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• Boil advisory extended for Laskey Road

  18-07-2016 20:55
  A boil advisory has been extended for Laskey Road from Bales Road to Douglas Road in west Toledo until Thursday, July 21. While the advisories are in effect, people should boil water for at least three minutes and then let it cool before use. Once the water is turned back on, residents may notice some rust or air in the tap water.
  
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• Tensions rise outside GOP convention in Cleveland

  18-07-2016 20:52 via toledoblade.com
  
  CLEVELAND -- A peaceful morning in Cleveland has given way to a tension-filled afternoon.
  
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• Group favors proposal regarding lead tests

  18-07-2016 19:54 via toledoblade.com
  The Toledo Lead Poisoning Coalition today discussed the effects lead poisoning has on a child’s education, citing research conducted in Toledo Public Schools.
  
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• Toledo police look for two alleged beer thieves

  18-07-2016 18:38
  According to police, the two people pictured walked into a carryout on Manhattan Boulevard and stole a case of beer Sunday morning. According to police, the two people pictured walked into a carryout on Manhattan Boulevard and stole a case of beer Sunday morning.
  
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• Ex-Whitehouse man gets 15 years to life in prison

  18-07-2016 18:04 via toledoblade.com
  
  BOWLING GREEN  — Nearly 34 years after a Toledo woman was found badly injured along the side of Tracy Road in Northwood and died a few days later, the man who drove her home that night was sentenced today to life in prison with parole eligibility after 15 years.
  
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• Man arrested after Sunday standoff with police in Holland

  18-07-2016 16:16 via toledoblade.com
  
  Authorities have identified William T. Zuccarell as the man who was arrested in a standoff in Holland late Sunday.
  
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• Man arrested after Sunday-night standoff with police in Holland

  18-07-2016 16:16 via toledoblade.com
  
  Authorities have identified William T. Zuccarell as the man who was arrested in a standoff in Holland late Sunday.
  
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• Storm downs trees, power lines in greater Toledo area

  18-07-2016 13:40 via toledoblade.com
  Overnight thunderstorms have forced downed trees, power lines, and at least one business cancellation in the greater Toledo area early today, authorities said.
  
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• Ko survives Marathon Classic

  18-07-2016 06:33 via toledoblade.com
  
  Yogi Berra would have called it “Déjà vu all over again.”
  
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• East Toledo braces for water work

  18-07-2016 06:29
  
  East Toledoans are being prepped by the Hicks-Hudson administration for a $24.7 million project that will begin next month and disrupt life at International Park for the next two years. The project is part of the Toledo Waterways Initiative, a $521 million package of projects to substantially reduce the city's use of treatment-plant bypasses to handle sewage overflows during heavy rain.
  
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• Mud Hens unable to recover from early deficit

  18-07-2016 06:11 via toledoblade.com
  
  Steven Moya returned to the Mud Hens Sunday, and he showed flashes of the player that took the International League by storm to start this season.
  
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• Wood County Fair project at $1M so far

  18-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  BOWLING GREEN — The Wood County Fair is about one third of the way toward its fund-raising goal for a new multipurpose building.
  
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• Todd Joseph Snyder: 1963-2016

  18-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Todd Joseph Snyder, who began his career at Toledo Edison as a mechanic and ended as one of the company’s two operations directors, died Thursday at Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Perrysburg. He was 52.
  
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• Students lead fun science camp

  18-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Bubbles of color floated up and down in the students’ plastic bottles, as antacid reacted with water and forced it through thick vegetable oil, creating personal lava lamps for students who stared at the reaction with glee.
  
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• Schools to host ‘New Kids’ event

  18-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Perrysburg Schools will host an event next month for children who are attending a new elementary school in the upcoming school year.
  
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• Road Warrior: 7-18

  18-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Each week, The Blade’s Road Warrior highlights the major construction projects in Toledo and the surrounding area, noting where delays are worst and suggesting alternate routes.
  
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• Restaurant inspections 7-18

  18-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Recently released inspection reports of Lucas County food-service operations.
  
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• Parish prepares for festival

  18-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Audrey Caligiuri can always tell when it’s time for the annual All Saints Festival.
  
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• Our Towns Calendars: 7-18

  18-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
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• Old-fashioned threshing a hot hobby

  18-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  At Lee Lashaway’s Perrysburg Township farm Sunday afternoon, the smell of sweet corn and butter drifted through the air, while a long line of people snaked through the front of the field in wait of bean soup.
  
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• Ohio delegates hoping Trump hits high notes

  18-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  CLEVELAND — To the strains of an Italian-American band, Ohio delegates, alternate delegates, and honorary delegates to the Republican National Convention celebrated being Republican Sunday in this city’s historic Little Italy district.
  
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• Monday Memories: In the beginning

  18-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Fresh off another successful LPGA tournament, the Marathon Classic at Highland Meadows in Sylvania, it’s time to turn back the clock a few decades to one of the earliest LPGA events held in the Toledo area.
  
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• Mental health key in caring for older adults

  18-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  As the population grows older, many of us have found ourselves caring for an aging parent or family member.
  
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• Love, Beach Boys bring tour to Sylvania

  18-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Mike Love hasn’t had a summer off in 50 years.
  
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• Job, family services is set to reopen today

  18-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  The Lucas County Job and Family Services building will reopen today after crews stabilized the floor and eased tension in corroded cables under the building’s lobby.
  
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• Humane society marks 1st year with ice cream

  18-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  The Toledo Area Humane Society will host an ice cream social Sunday to celebrate its first anniversary at its new shelter.
  
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• High spirits at air show

  18-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Branden Pickett, right, raises his arm as he plays with his cousin, Landon Pickett, center left, as Erinn Pickett, left, and Anya Dobos, center right, watch the Toledo Air Show in Swanton, Ohio. 
  
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• Grant to help study of Lyme disease

  18-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  University of Toledo microbiologist Mark Wooten has spent his entire 21-year career studying Lyme disease and trying to solve the puzzle behind how it is activated in humans.
  
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• Fair at zoo to highlight services for disabilities

  18-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  The Ability Center of Greater Toledo and the Toledo Zoo will hold its annual Americans with Disabilities Act Awareness Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 25 at the zoo.
  
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• Dogs examined after rescue in Fulton County

  18-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Lisa Bartels of Heritage Farms Animal Rescue in Liberty Center exits the Pondview Veterinary Clinic in Archbold after a number of small-breed dogs were examined Sunday. The dogs were rescued during an operation in Fulton County. Dog Warden Brian Banister said it was arranged between an unnamed family and Heritage Farms.
  
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• Closed plants shake central Ohio city

  18-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Second in a 5-day series.
  
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• Church helps Habitat during tourney

  18-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  It all came together last week for Lloyd Otto of Sylvania: sunny weather, the company of his wife and fellow golf enthusiasts, and a chance to help build houses for low-income families.
  
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• Bowling event to strike to help ‘pit-bull’ rescue

  18-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Pins for Pups on Saturday will aid the Lucas County Pit Crew. The bowling event is set from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Timbers Bowling Lanes, 1246 Conant St. in Maumee. Admission is $20 per person and includes three games, bowling shoes, pizza, and snacks. A cash bar will be available, and other activities include a raffle and silent auction. All proceeds help the foster-based “pit bull” dog rescue.
  
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• Boat club confident of council backing

  18-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Just months after the Perrysburg Boat Club’s historic riverfront clubhouse was demolished, members are preparing to build a replacement.
  
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• Shootout at Lagrange and Manhattan sends man to hospital; two others on the run

  18-07-2016 04:29
  One person was shot, and two others are on the run after gunfire erupted on Sunday afternoon at a busy intersection in north Toledo.
  
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• Man arrested after barricading himself in home in Holland

  18-07-2016 04:25 via toledoblade.com
  The Lucas County Sheriff’s Department responded to domestic violence call tonight. A man was barricaded on the 7000 block of Washington Drive in Holland. 
  
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• Mud Hens can't keep pace with Columbus

  18-07-2016 02:55 via toledoblade.com
  The Mud Hens suffered an 8-4 loss to Columbus at Fifth Third Field tonight.
  
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