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• Kasich still refuses to endorse Trump

  09-06-2016 22:06 via toledoblade.com
  Ohio Gov. John Kasich continued to withhold endorsement of Republican Party presumptive nominee Donald Trump in a nationally televised interview today, even adding distance between them.
  
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• Monroe Co. police looking for man in Bruck case

  09-06-2016 21:59 via toledoblade.com
  MONROE — The Monroe County Sheriff's Office is asking for help identifying a man who attended a Halloween party with Chelsea Bruck prior to her disappearance.
  
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• Man comes forward in Chelsea Bruck case

  09-06-2016 21:59 via toledoblade.com
  MONROE — The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said tonight that a witness in the case of Chelsea Bruck has come forward, just hours after they put out the man’s photo.
  
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• Answers sought in deaths of 2 Monroe Co. dogs

  09-06-2016 19:08 via toledoblade.com
  MILAN, Mich. -— Monroe County Animal Control is investigating after two dogs that escaped their London Township home were found dead and buried at another nearby property.
  
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• Lourdes names Gawelek as 10th president

  09-06-2016 19:02 via toledoblade.com
  Lourdes University today named Mary Ann Gawelek its 10th president.
  
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• Police probe report of drive-by shooting

  09-06-2016 18:46 via toledoblade.com
  A man was shot today in central city.
  
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• Toledo pitches lead ordinance for rental properties

  09-06-2016 18:10 via toledoblade.com
  Proponents of a proposal to require Toledo rental properties built before 1978 to be certified ”lead safe” offered their support publicly today for the measure, which they say is an affordable way to prevent lead poisoning in children living in the city’s older rental units.
  
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• City pitches lead-abatement program

  09-06-2016 18:10 via toledoblade.com
  Proponents of a proposal to require Toledo rental properties built before 1978 to be certified ”lead safe” offered their support publicly today for the measure, which they say is an affordable way to prevent lead poisoning in children living in the city’s older rental units.
  
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• Mom of 6-year-old girl shot in leg faces prison

  09-06-2016 17:17 via toledoblade.com
  A Toledo woman whose 6-year-old daughter was shot in the leg entered an Alford plea today in Lucas County Common Pleas Count to endangering children.
  
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• Oregon firefighters extinguish Metz Ave. blaze

  09-06-2016 14:00 via toledoblade.com
  Oregon firefighters responded to a house fire early today.
  
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• Vigil tonight for Whitmer student who fell down elevator shaft

  09-06-2016 13:26 via toledoblade.com
  The parents of a Toledo teen who died early this morning after falling down the elevator shaft of a vacant building described him as a smart and caring young man who loved his family and friends dearly.
  
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• Teen falls down elevator shaft, dies

  09-06-2016 13:26 via toledoblade.com
  The owners of a building where a teenager fell down an elevator shaft and later died early today had been ordered by city inspectors to secure the vacant West Toledo building by repairing doors and windows or to tear the vacant structure down.
  
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• Teen dies after fall down West Toledo elevator shaft

  09-06-2016 13:26 via toledoblade.com
  Police are investigating the death of a teenager who apparently fell through an elevator shaft late Wednesday in West Toledo.
  
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• Longtime BG coach retires after 26 seasons

  09-06-2016 06:43 via toledoblade.com
  BOWLING GREEN — Bowling Green's Dan DeWitt, the dean of local high school hockey coaches whose team brought the first state title to northwest Ohio, has retired after 26 seasons.
  
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• Hotel, retail, restaurants planned near casino

  09-06-2016 06:07 via toledoblade.com
  A local developer will soon embark on a major project in Rossford that calls for building an upscale hotel and large retail and restaurant complex that will be connected to the nearby Hollywood Casino Toledo by an aerial gondola.
  
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• Woman found guilty of DUI but cleared in deaths

  09-06-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  A Waterville woman was found guilty of driving while intoxicated, but a Lucas County judge said there was no evidence she caused the crash that killed a prominent Maumee couple nearly two years ago.
  
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• Washington Local board appoints new leader

  09-06-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  After a difficult year, the Washington Local Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a three-year contract for a new superintendent.
  
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• Truck overturns, snarls interstate traffic

  09-06-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  A tractor-trailer rig driven by Gurheren Mann for Hunter Express LTD overturned after his drive shaft broke on the I-280 overpass in Toledo. No one was injured in the accident, which occurred late Wednesday afternoon and snarled rush-hour traffic.
  
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• Tiffin picks interim as university president

  09-06-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  TIFFIN — Tiffin University has tapped its interim leader as its sixth president.
  
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• Shots fired into house hit Toledo woman

  09-06-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  A woman was shot at her central Toledo house early Wednesday, apparently by one of two shooters who fled, authorities said.
  
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• Robert E. Siegel (1924-2016)

  09-06-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Robert E. Siegel, a pharmacist who oversaw vital statistics and drug abuse prevention during a career with the Toledo health department, died Monday in his Sylvania Township home. He was 91.
  
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• NASA to offer weekend tour at Plum Brook

  09-06-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  SANDUSKY — NASA’s Glenn Research Center is opening its Plum Brook Station in Sandusky Saturday and Sunday for the first set of public tours since 2008.
  
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• Monroe to reopen after main break

  09-06-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  City workers planned to complete repairs of the water main break that closed Monroe Street in both directions in downtown Toledo by the end of the day Wednesday, though the road won’t be completely open for traffic until the weekend.
  
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• Maumee River advisory holds for swimmers

  09-06-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  DEFIANCE — The algae-based recreational advisory for the Maumee River near Defiance will remain in effect at least until the middle of next week, meaning that swimming and wading in the river is still discouraged.
  
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• Kasich signs bill legalizing medical pot

  09-06-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  COLUMBUS — With the stroke of Gov. John Kasich’s pen Wednesday, Ohio becomes the 26th state to enact a law legalizing marijuana for medicinal use.
  
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• Jail crowding leads to release of accused men

  09-06-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Two men charged with sexual offenses involving minors were returned to the Lucas County jail Wednesday after both had been released because of overcrowding.
  
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• Ivas John is the real deal

  09-06-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  GOOD DAYS A COMIN
  
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• Granite City centralizes craft brewing

  09-06-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Vanessa Roush, the manager of the Granite City Food & Brewery location in Maumee’s Shops at Fallen Timbers, has heard it all before.
  
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• FLOC leader to join group denouncing GOP’s Trump

  09-06-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Farm Labor Organizing Committee president Baldemar Velasquez will join labor, religious, and community leaders in the Cleveland area today to denounce what they call “hatred and division” from presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
  
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• Croswell leaps into gala with ‘Billy Elliot’

  09-06-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Billy Elliot the Musical, a Broadway hit that won 10 Tony Awards in 2009, including Best Musical, opens Saturday at the Croswell Opera House in Adrian as the centerpiece of its fund-raising gala, Great Big Night. Eight more performances will follow.
  
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• Cedar Fair CEO gets indefinite contract extension

  09-06-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  SANDUSKY — Cedar Fair LP, the owner of Cedar Point and 10 other amusement parks, likes its CEO Matt Ouimet and said Wednesday it plans to keep him around indefinitely.
  
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• Body found in river by canoeists identified

  09-06-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  PAULDING, Ohio — Authorities have identified Steven Oliver of Fort Wayne as the man whose body was discovered last month in the Maumee River by people canoeing near the Ohio-Indiana state line.
  
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• Blackberry Corner crafts the perfect pie

  09-06-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  MARTIN, Ohio — Blackberry Corner Tavern is exactly what it appears to be: A casual eating establishment with tradition rooted in simple but great-tasting eats accompanied by cold drinks to wash it down.
  
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• Albom brings hockey to musical theater

  09-06-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  As a writer, Mitch Albom has almost done it all.
  
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• 13-year-old shot in apparent hunting accident

  09-06-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  HURON, Ohio — A 13-year-old boy remained in critical condition Wednesday after a friend accidentally shot him in the back Tuesday, according to Erie County Sheriff Paul Sigsworth.
  
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• Toledo man arrested on drug charges in Seneca County

  09-06-2016 03:39 via toledoblade.com
  BETTSVILLE, Ohio — A Toledo man was arrested on drug-related charges today as authorities seized pills, cocaine, and cash during a search of a house in Seneca County’s Liberty Township.
  
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• ProMedica plans to buy much of Marina District

  09-06-2016 02:02 via toledoblade.com
  ProMedica plans to buy much of the Marina District in East Toledo — a sprawling waterfront area that has for decades been the target of multiple failed development plans — and soon thereafter sell it to the Metroparks of the Toledo Area, The Blade has learned.
  
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• Developer plans hotel, retail, restaurant across from casino

  09-06-2016 00:24 via toledoblade.com
  A local developer has announced plans to build an upscale hotel and a major retail and restaurant complex in Rossford, just across the street from the Hollywood Casino Toledo.
  
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• Overturned truck backs up Northbound I-75

  09-06-2016 00:12 via toledoblade.com
  A truck has overturned on the temporary detour loop for northbound I-75 in North Toledo.
  
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