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• Human-trafficking victims still need more help

  14-01-2016 23:59
  
  Ohio has passed four laws to battle human-trafficking laws since 2009, but the state continues failing many young trafficking victims by not providing needed services. That cautionary note underlined the 7th annual Ohio Human Trafficking Awareness Day, which attracted about 300 people today to the Statehouse.
  
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• Michigan promotes Partridge on staff

  14-01-2016 23:58 via toledoblade.com
  ANN ARBOR — The Michigan football program announced today that Chris Partridge has been named as the Wolverines' linebackers and special teams coach.
  
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• WTOL fires 7 accused in raunchy card game

  14-01-2016 23:29 via toledoblade.com
  At least seven employees of WTOL-Channel 11, including three on-air personalities, were fired Monday by the station.
  
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• 7 WTOL employees fired for playing card game

  14-01-2016 23:29 via toledoblade.com
  
  At least seven employees of WTOL-Channel 11, including three on-air personalities, were fired Monday by the station.
  
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• Charges expected against juvenile in fire

  14-01-2016 23:00 via toledoblade.com
  DUNDEE, Mich. — Charges are expected against a juvenile suspect alleged to have intentionally set a mobile home park office on fire, police said.
  
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• EPA visits Toledo-area solar sites

  14-01-2016 22:28 via toledoblade.com
  
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy wrapped up a whirlwind tour of Toledo-area solar sites this afternoon with an hour-long visit to Phoenix-based First Solar’s massive production facility in Perrysburg Township.
  
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• Fremont-area man gets life in prison for killing wife

  14-01-2016 21:23 via toledoblade.com
  PORT CLINTON — Shortly after being found guilty of aggravated murder in the death of his estranged wife, a Fremont-area man was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
  
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• Fremont-area man found guilty of killing wife

  14-01-2016 21:23 via toledoblade.com
  PORT CLINTON — A jury in Ottawa County Common Pleas Court today found a Fremont-area man guilty of aggravated murder for the 2013 shooting death of his estranged wife.
  
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• Vehicle crashes into Holland Kroger

  14-01-2016 19:57 via toledoblade.com
  
  A Kroger at the Orchard Centre complex in Holland will remain open after a vehicle crashed through the front of the store today. 
  
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• Second man accused of attacking teen on cruise ship for his remark to girl

  14-01-2016 19:48
  
  Jason Lawson, 32, is accused of helping Arturo Martinez Jr., 30, both of Toledo, Ohio, assault a 13-year-old boy who offered Lawson's 13-year-old daughter a keychain for her virginity on a cruise ship Jason Lawson, 32, is accused of helping Arturo Martinez Jr., 30, both of Toledo, Ohio, assault a 13-year-old boy who offered Lawson's 13-year-old daughter a keychain for her virginity on a cruise ship The father of a 13-year-old girl who was offered a "keychain for her virginity" by a 13-year-old b
  
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• Police probe shooting at South Toledo home

  14-01-2016 18:59 via toledoblade.com
  
  At least one person was shot today at a home in the 600 block of Caswell Avenue in South Toledo, police said.
  
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• 2014-15 Ohio school report card data released

  14-01-2016 17:00 via toledoblade.com
  The Ohio Department of Education released the first half of school report card data for the 2014-2015 school year early today.
  
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• $1M Powerball ticket sold in South Toledo

  14-01-2016 15:00 via toledoblade.com
  A $1 million Ohio Lottery Powerball ticket has been sold at Broadway Food Center in South Toledo.
  
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• Rockwell's has more than steaks

  14-01-2016 14:38
  
  When I was in high school, I stopped eating red meat. I made it part of my teenage rebellion to turn up my nose at any rose-colored flesh my mom pushed on my plate.
  
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• Exhibit to showcase Blade pics

  14-01-2016 14:38
  
  In 2014, Katie Rausch captured Southview's Helen Waldie catching her breath after running in the 4 x 200 relay during the Northern Lakes League track championship meet. THE BLADE/KATIE RAUSCH The photography staff of eight at The Blade will showcase 40 of their favorite images taken while documenting local and national events, at a gallery opening from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Jan. 21 at the Toledo School for the Arts.
  
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• Monroe County authorities investigate homicide, suicide

  14-01-2016 14:11 via toledoblade.com
  MONROE — Two Monroe County residents are dead in what authorities described as a homicide and suicide.
  
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• 2 bodies found in Raisinville Twp.

  14-01-2016 14:11 via toledoblade.com
  MONROE — Michigan State Police today said the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an incident in which two people were found dead.
  
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• Gary J. Locker (1946-2016): Draftsman began area Civil War discussions

  14-01-2016 12:28
  
  Gary J. Locker, an architectural draftsman whose grasp of detail also served his longstanding interest in Civil War history, died Friday in Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Perrysburg Township. He was 69. Mr. Locker, who lived in Wood County's Lake Township, had congestive heart failure the last 25 years, during which he received pacemakers and underwent bypass surgery, his wife, Barbara, said.
  
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• The Rise of Sneaker Culture

  14-01-2016 08:11
  
  "The Rise of Sneaker Culture" explores the athletic shoe from its origins in the mid- 1800s to its current place in high-fashion at the Toledo Museum of Art in Toledo, Ohio on January 8, 2016. The Rise of Sneaker Culture "The Rise of Sneaker Culture" explores the athletic shoe from its origins in the mid- 1800s to its current place in high-fashion at the Toledo Museum of Art in Toledo, Ohio on January 8, 2016.
  
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• 3 water main breaks hit W. Toledo area

  14-01-2016 08:11
  
  Toledo police received the report of a water main break on Adelaide Drive near West Alexis Road at 1:10 a.m. The other two incidents, one in the 5100 block of Sheila Drive and the other in the 5300 block of Amsden Avenue, also occurred early in the morning, said Christy Soncrant, the administrator of the city's division of water distribution. The break on Adelaide disrupted water service to 25 customers, said Janet Schroeder, a city spokesman.
  
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• BGSU students to give out alarms in Weston

  14-01-2016 07:18 via toledoblade.com
  WESTON, Ohio — Bowling Green State University students and volunteers will give away smoke detectors Monday in Weston.
  
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• Washington state woman guilty in turnpike drug bust

  14-01-2016 07:17 via toledoblade.com
  A Washington state woman traveling in a recreational vehicle that was stopped with 226 pounds of marijuana on board pleaded guilty Wednesday to possession of marijuana.
  
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• City seeks applicants for block grant funds

  14-01-2016 07:14 via toledoblade.com
  The Hicks-Hudson administration has announced that nonprofit agencies could begin to apply for federal Community Development Block Grant and Emergency Solutions Grant funding for the fiscal year beginning July 1.
  
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• No end in sight as gas cost plummets

  14-01-2016 07:05
  
  Jennifer Little of Carleton, Mich., pumps gas at the Pilot on Alexis Road, where regular gas was $1.45 a gallon. Last year at this time, Toledo's average price was $1.87 per gallon for regular, while the national average was $2.11.
  
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• City urged to place better controls on fire trust fund

  14-01-2016 07:05
  
  The city should have better control over money earmarked to buy Toledoans smoke detectors, the city's law director said in a report on the fund. "Better purchasing controls should be in place; some expenditures from the fund stretch permissible uses to the limit, [and] alarm fines should more properly be placed in the general fund as they are not definitionally not trust funds," Adam Loukx wrote in a report ordered by Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson.
  
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• Poor shooting sends BGSU to loss

  14-01-2016 06:34 via toledoblade.com
  BOWLING GREEN — It was not a good sign that Bowling Green State University women’s basketball coach Jennifer Roos used a weather analogy following her team’s 71-55 loss to Akron Wednesday at the Stroh Center.
  
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• Bulldogs pick up win against Polar Bears

  14-01-2016 06:33 via toledoblade.com
  The first eight minutes of Wednesday night’s City League girls basketball game between Scott and Woodward provided more than enough time to see the direction in which that contest was heading.
  
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• Rockets hold on to defeat Miami

  14-01-2016 06:30 via toledoblade.com
  OXFORD, Ohio — The University of Toledo women's basketball team recorded its lowest-scoring game in nearly two months, but the Rockets' effort was enough Wednesday night to leave Miami with a 55-50 Mid-American Conference victory.
  
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• Balanced approach sparks Bobcats

  14-01-2016 06:30 via toledoblade.com
  BOWLING GREEN — The Bowling Green hockey program has joined the state’s elite teams with an unselfish, balanced, and complete attack this season.
  
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• City League to induct new class

  14-01-2016 06:28 via toledoblade.com
  The Toledo City Athletic League will induct 13 individuals and one team into its hall of fame.
  
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• Lourdes, Owens women's teams win

  14-01-2016 06:24 via toledoblade.com
  WOMEN
  
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• Gun views an issue in Senate race

  14-01-2016 06:10 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — U.S. Senate candidate Ted Strickland’s support for mandatory background checks for gun-buyers was not inspired by the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting, but rather by politics, his Democratic primary opponent, P.G. Sittenfeld, charged Wednesday.
  
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• Flu season significantly milder this year

  14-01-2016 06:04 via toledoblade.com
  
  Local health officials are cautiously optimistic that this flu season could be one marked by far fewer severe illnesses.
  
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• Flu season milder this year

  14-01-2016 06:04 via toledoblade.com
  
  Local health officials are cautiously optimistic that this flu season could be one marked by far fewer severe illnesses.
  
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• Valentine turns up the heat with ‘Magic Mike XXL’

  14-01-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Lawbreakers beware: Matthew McConaughey won’t be strutting on stage, teasingly waving his finger saying “No, no, no, no, no” if you touch, but there are some house rules when Magic Mike XXL Male Review comes to Toledo on Saturday night.
  
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• Trustee’s family accused of fraud

  14-01-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A county poll worker and Springfield Township trustee has leveled accusations of voter fraud against relatives of a Spencer Township trustee who claims he was illegally removed from his elected seat last month.
  
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• Toledo Rep takes 'Calendar Girls’

  14-01-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Women’s groups have traditionally had lots of ways to raise funds for charitable projects — bake sales, fashion shows, raffle tickets.
  
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• Swanton Schools provides laptops

  14-01-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  SWANTON — Between classes at Swanton High School, the long hallways fill with students balancing stacks of books in their arms.
  
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• Strong dollar hinders Dana

  14-01-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Auto parts supplier Dana Holding Corp. said this week the strong dollar will continue to drag on revenues, reporting that preliminary results point to 2015 revenues falling 9 percent to about $6 billion.
  
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• Salt trucks prepare for snow to come

  14-01-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Paul Cooper, an employee of Toledo’s division of streets, bridges, and harbor, fills city trucks with road salt in preparation for bad weather. The mission Wednesday was to restock the city’s outlying salt barns in preparation for more snow that was to fall overnight.
  
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• Perrysburg Twp. police low on funds

  14-01-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  The Perrysburg Township Police Department will have to wait to add staff and squeeze more mileage from older vehicles. 
  
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• No end in sight as gas plummets

  14-01-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  How much you pay for gasoline in Toledo these days definitely depends on where you look.
  
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• New Libbey CEO to keep strategy

  14-01-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The circumstances behind Stephanie Streeter’s abrupt decision to resign her post as chief executive officer of Libbey Inc. remain cloudy, but the man tapped to succeed her said he expects to largely stay the course with the strategic plan she developed.
  
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• Makers of ‘Star Wars’ give heroic effort

  14-01-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Star Wars video games were terrible.
  
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• Jury weighs intent in Port Clinton trial

  14-01-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  PORT CLINTON — A jury in Ottawa County Common Pleas Court is to return this morning to resume its deliberations in the aggravated murder trial of Randall Ross, a Fremont-area man accused of killing his estranged wife then turning the gun on himself.
  
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• Employees purchase Old Fort Bank

  14-01-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  TIFFIN — Old Fort Banking Co., which has nine branch locations in northwest Ohio, has been acquired by its employees who used their employee stock ownership plan to purchase 45 percent controlling interest of common stock in Gillmor Financial Services. Gillmor Financial is a holding company that controls Old Fort Banking.
  
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• Deer grabbing a quick bite

  14-01-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Deer forage for food in the backyard of a home on Daleford Drive in South Toledo. With the late arrival of winter conditions, sightings have been less frequent, as the deer have been able to find food fairly easily.
  
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• Ballot proofs now available for viewing

  14-01-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  With more than 1,000 different ballots to put in front of Lucas County voters on March 15, there’s room for error.
  
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• ABLE's/LAWO's Emerging Leaders Council hosts Tap Takeover, Jan. 21

  14-01-2016 04:01
  
  The Emerging Leaders Council of Advocates for Basic Legal Equality will host a 'tap takeover' as a group fundraiser at the Paula Brown Shop , 912 Monroe St., in downtown Toledo on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, 5:30 p.m. The featured food and drink at the event will be from Catawba Island Brewing and the Rusty's Road Trip food truck. Ten percent of drink sales that evening will benefit ABLE/LAWO.
  
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• Scott, Woodward girls game ends early

  14-01-2016 03:58 via toledoblade.com
  The City League girls basketball contest between rivals Scott and Woodward was called with 3:35 remaining and the Bulldogs leading 65-23 tonight after a couple of players from both sides started a shoving match on the court.
  
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