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• Tornado warning until 6:30 p.m. for parts of Henry, Defiance counties

  24-08-2016 23:54 via toledoblade.com
  
  DEFIANCE — The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning until 6:30 p.m. today for most of Defiance County and extreme southwest Henry County because of a large, confirmed tornado observed by law enforcement just over the Indiana border.
  
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• All Lucas County, part of Wood County in tornado warning until 8:30 p.m.

  24-08-2016 23:54 via toledoblade.com
  
  DEFIANCE — The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning until 8:30 p.m. today for southern Lucas and northern and central Wood counties because of a large, confirmed tornado that has been tracking northeast out of Fort Wayne for more than an hour.
  
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• Strickland talks labor issues, attack ads in Toledo

  24-08-2016 21:32 via www4.toledoblade.com
  
  Ohio U.S. Senate candidate Ted Strickland appeared with supporters from the United Auto Workers union today in Toledo to attack his Republican opponent, Sen. Rob Portman, over his stance on the 2009 auto rescue.
  
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• 911 outages in portions of Wood County

  24-08-2016 20:41 via toledoblade.com
  The Wood County Sheriff's Office is reporting landline 911 outages in Luckey and Stony Ridge.
  
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• New manufacturing plant coming to Toledo; 100 jobs to follow

  24-08-2016 20:31
  Another big win for the city at the historic Jeep Overland site in central Toledo. A Detroit based company will build a new plant that's linked to the Jeep Wrangler.
  
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• Sandusky Co. sheriff ordered to turn in guns

  24-08-2016 20:25 via www4.toledoblade.com
  
  FREMONT — Sandusky County Sheriff Kyle Overmyer was released on bond this afternoon after being arraigned on drug and theft charges.
  
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• Sandusky Co. sheriff arraigned

  24-08-2016 20:25 via toledoblade.com
  
  FREMONT — Sandusky County Sheriff Kyle Overmyer was released on bond this afternoon after being arraigned on drug and theft charges.
  
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• Fewer choices, higher prices in Lucas Co. for Obamacare

  24-08-2016 20:18 via toledoblade.com
  
  Lucas County residents who purchase insurance in the Affordable Care Act marketplace exchange will find fewer choices and higher prices for health plans in 2017, according to officials at the Ohio Department of Insurance.
  
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• Detroit auto supplier to open Toledo factory with 140 jobs

  24-08-2016 20:09 via toledoblade.com
  
  Detroit Manufacturing Systems announced today that it will create at least 140 jobs at a new automotive interiors factory in North Toledo.
  
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• Metroparks director stepping down

  24-08-2016 19:16 via toledoblade.com
  
  Metroparks of the Toledo Area announced today that its director, Steve Madewell, is stepping down after nearly five years on the job.
  
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• Police seek IDs in assault

  24-08-2016 18:42 via toledoblade.com
  
  Toledo police are seeking to identify 2 men who were inside of the 7-11 on Upton early Sunday when they left the store and confronted an employee who was outside taking a smoke break.
  
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• 11-Year-Old Organic Chemistry College Student Has Gone Viral

  24-08-2016 18:23
  Chances are, if you've been in a college class, you've also been witness to that one extra-smart student who seems to get everything right, understands everything the professor is saying, and aces every exam without breaking a sweat. Cigdem Kahyaoglu, a 19-year-old math and pre-med student at University of Toledo, Ohio, knows what that's like - with one crazy twist: That extra-smart student in her class is only 11. Daniel Liu, a serious math and science whiz, started high school last year when h
  
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• Jury convicts Toledo man in rape case

  24-08-2016 17:24 via toledoblade.com
  
  A Toledo man accused of sexually assaulting a woman he'd never met was found guilty today of kidnapping and rape.
  
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• Men shot in central Toledo

  24-08-2016 14:31 via toledoblade.com
  Two men were shot in central Toledo late Tuesday in two apparently unrelated incidents, authorities said.
  
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• Multi-vehicle crash closes eastbound I-475 near Secor

  24-08-2016 13:55 via toledoblade.com
  A multiple-vehicle crash closed eastbound I-475 in West Toledo early today, tying up the morning rush hour-traffic, authorities said.
  
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• Hirschfeld says he’s ready to play again

  24-08-2016 06:25 via toledoblade.com
  
  Just five months after undergoing brain surgery, Alden Hirschfeld believes he’s back and better than ever.
  
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• Friday high school football enters a new era

  24-08-2016 06:24 via toledoblade.com
  
  Described by BCSN general manager Marc Jaromin as “election night every Friday night,” the northwest Ohio cable sports network debuts its ambitious new weekly 5-hour, 15-minute program, Gameday Nation on Friday.
  
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• Hornish will drive for MIS practice, qualifying

  24-08-2016 06:23 via toledoblade.com
  
  Defiance native Sam Hornish, Jr., will drive this weekend at Michigan International Speedway, in a fill-in capacity.
  
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• BGSU walk-ons get scholarships

  24-08-2016 06:22 via toledoblade.com
  
  BOWLING GREEN — Jordan Roop got the summons to meet with Bowling Green State University football coach Mike Jinks Monday — and he was instantly nervous.
  
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• Early voting, registration won’t overlap

  24-08-2016 06:04 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — A Cincinnati appeals court Tuesday dealt a blow to Democrats as it overturned a ruling that would have resurrected the so-called Golden Week, in which Ohioans may simultaneously register and cast a ballot.
  
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• When it rains on your parade

  24-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  It’s a probably a safe bet that Todd Blackmar is the only guy who goes to a golf tournament and hopes for rain. But what do you expect from an umbrella salesman?
  
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• UT offices drying out after steam-line break

  24-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Crews continued Tuesday to dry offices at University Hall on the University of Toledo main campus after a ruptured steam line set off a fire suppression system the evening before, causing water damage, a university spokesman said.
  
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• Toledoan guilty in stolen electronics case

  24-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A Toledo man who used funding from the venture capital firm Rocket Ventures to buy stolen electronics pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court.
  
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• Student to be sentenced for threat

  24-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  BOWLING GREEN — A Perrysburg teen admitted in court to posting a threat on social media with a warning that students should not go to school.
  
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• Stables on Obee gets OK to swap townships

  24-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The owner of a wedding reception and events center near Whitehouse received approval Tuesday from the Lucas County commissioners to move 10 acres he owns from Waterville Township into adjoining Swanton Township.
  
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• Sister Marie Catherine Wise: 1932-2016

  24-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  FREMONT — Sister Marie Catherine Wise, whose ministry was in health care as a registered nurse, supervisor, and eventually head of what is now Mercy Health Tiffin Hospital, died Monday in St. Bernardine Home, Fremont. She was 84.
  
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• Sandusky municipal offices plan move

  24-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  SANDUSKY — The city appears set to move out of its municipal offices, with the Sandusky City Commission voting Monday to support a relocation plan.
  
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• Sandusky County sheriff indicted on 43 counts

  24-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  FREMONT — Sandusky County Sheriff Kyle Overmyer was indicted Tuesday by a grand jury on 43 counts, including 38 felony counts that include theft and tampering with records charges.
  
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• Public asked to pluck milkweed seed pods

  24-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Ohio Department of Transportation is asking for the public’s help with a new campaign to plant milkweed along state highways to support Ohio’s monarch butterfly population.
  
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• Lucas County Dogs for Adoption: 8-24

  24-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Dogs 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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• Local jobless rates mixed

  24-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Unemployment rates in metro Toledo barely changed last month, a report released Tuesday shows.
  
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• Lenawee County reports its 1st travel-related case of the Zika virus

  24-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  ADRIAN — Lenawee County is reporting its first confirmed case of travel-related Zika virus.
  
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• Last of the lazy days of summer

  24-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Stone Zentgraf and Liz Dale share a kayak as they and Hannah Baker enjoy a lazy paddle down the Ottawa River on their last day of summer vacation. Classes begin today for the three teens, who attend Whitmer High School.
  
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• La-Z-Boy’s 1st quarter profit posts tiny rise

  24-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  MONROE — Flat sales and weaker demand from wholesalers led La-Z-Boy Inc. to a fiscal first quarter profit of $13.8 million, or 28 cents a share, on Tuesday, up barely 1 percent from the same period a year ago.
  
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• Jury starts deciding rape case

  24-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A jury in Lucas County Common Pleas Court is expected to return this morning to determine whether a Toledo man sexually assaulted a woman he did not know in her car.
  
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• Downtown I-75 ramps, lanes to close at night

  24-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Sign work will require nighttime lane and ramp closings on I-75 near downtown Toledo today through Friday morning, the Ohio Department of Transportation announced.
  
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• Diocese of Toledo, Lourdes celebrate September canonization

  24-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who lived from 1910 to 1997, will be named a saint Sept. 4, a day before the 19th anniversary of her death. 
  
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• Court says trustee’s removal was illegal

  24-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — D. Hilarion Smith was never a valid member of the Spencer Township board of trustees this year, the Ohio Supreme Court unanimously ruled Tuesday.
  
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• Community garden gets cleanup

  24-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The mural honoring a slain 1-year-old girl stood in the rear of Moody Manor, peeking just above a tall thicket of weeds.
  
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• City mulls $4M hauling project

  24-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Toledo taxpayers likely will have to pay $4 million to haul away 10,000 truckloads of spent lime — a by-product of the city’s water-treatment process — to make way for two new 20 million-gallon-a-day basins, the Hicks-Hudson administration said Tuesday.
  
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• City councilman calls for apology

  24-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A Toledo City Council member demanded an apology Tuesday from an attorney who worked to get a controversial “lead-safe” ordinance written after he made a disparaging comment about Toledo that was published this week in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
  
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• Board opposes funding cuts

  24-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  The Toledo Board of Education joined a chorus of critics who oppose a state decision to change how some Ohio child-care providers can receive public funding.
  
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• Auto parts company to build in Overland

  24-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Detroit Manufacturing Systems has confirmed it will build an auto parts factory at the Overland Industrial Park in North Toledo.
  
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• Antique boat show moves downtown, shifts format

  24-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Come Saturday, the downtown waterfront will be filled with antique and classic boats.
  
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• Students in Maumee head back to school

  24-08-2016 05:34
  Students in Maumee headed back to school Tuesday, and for some of them it was their first time entering Maumee High School. "The focus is going to be on relationships and service," said Principal Matthew Dick.
  
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• Could man accused of murdering Sierah Joughin be responsible for other cold case murders?

  24-08-2016 01:30
  Following the disappearance and death of 20-year-old University of Toledo student Sierah Joughin , many are wondering if the man accused in her murder could also be responsible for other cold case murders. Back in 1990, James Worley was found guilty of abducting Robin Gardner while she was riding her bike in Fulton County, heading towards Oak Openings MetroPark.
  
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• Lenawee County reports first travel-related Zika case

  24-08-2016 00:26 via toledoblade.com
  
  ADRIAN, Mich. — Lenawee County is reporting its first confirmed case of travel-related Zika virus.
  
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