 2012  UPDATE: More than 2,000 still without power in Lucas County.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012  Power companies working around the clock in Ohio report minimal outages remaining on Tuesday.

Monday, July 09, 2012  Multiple power companies are working around the clock, and calling in reinforcements from neighboring states, to restore electricity to hundreds of thousands of customers left powerless after recent violent storms.

Thursday, July 05, 2012  Thursday afternoon's round of severe weather has brought down trees and powerlines, causing widespread power outages.

Monday, April 23, 2012  After three decades of waiting, the city of Toledo plans to breathe new life into the former Toledo Edison steam plant.

Friday, April 20, 2012  Authorities made eight arrests Thursday night during a prostituion sting at a Perrysburg area hotel.

Thursday, January 26, 2012  Citing difficulties in complying with environmental regulations, First Energy announced Thursday that they will close the Bay Shore Plant, units two through four located on Bay Shore Dr. in Oregon.

Friday, January 20, 2012  As we prepare for the first snow storm of 2012 here are some helpful links and phone numbers to help guide you through the winter mess.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011  Drivers beware: Power crews are still investigating a fire that blew manhole covers off into the streets in downtown Toledo on Tuesday night.