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• OSU coach Meyer stands behind Schiano

  13-07-2016 21:42 via toledoblade.com
  
  Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer today said he is standing behind Buckeyes defensive coordinator Greg Schiano.
  
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• Wood County jury finds man guilty of attempted murder

  13-07-2016 20:50 via toledoblade.com
  BOWLING GREEN — An Illinois man charged with trying to kill an Oregon police officer was found guilty of attempted murder and numerous other charges today by a jury in Wood County Common Pleas Court.
  
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• Diocese of Toledo names interim director for schools

  13-07-2016 20:22 via toledoblade.com
  
  A longtime Catholic educator will serve as the interim senior director for the Diocese of Toledo’s school system.
  
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• BGSU football to play Northwestern in 2017

  13-07-2016 20:16 via toledoblade.com
  
  BOWLING GREEN — The Bowling Green State University football team has added a game against another Big Ten opponent as the Falcons will travel to Northwestern for a game Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017.
  
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• Troopers bust man with 101 pounds of pot on turnpike

  13-07-2016 18:17 via toledoblade.com
  
  Troopers arrested a man who reportedly was carrying 101 pounds of hydroponic marijuana on the Ohio Turnpike in Wood County this week.
  
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• US bakery refuses to make birthday cake for same-sex couple

  13-07-2016 17:57
  Newly married Candice Lowe had visited Take The Cake Bakery in Toledo, Ohio to order a birthday cake for her wife Amanda as a surprise, just two weeks after their wedding. But the owner sent a text message to Candice days later while on her honeymoon to notify her the cake had been cancelled and they had rejected the order due to her same-sex relationship.
  
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• Toledo man arrested for June shooting death

  13-07-2016 17:28 via toledoblade.com
  A Toledo man charged with murder in the shooting death of a man last month in South Toledo was arrested today, authorities said.
  
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• Lucas Co. Job and Family Services building closed today

  13-07-2016 16:14 via toledoblade.com
  Lucas County Jobs and Family Services is closed today because of an “issue with floor tension cables on the building’s first floor,” the county said in a news release.
  
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• Man taken to hospital after Maumee River rescue

  13-07-2016 14:23 via toledoblade.com
  A man was taken to a hospital late Tuesday apparently after he was rescued from the Maumee River near the Anthony Wayne Bridge, authorities said.
  
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• Clinton, Trump tied at 41 points in Ohio poll

  13-07-2016 13:48 via toledoblade.com
  
  Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are tied at 41 points each in Ohio, according to a new poll of registered voters by Quinnipiac University released today.
  
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• Mom and live-in boyfriend arrested; girl claims abuse

  13-07-2016 13:37
  Toledo police are investigating an alleged case of child abuse involving a girl and a mom's live-in boyfriend. Police arrested Jamille Kinnebrew, 31, early Wednesday morning at a house on the 1400 block of Walbridge Avenue in south Toledo.
  
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• 1 person dead after central Toledo shooting

  13-07-2016 12:32 via toledoblade.com
  Toledo police are investigating the shooting death of a 39-year-old man in the central city Tuesday night.
  
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• Federal judge recuses himself from murder-for-hire trial

  13-07-2016 07:32
  Workers at Philadelphia International Airport have voted overwhelmingly to walk off the job during the Democratic National Convention later this month. Workers at Philadelphia International Airport have voted overwhelmingly to walk off the job during the Democratic National Convention later this month.
  
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• Happy memories for Choi at Highland Meadows

  13-07-2016 06:38 via toledoblade.com
  
  For however long Chella Choi continues her professional golf career, Highland Meadows Golf Club will always hold a special place in her heart.
  
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• Fatinikun hands out advice on the NFL, life

  13-07-2016 06:32 via toledoblade.com
  
  Former University of Toledo star T.J. Fatinikun laid out the principles that paved his path to the NFL to a group of young football players on Tuesday.
  
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• Woman arrested in Uptown shooting

  13-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Police arrested a woman they say shot another Monday outside an UpTown club.
  
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• Vassar gets ‘dream job’at symphony

  13-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Less than two weeks after the retirement of its previous chief, Kathy Carroll, the Toledo Symphony Tuesday announced Zak Vassar as its new president and chief executive officer.
  
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• Vassar gets ‘dream job’ at symphony

  13-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Less than two weeks after the retirement of its previous chief, Kathy Carroll, the Toledo Symphony Tuesday announced Zak Vassar as its new president and chief executive officer.
  
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• Toledo police offer picnic for positive interaction

  13-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  It didn’t take long for a dance party to break out at the Toledo police crime prevention picnic.
  
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• Southbound lanes on East Broadway closed

  13-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Street repairs will close part of East Broadway’s southbound lanes today and Thursday, the city transportation division announced.
  
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• Refurbished hotel will feature Toledo themes

  13-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Downtown Toledo’s only riverfront hotel is undergoing a $25 million renovation and rebirth befitting its new name — the Renaissance Toledo Downtown Hotel.
  
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• Planting a seed at urban gardens

  13-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Sometimes, it takes a community to grow a garden.
  
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• Pair gets prison for roles in mortgage fraud scheme

  13-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  A former Toledo-area real estate agent and a mortgage broker were sentenced Tuesday to 30 months in prison for their parts in a $1.5 million mortgage fraud scheme.
  
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• Ottawa Hills deer hunt to begin Sept. 24

  13-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The long, arduous fight over the Ottawa Hills white-tailed deer cull is over.
  
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• Officers raid 3 houses in search of drug suspects

  13-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  In an operation dubbed “Eastside Pride,” Toledo police raided three East Toledo houses Tuesday in search of 23 people alleged to be part of a ring that sells heroin and Fentanyl on city streets.
  
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• Lucas County Dogs for Adoption: 7-13

  13-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Dogs like the ones above remain available at the Lucas County Canine Care & Control Office, 410 South Erie St., Toledo. For information, call 419-213-2800.
  
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• Lt. Gov. Taylor fills in during Governor’s Fish Ohio Day

  13-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  PORT CLINTON — A week before the Republican National Convention and its dissenters clog the streets of downtown Cleveland, Ohio’s lieutenant governor went fishing.
  
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• Local group for business networking hits 25 years

  13-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A local chapter of Business Network International, a network generating referrals for small business professionals, celebrates 25 years this week.
  
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• Judge recuses self after alleged threat

  13-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The chief judge of the federal Southern District of Ohio was appointed Tuesday to preside over two cases in Toledo that had been assigned to a judge whose life was allegedly threatened by one of the defendants.
  
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• Jack Breese: 1931-2016

  13-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Jack Breese, a veteran educator in Oregon and Toledo who retired as a classroom teacher at age 80 and substitute-taught through this past school year, died Saturday in ProMedica Ebeid Hospice Residence, Sylvania. He was 85.
  
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• Grandmother of girl shot found guilty of lying to police about it

  13-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  A Toledo grandmother entered an Alford plea and was found guilty of obstructing official business for lying to police after her 6-year-old granddaughter was accidentally shot in the leg.
  
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• Grand jury finds no criminal cause of man’s 1999 death in garbage truck

  13-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  FREMONT — A Sandusky County grand jury on Tuesday decided that the evidence did not show the 1999 death of a Lindsey, Ohio, man was criminal, nor was there a cover-up by police.
  
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• Gradkowski eatery near UT has closed

  13-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Gradkowski’s, a sports bar and restaurant owned by former University of Toledo quarterback Bruce Gradkowski and located in the University of Toledo’s Gateway retail center on Secor Road at Dorr Street, has closed permanently but is being converted to a different restaurant concept.
  
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• GOP platform panel nixes LGBT reference

  13-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  CLEVELAND — The Republican Platform Committee finished drafting a platform Tuesday that claims to propose ways to return decision making to the people, protect constitutional rights, and provide a manual for economic growth, but which does not include reference to LGBT rights.
  
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• African-American Festival joins Northwest Ohio Rib Off

  13-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The 33rd Annual Northwest Ohio Rib Off doubles its entertainment with the addition of the African-American Festival.
  
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• Deputy says man threatened to kill him over a Straw-Ber-Rita

  13-07-2016 05:28
  A Toledo man was arrested Monday afternoon after threatening the life of a Lucas County Sheriff's deputy over an alcoholic beverage. A deputy responded to the Shell gas station on the 800 block of Monroe St. near downtown Toledo around 11 a.m. on reports of a theft.
  
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• Police respond to shooting in central Toledo

  13-07-2016 04:01 via toledoblade.com
  Two people were shot Tuesday night in central Toledo, authorities said.
  
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• Call 11 for Action: East Toledo neighbors sick of old library site

  13-07-2016 01:26
  The library can be a place to learn, to do research, or just relax but a closed-down branch is causing neighbors a lot stress. They contacted Call 11 For Action to get something done about the problem at Main Street and Greenwood.
  
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