Toledo news

• Red Wings suffer damaging home loss to Penguins

  26-03-2016 21:49 via toledoblade.com
  DETROIT — Andreas Athanasiou and Mike Green scored for the Detroit Red Wings in a 7-2 loss to Pittsburgh today at Joe Louis Arena.
  
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• Man wanted in Toledo murders arrested in Arizona

  26-03-2016 17:16 via toledoblade.com
  
  A man wanted in connection with two murders last summer in Toledo has been arrested in Phoenix. 
  
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• Maumee woman dead after two-vehicle crash Friday

  26-03-2016 16:28 via toledoblade.com
  A Maumee woman is dead after a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 24 near I-475 Friday afternoon, authorities said.
  
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• Boy's $20 tribute to fallen dad blossoms into millions to help others

  26-03-2016 14:26
  
  Just over two years ago, Myles Eckert spotted something green sticking out of the snow as he, along with his mom and sister, stopped for lunch at a Cracker Barrel restaurant near Toledo, Ohio. Little did Myles know, but that $20 find would lead to more than $2 million of charitable contributions, world-wide celebrity status, and a prestigious award at the 2016 Citizen Honors Award ceremony, held Friday at Joint Base Myer-Henderson next to Arlington National Cemetery.
  
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• Church commits to funding Navarre Pool

  26-03-2016 06:03
  
  The city of Toledo is again soliciting donations to open six pools for the summer, and a local church has committed to fund the Navarre Pool in East Toledo. George Sarantou, city finance director, said Bishop Michael Pitts of Cornerstone Church has committed to fund operations for the pool over the summer, an amount estimated at about $52,000.
  
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• Disappointed Rockets looking ahead

  26-03-2016 05:15 via toledoblade.com
  A promising conference regular season ended in heartbreak and then frustration for the University of Toledo women's basketball team, but the Rockets are hoping 2015-16 set them up for better days ahead.
  
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• Bryan is heavy favorite to defend championship

  26-03-2016 05:14 via toledoblade.com
  Coming off a baseball season in which they ran the table in the Northwest Ohio Athletic League and lost in a district final to eventual Division II state champion Defiance, Bryan is expected to find similar success on the diamond this year.
  
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• UM’s Mone set to bring energy back to field

  26-03-2016 05:12 via toledoblade.com
  ANN ARBOR — Even when he heard a distinct ‘pop’ come from his ankle, Bryan Mone wasn’t worried. He wanted to bounce back up and rejoin the Michigan football team in a special teams drill during its preseason camp.
  
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• Falcons will fly to Italy in August

  26-03-2016 05:08 via toledoblade.com
  BOWLING GREEN — The Bowling Green State University men’s basketball team will take a tour to Italy on Aug. 8-18.
  
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• Harvey Parker Tagsold, Jr. (1935-2016): Businessman also served community

  26-03-2016 05:05 via toledoblade.com
  
  BLISSFIELD, Mich. — Harvey Parker Tagsold, Jr., who was a partner in his family’s funeral home and furniture store, formed his own locally based businesses, and served as fire chief and on village council and the school board, died Wednesday at his home. He was 80.
  
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• Zoo animals enjoy Easter treats

  26-03-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Visitors watch as Amur tigers are fed ‘Easter egg’ treats at the Toledo Zoo. Animals throughout the zoo awoke Friday to discover that the Easter Bunny had visited their exhibits, and they tracked down treat-filled enrichment eggs hidden in their habitats. The animal egg hunt also featured a number of craft areas and story times for visitors throughout the day.
  
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• Work to restrict lanes on SB I-75 on Monday

  26-03-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  BOWLING GREEN — Lane restrictions on southbound Interstate 75 are possible next week, the Ohio Department of Transportation said Friday.
  
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• Woman gets 11 months for stealing $70K

  26-03-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A former Toledo woman who stole nearly $70,000 from her employer was sent to prison Friday for 11 months.
  
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• Woman, 87, killed in crash near Fremont

  26-03-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  FREMONT — A Garfield Heights, Ohio, woman was killed Friday night in a one-vehicle crash near Fremont, according to the Fremont post of the Ohio Highway Patrol.
  
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• Toledo officers praised online for extra effort

  26-03-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  A South Toledo neighborhood group used social media to praise two police officers for extra effort while on patrol.
  
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• Toledo man who killed woman is denied parole

  26-03-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  The Ohio Parole Board said Friday it would not release from prison a Toledoan convicted of strangling a woman, then setting her apartment on fire to cover up his crime.
  
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• Temporary truce reached with CCNO

  26-03-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  As the city of Toledo and Lucas County continue to wrestle in court over who is responsible for paying the tab to house which prisoners, a temporary truce was reached Friday in Lucas County Common Pleas Court.
  
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• Polish church celebrates Resurrection

  26-03-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  TEMPERANCE — The members of Resurrection Polish National Catholic Church are continuing their observance of the Christian Passion today, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday.
  
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• New sculpture takes off

  26-03-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A person walked in to ProMedica's new Health and Wellness Center in Sylvania, looked up, and made a passing comment that the large glass and metal installation looked like birds in flight.
  
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• Motorists ready for Woodley bridge fix

  26-03-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Woodley Road motorists can’t say they didn’t receive any warnings about the street’s upcoming closing at Interstate 475 for a bridge overhaul.
  
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• Local job postings below ’15

  26-03-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  Online job openings posted by the Northwest JobsOhio Network were up by 310 in February from January, but were down by 2,200 from a year earlier.
  
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• Group endorses Strickland

  26-03-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The League of Conservation Voters, a pro-environmental advocacy group, said it has endorsed former Gov. Ted Strickland for Ohio’s U.S. Senate seat in the November election.
  
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• Following the way of the cross in Maumee

  26-03-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Sarah Favata, front, carries a cross on Good Friday with the help of her mother, Gelnous Favata, as they lead a processional in ‘Way of the Cross’ past several Maumee churches.
  
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• Festival’s color makes Toledo Holi

  26-03-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Hindu festival of Holi is becoming better known in the West.
  
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• Defiance man charged in slaying of murder suspect

  26-03-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  PAULDING, Ohio — After a man suspected of murdering a woman was later found dead in a Paulding County cemetery, authorities shifted their investigation and a warrant was issued Friday for a man already in custody on an unrelated charge.
  
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• Church to fund Navarre Pool

  26-03-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  One down, five to go.
  
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• Church to fund East Toledo pool

  26-03-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  One down, five to go.
  
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• App guides the sightless in new places

  26-03-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A smart-phone-based indoor navigation system that recently went online at the offices of the Sight Center of Northwest Ohio could prove to be a major leap forward in making unfamiliar buildings more accessible to those who are blind or have limited vision.
  
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• Ads support Portman’s court stance

  26-03-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A conservative committee is stepping in to influence Ohio voters in support of Sen. Rob Portman with a multimillion-dollar ad campaign over the Republican-controlled Senate’s refusal to consider President Obama’s choice for the Supreme Court.
  
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• Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Meet 82-year-old Lynn Ruth...

  26-03-2016 02:04
  
  She strips, she teases, she talks dirty: Lynn Ruth Miller does all the things you don't expect an 82-year-old to do. "It's an amazing thing when you have a happy life," she says.
  
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