Vortex Debt Group

BLADE NEWS AND WIRE SERVICES Bankruptcy filings in northwest Ohio fell in July, the fourth straight month in which case numbers were lower than in the same month last year. July filings for the 21 Ohio counties covered by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Toledo fell 13 percent to 734. The figure, however, was considerably higher than the July filings two years earlier and in each of the two prior …