CLOSING SHOT: Photos of the Week for more than five years
Celebration time
Players dump Gatorade onto Clay head coach James Phillips after their 1-0 win over St. Francis in the D-II baseball district final at Carter Park in Bowling Green. REBECCA BENSON
Memorial Day ceremony
David Oravecz, a retired United States Marine Corps non-commissioned officer who is the executive director of the Lucas County Veterans Service Commission, walks up to pay his respects to the memorial wreaths during the Memorial Day Ceremony at the All Wars Memorial, Civic Center Mall. ADDISON ANNIS
A four-legged helper
Sullivan, a 2-year-old Labrador retriever and ambassador dog for The Ability Center, joins State Rep. Erika White, next to him, and other dignitaries along the line of soil during a groundbreaking ceremony for an $8 million campus renovation and expansion of the center’s campus in Sylvania. The Blade/Kurt Steiss
Biggest Week in American Birding
At center, Rich Ernst of upstate New York helps his daughter Michelle, 7, spot a Blackburnian Warbler during the first day of the Biggest Week in American Birding Friday, May 8, 2026, at Magee Marsh in Oak Harbor. JEREMY WADSWORTH
UT grad celebrates
Jill Kromer, a former Rocksy mascot, center, graduates with a bachelor's degree in early childhood education during the morning spring undergraduate commencement ceremony at the University of Toledo’s Savage Arena. The Blade/Kurt Steiss
Crackdown on illegal street riding
Ohio State Highway Patrol make an arrest after engaging in a chase with the impaired driver on his dirt bike along Douglas Road in Toledo. The Blade/Addison Annis