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Much of the city of Bowling Green, the county seat of Wood County, is located in western Center Township. Center Township is also the location of the Wood County Airport, and of the intersection of I-75 and U.S. Route 6. [4]
On October 29, 1960, a chartered plane carrying the Cal Poly football team, hours after a loss to Bowling Green State University, crashed on takeoff at the Toledo Express Airport. Twenty-two of the forty-eight people on board were killed, including sixteen players, the team's student manager, and a Cal Poly football booster.
The airport was established in 1939, and purchased by Bowling Green State University in 1942 for use in the V-12 Navy College Training Program. [5] [6] On its acquisition it was named Bricker field after Ohio governor John W. Bricker. [7] [8] After the war, traffic at the airport decreased well below capacity. [9]
At approximately 11:15 PM on June 5, 2010, an EF4 tornado tore through the township, [5] destroying at least 50 homes and killing seven people. [6] This tornado also destroyed the township's Administration Building and Police Department, and Lake High School.
Kentucky operations of Southeastern Freight was established in 2015 with expansions to Lexington, Louisville and Bowling Green. [12] On November 2, 2015 the West Atlanta service center opened enabling service to customers of West Georgia and East Alabama. [13] [14] In March 2024, Southeastern opened a service center in Bowling Green, Kentucky ...
Bowling Green is a city in and the county seat of Wood County, Ohio, United States, [9] located 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Toledo. The population was 30,808 at the 2020 census . It is part of the Toledo metropolitan area and a member of the Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments . [ 10 ]
Rossford is a city in Wood County, Ohio, United States, located along the Maumee River in the Toledo metropolitan area. The population was 6,299 at the 2020 census. The town includes the intersection of Interstate 75 and the Ohio Turnpike. Rossford Public Library and WPAY serve the community.
In August 2023, Express announced that they would be laying off 150 workers in effort to achieve $150 million in annualized expense reductions by the end of 2025. [10] On October 24, 2023, Express warned that it may have to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it has been hit hard from the COVID-19 pandemic, stating store sales have been declining for years and rising costs putting the ...