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• TARTA in talks to purchase Toledo Blade property to build central transfer station

  31-08-2016 23:13
  Tarta General Manager says the purchase of the Blade property would allow Tarta to abandon its downtown Toledo bus loop. Tarta has talked with the city about closing Jackson Blvd in order to build a central transfer station in Downtown Toledo, but the city has nixed that idea.
  
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• Water service to parts of UT main campus shut off

  31-08-2016 21:28 via toledoblade.com
  
  Officials have turned off water to several residence halls on the University of Toledo main campus to repair a  ruptured water line this afternoon.
  
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• Water restored to buildings on UT campus

  31-08-2016 21:28 via toledoblade.com
  
  Water has been restored to the Student Union and several additional buildings after a water main break on the University of Toledo Main Campus.
  
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• UT brings portable toilets, bottled water to residence halls

  31-08-2016 21:28 via toledoblade.com
  
  The University of Toledo is bringing in portable toilets for students who live in dormitories where water has been turned off as crews work to repair a ruptured water line.
  
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• Walleye announce signings of 2 forwards

  31-08-2016 21:17 via toledoblade.com
  The Walleye announced the signings of forwards Andy Huff and Collin MacDonald today.
  
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• Clinton lays out foreign policy plans before veterans

  31-08-2016 20:17 via toledoblade.com
  
  CINCINNATI — Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton today laid out her foreign policy plans before a convention of veterans from across the country, characterizing her opponent as a dangerous choice in uncertain times.
  
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• Clinton lays out foreign policy plans before convention of veterans

  31-08-2016 20:17 via toledoblade.com
  
  CINCINNATI — Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton today laid out her foreign policy plans before a convention of veterans from across the country, characterizing her opponent as a dangerous choice in uncertain times.
  
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• Dana breaks ground for axle plant in Overland Industrial Park

  31-08-2016 18:48 via toledoblade.com
  
  In less than a year, Dana Inc. will again be manufacturing automotive parts in northwest Ohio.
  
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• Semi-truck hit after failing to yield to oncoming traffic

  31-08-2016 18:45
  Police say Brent Reese, 29, of Swanton was driving a white, 2013 Volvo semi-truck was turning left from eastbound U.S. 224 onto State Route 587. The truck failed to yield to oncoming traffic and was hit by a white, 2000 Ford Taurus traveling westbound on U.S. 224.
  
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• Port Authority restructures debt on Overland Industrial Park

  31-08-2016 17:57 via toledoblade.com
  The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority Board of Directors today voted to restructure an $8 million bond issue on the construction of a 100,000-square-foot industrial building and a planned 200,000-square-foot addition at the newly refurbished Overland Industrial Park.
  
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• TARTA considers buying The Blade building for downtown bus hub

  31-08-2016 17:49 via toledoblade.com
  
  Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority’s top official confirmed today the agency is considering making an offer to buy The Blade building and parking lot to build a new downtown hub to consolidate its bus loop in the central business district.
  
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• TARTA considers buying The Blade building

  31-08-2016 17:49 via toledoblade.com
  
  Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority’s top official confirmed today the agency is considering making an offer to buy The Blade building and parking lot to build a new downtown hub to consolidate its bus loop in the central business district.
  
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• Plant evacuated after bomb threat

  31-08-2016 13:34 via toledoblade.com
  FINDLAY — A local industrial plant was evacuated early today because of a bomb threat, but no suspicious objects were found during a search, authorities said.
  
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• Findlay plant evacuated for 2nd time in 2 weeks over bomb threats

  31-08-2016 13:34 via toledoblade.com
  FINDLAY — A local industrial plant was evacuated early today because of a bomb threat, but no suspicious objects were found during a search, in what is a second such incident over the past two weeks, authorities said.
  
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• Toledo Fair Housing Center hosts Courtyard of Justice Grand Re-opening

  31-08-2016 09:30
  The event was and is an opportunity to reveal the newly renovated public courtyard and showcase the commemorative bricks and benches that have been purchased by generous community supporters. Toledo Fair Housing Center's public courtyard is located in the heart of downtown Toledo, a highly visible and frequent pass-through for pedestrians and business professionals on their way to their destination.
  
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• Next Toledo building to become energy-efficient approved by Council

  31-08-2016 07:18
  Saving energy and money, Toledo City Council approved the final project to create energy efficiency in city buildings - at least for right now. It's all part of the "Better Buildings Program," a partnership with the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department.
  
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• New architect puts blueprint on UM defense

  31-08-2016 06:22 via toledoblade.com
  
  ANN ARBOR — In his short tenure as a baseball coach more than 24 years ago, Don Brown found he had to temper his intensity.
  
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• St. Ursula, Notre Dame, Bowsher set for title runs

  31-08-2016 06:20 via toledoblade.com
  
  With highly successful former St. Ursula head volleyball coach John Buck having retired following the 2015 season, some other aspiring Division I teams in the area will look to challenge the Arrows’ court supremacy come tournament time.
  
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• BGSU coaches put OSU in quandary

  31-08-2016 06:17 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — Ohio State's coaches made no effort to conceal the reality about their preparation for visiting Bowling Green State University this week.
  
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• Notebook: 3 questions about Michigan

  31-08-2016 06:16 via toledoblade.com
  
  3 questions about Michigan
  
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• UT linebackers ready to fill holes caused by injury

  31-08-2016 06:14 via toledoblade.com
  A season-ending injury to University of Toledo senior linebacker Jaylen Coleman has created some uncertainty in the linebacking corps, but a deep group is ready to step in and contribute to the defense.
  
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• Speight, O’Korn roll with standard at Michigan

  31-08-2016 06:13 via toledoblade.com
  
  ANN ARBOR — After the St. Thomas Aquinas football opened the 2012 season 2-2, John O’Korn asked his head coach if he and a co-captain could have a few minutes before practice for a team-only meeting.
  
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• 2 dead after man shoots 2 neighbors, self

  31-08-2016 06:04 via toledoblade.com
  
  Soon after Susan Buchholz and Daniel Bennett watched their children get on the school bus Tuesday in Springfield Township, law enforcement officials said the two were shot by their neighbor and left lying on the street corner.
  
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• Veteran sentenced to prison for obtaining benefits illegally

  31-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  An Army veteran who illegally applied for and received benefits intended for low-income, disabled veterans was sentenced Tuesday to five months in prison.
  
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• Up Market on Dorr St. joins healthy initiative

  31-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Up Market, 1941 Dorr St., is the most recent addition to the Toledo-Lucas County Healthy Corner Store Initiative, and will offer a selection of fresh produce and other healthful foods starting today.
  
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• TV ads for Strickland delayed by 2 groups

  31-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  In a sign that Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland’s campaign for the U.S. Senate is struggling in his challenge to U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R., Ohio), two independent groups that were paying for Strickland TV ads have scaled back their spending.
  
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• Toledo Democrats speak out against GOP’s Trump

  31-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Local Democrats went to bat for presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, attacking Republican nominee Donald Trump for an alleged history of housing discrimination.
  
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• Toledo, CCNO reach deal on 20 prisoners

  31-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  With a midnight deadline looming, the city of Toledo negotiated a contract Tuesday with the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio for housing the 20 prisoners serving sentences for Toledo Municipal Code violations.
  
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• Teen arsonist gets 4-year prison term

  31-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  BOWLING GREEN — Citing her lack of a criminal history, a Wood County judge Tuesday sentenced a Perrysburg Township teen to four years in prison for setting fire to an occupied home.
  
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• Rossford kicks off levy campaign tonight

  31-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  The Rossford Schools levy committee, Better Schools for Better Community, is hosting a school levy campaign kickoff event at 6:30 tonight at the Rossford Recreation Center.
  
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• Providence Township hearing set on crossing

  31-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  A proposal to allow school buses and hazardous-materials trucks to cross a railroad crossing in Providence Township without stopping will be the subject of a public hearing Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Offbeat bath products help couple stay afloat

  31-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Ed Alkire was certain his wife had lost her mind.
  
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• North Toledo crash kills Newport teen

  31-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  A Newport, Mich., teen was killed in a crash Tuesday in North Toledo.
  
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• Mud Hen, 3 others accused in fight at bar

  31-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A Mud Hens pitcher and two players from a visiting team were among those charged after a weekend fight in Toledo.
  
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• Lucas County Dogs for Adoption: 8-31

  31-08-2016 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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• Jennifer R. Wilson: 1959-2016

  31-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Jennifer R. Wilson, among the first group of women sworn in as Toledo firefighters and who later was known for her calm manner as a fire dispatcher, died Sunday in ProMedica Toledo Hospital. She was 57.
  
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• Inmate on death row asks to halt execution

  31-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — The attorney for one of the men facing execution for a 1993 murder asked the Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday to halt his execution because of a ruling he said could affect all death-row inmates.
  
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• I-280 entrance ramp closing for 3 hours

  31-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  The Front Street entrance to southbound I-280 will be closed for about three hours today for tree trimming, the Ohio Department of Transportation announced.
  
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• Council approves $4M to haul lime from water plant

  31-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Toledo City Council members approved spending $4 million Tuesday to haul away 10,000 truckloads of spent lime — a by-product of the city's water-treatment process — to make room for two new 20-million-gallon-a-day basins.
  
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• College bringing gamers on board as varsity athletes

  31-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  TIFFIN — Student-athletes at Tiffin University soon will wear headphones, not just helmets.
  
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• Blood drive held in honor of former mayor

  31-08-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Bruce Baumhower, president of United Auto Workers Local 12, jokes with collection specialists Sherry Thomas and Summer Moore, right, as he donates blood during this year’s Labor Day blood drive put on by United Labor Committee partners with the American Red Cross. This year’s drive, conducted Tuesday at the UAW Local 12 hall in West Toledo, was held in memory of Toledo’s former mayor, the late D. Michael Collins.
  
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• American Red Cross helping 23 victims of NW Ohio tornadoes

  31-08-2016 05:11
  It has been almost a week now since tornadoes tore through parts of Defiance and Paulding Counties and the American Red Cross has been busy making sure victims have the help they need. The Red Cross has sent 30 volunteers to the tornado damaged areas and has been helping 23 people, which includes 12 adults and 11 children.
  
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• 2 Pirates minor leaguers suspended after weekend arrests

  31-08-2016 05:11
  Two Pittsburgh Pirates minor leaguers have been suspended for the final seven days of their season after being arrested and charged in connection with an incident in Toledo, Ohio.
  
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• Crash in Swanton Township kills 1

  31-08-2016 03:51 via toledoblade.com
  A Weston, Ohio woman is dead after vehicle crash in Swanton Township.
  
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• Mud Hens pitcher charged after weekend fight

  31-08-2016 02:52 via toledoblade.com
  
  A Mud Hens pitcher and two players from a visiting team were among those charged after a weekend fight in Toledo.
  
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• 38-year-old man accused of firing gun in Defiance

  31-08-2016 01:12 via toledoblade.com
  DEFIANCE — Defiance police arrested a 38-year-old man today accused of firing a gun, which prompted a lockdown of Defiance College.
  
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• Trial against former Toledo police lieutenant underway

  31-08-2016 00:26
  Former Toledo Police lieutenant Frank Ramirez was back in court Tuesday, as jury selection and opening statements began for his trial. Ramirez is charged with more than a dozen crimes , including attempted murder.
  
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• Man arrested in connection to shooting that prompted lockdown at Defiance College

  31-08-2016 00:26
  Police say the man was charged with carrying a concealed weapon, and having weapons under disability, in connection to a shooting in the 800 block of North Clinton Street. On the back of each marked Toledo Police cruiser, you'll now see bumper stickers that say, "Toledo: Your A3 4% At Work."
  
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• Cops: Man killed neighbor after she put kids on school bus

  31-08-2016 00:26
  Authorities in Ohio say a man shot and killed one of his neighbors and injured another just after they put their children on a school bus.
  
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• Local Democrats back Clinton, bash Trump over housing

  31-08-2016 00:05 via toledoblade.com
  
  Local Democrats went to bat today for presidential nominee Hillary Clinton by attacking Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump over an alleged history of housing discrimination.
  
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