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• Sheriff's deputies capture escaped prisoner

  13-09-2016 23:44 via toledoblade.com
  
  Authorities arrested a man today who escaped from Lucas County sheriff's deputies at a Toledo hospital.
  
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• Commission to consider suspending Sandusky County Sheriff

  13-09-2016 21:48 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Ohio Supreme Court this morning ordered the creation of a special commission to consider suspending embattled Sandusky County Sheriff Kyle Overmyer.
  
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• Toledo woman faces murder charge

  13-09-2016 21:26 via toledoblade.com
  
  Toledo police charged a woman with murder today on accusations she struck and killed a man with her vehicle last week.
  
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• Northwood police ID body found behind motel

  13-09-2016 20:51 via toledoblade.com
  
  Northwood police today identified a woman found dead behind a motel Friday.
  
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• Homeless to Hero: Rescue dog to comfort Toledo firefighters

  13-09-2016 19:32
  Smokey was rescued from a kill shelter in Utah as part of a program called "Homeless to Hero." The program works with agencies to put dogs where they're needed most.
  
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• Dewine appeals ruling to keep Toledo abortion clinic open

  13-09-2016 19:08 via toledoblade.com
  COLUMBUS—The state is appealing to the Ohio Supreme Court to reverse a lower court’s July decision that kept Toledo’s lone abortion clinic open. 
  
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• Couple arrested, accused of attacking man in his east Toledo home

  13-09-2016 17:12
  Jane Henneman, 58, and William Reece, 61, are both charged with aggravated burglary and are scheduled to be arraigned in Toledo Municipal Court Tuesday. The incident happened at an apartment at 541 Milton Street just after midnight.
  
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• Lucas County seeks a buyer for partially demolished Hotel Seagate

  13-09-2016 16:07 via toledoblade.com
  
  Lucas County officials want to get proposals from the private sector to redevelop the former Hotel Seagate on Summit Street in downtown Toledo.
  
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• Crashes snarl I-75 traffic this morning

  13-09-2016 15:13 via toledoblade.com
  Two crashes involving three tractor-trailer rigs have slowed I-75 southbound traffic today in Perrysburg.
  
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• Crews respond to house fire in west Toledo

  13-09-2016 15:01
  WTOL 11 has a crew on the way to the scene and will bring you the latest on air and online. Toledo police say someone has been hit by a car in north Toledo.
  
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• 2 shot in overnight incidents

  13-09-2016 14:18 via toledoblade.com
  Two people were shot in Toledo late Monday and early today in two apparently unrelated incidents, authorities said.
  
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• Man charged with murder in Oregon shooting of stepson

  13-09-2016 13:19 via toledoblade.com
  
  A man has been arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death of his stepson in Oregon, authorities said. 
  
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• Tontogany resident falls short of medal at Paralympics

  13-09-2016 06:35 via toledoblade.com
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO — Tontogany resident A.J. Digby set a personal best record time in the 200-meter race on Monday at the Paralympic Games but did not win a medal.
  
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• St. John’s, Central, Swanton lead Blade poll

  13-09-2016 06:30 via toledoblade.com
  
  St. John’s Jesuit, Central Catholic, and Swanton head up the three divisional groupings in the first Blade high school football poll of the 2016 season.
  
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• Anthony Wayne, St. Ursula play valiantly in tie

  13-09-2016 06:27 via toledoblade.com
  
  With good ebb and flow, an evenly played match between Anthony Wayne and St. Ursula ended appropriately enough in a draw on Monday night.
  
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• Big plays small part of UT offense

  13-09-2016 06:24 via toledoblade.com
  
  Against Maine on Saturday, the University of Toledo football team established its big-play offense early in the game and carried it through the entire contest.
  
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• Central Catholic's Warren picks UT

  13-09-2016 06:23 via toledoblade.com
  
  “For the next four years, I’ll be spending my academic and athletic career at the University of Toledo,” Michael Warren said Monday as he extended his hands forward, donning a pair of gloves with the Rockets’ logo.
  
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• Top programs OSU, OU finally have on-the-field contest

  13-09-2016 06:19 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — The contract has been set for eight years, anticipation simmered during the summer, and the first two weeks of the season have come and gone.
  
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• BGSU’s defense comes up big but needs consistency

  13-09-2016 06:14 via toledoblade.com
  
  BOWLING GREEN — The Bowling Green State University football team’s defense was able to make the game-deciding play in the Falcons’ 27-26 win over North Dakota at Doyt Perry Stadium on Saturday.
  
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• UT’s ranking falls to lowest level in 15 years

  13-09-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The University of Toledo has dropped to its lowest U.S. News & World Report ranking in at least 15 years.
  
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• Toledo police look into series of shootings

  13-09-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Toledo police responded to a series of weekend shootings across multiple sections of the city, bringing the total number of people shot in the city this year to 130.
  
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• Toledo man guilty in fatal heroin dose

  13-09-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  On the day he was to have gone to trial, a Toledo man entered an Alford plea Monday to involuntary manslaughter for giving his brother-in-law a fatal injection of heroin.
  
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• Sweet celebration for International Chocolate Day

  13-09-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  “How did you like the chocolate factory, Charlie?” asked Willy Wonka, played by the recently deceased and much loved Gene Wilder in the 1971 movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
  
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• Survey predicts increase in hiring

  13-09-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Metro Toledo job seekers could find their opportunities significantly improved starting next month, according to a new job market report from job placement firm Manpower Inc.
  
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• President of UT gets raise of 2%, bonus

  13-09-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  University of Toledo President Sharon Gaber will receive a $90,000 bonus and a 2 percent raise after the board of trustees gave her first-year job performance a big thumbs up.
  
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• Man is sentenced for firing at police

  13-09-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Xavier Bryant turned to three of the Toledo police officers at whom he’d fired shots and apologized to them in court Monday.
  
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• Man dies after Aug. 29 crash at boat dock

  13-09-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  ERIE — A second boater has died after a crash last month on the Ottawa River.
  
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• Lucas County Dogs for Adoption: 9-13

  13-09-2016 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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• Kaine discusses Clinton’s health, education plans

  13-09-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  DAYTON — Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine said Monday he talked with Hillary Clinton for the first time on Sunday about her pneumonia diagnosis after her near collapse — two days after she was diagnosed.
  
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• International Chocolate Day: Sweet celebration

  13-09-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  “How did you like the chocolate factory, Charlie?” asked Willy Wonka, played by the recently deceased and much loved Gene Wilder in the 1971 movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
  
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• Gerken, Bell debate taxes, development of downtown

  13-09-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Pete Gerken and Mike Bell, the two candidates for Lucas County commissioner on the Nov. 8 ballot, differed over the sales tax increase that was enacted last year, as well as a host of other issues where public and private spending intersect, during a joint appearance Monday night.
  
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• FLOC pushes photo cards as form of ID

  13-09-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Toledo law enforcement officers recently may have run across residents carrying a new kind of photo identification, distributed by a South Toledo organization that hopes to improve relationships with the city’s Latino and immigrant populations.
  
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• FBI officials to discuss scamming devices

  13-09-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  A seminar on scamming devices installed at gas station pumps is open to the public today.
  
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• Eid celebration draws many to SeaGate Centre

  13-09-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  For Toledo-area Muslims, celebrating Eid is becoming a grand regional event.
  
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• Donation helps spruce up Edison birthplace

  13-09-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Local PPG employees painted and landscaped the Thomas A. Edison Birthplace Museum in Milan, Ohio, on Monday. As part of a corporate effort to improve their communities, PPG donated the paint, paid the necessary professional painters, sponsored a science program for local third graders, and made a $20,000 donation to the museum.
  
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• Donald C. “Ham” Eicher: 1927-2016

  13-09-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  DELTA, Ohio — Donald C. “Ham” Eicher, who ran several Delta-area businesses, served 37 years as a volunteer firefighter, and was a frequent presence at community events as “Hambo” the clown, died Sunday at ProMedica Ebeid Hospice Residence, Sylvania. He was 89.
  
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• Dinner Tonight: 9-13

  13-09-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Pork Chops with Warm Plum Chutney
  
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• Davis-Besse to stay idle a few days due to leak

  13-09-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  OAK HARBOR, Ohio — FirstEnergy Corp. said Monday it expects its Davis-Besse nuclear plant to remain idle for at least a few more days as the utility tries to figure out how rainwater entered the plant’s turbine building during a heavy storm early Saturday.
  
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• Dad found guilty of choking 1-year-old son

  13-09-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A Toledo father accused of choking his 1-year-old son was found guilty Monday of attempted felonious assault and endangering children.
  
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• Community college hosts open house

  13-09-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Monroe County Community College will host an open house Sept. 28 to launch the school’s new Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center.
  
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• CEO describes how SSOE has improved

  13-09-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Bob Howell started his presentation at Monday’s meeting of the Rotary Club of Toledo with an informal poll of what the audience had been up to that morning.
  
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• BGSU sells farm rights to land close to airport

  13-09-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  BOWLING GREEN — Bowling Green State University on Monday auctioned off farming rights for a large chunk of land it owns around the Wood County Regional Airport in a deal that will bring the university nearly $180,000.
  
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• Actor Daly stumps for Clinton in Toledo

  13-09-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Actor Tim Daly plays Dr. Henry McCord, husband of fictional Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord (portrayed by actor Tea Leoni), on the CBS television show Madam Secretary.
  
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• City of Toledo plans to buy ODOT garage for $1

  13-09-2016 04:22
  The city of Toledo will only have to pay $1 if council decides to buy the old Ohio Department of Transportation garage on Detroit Ave. The garage is currently overgrown with weeds and filled with empty buildings, but the space could find a new purpose if some Toledo leaders get their way. The property has been vacant for quite a few years, after ODOT moved to Monclova Township.
  
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• Digby places 5th in 200 at Paralympic Games

  13-09-2016 00:54 via toledoblade.com
  
  RIO DE JANIERO — Tontogany resident A.J. Digby set a personal best record time in the 200 meter-race tonight at the Paralympic Games in Rio but ultimately fell out of Medal contention
  
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• Toledo-area Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha

  13-09-2016 00:09
  The celebration honors the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his own on God's command, before being stopped by the angel Gabriel. "But the value of this is the sacrifice.
  
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• 2017 Toledo Football Recruiting: 4-star RB Michael Warren commits to the Rockets

  13-09-2016 00:09
  Toledo is giving Western Michigan a serious run for their money on the class of 2017 recruiting trail so far. Their case for best recruiting class in the MAC only strengthened on Monday afternoon when they landed 4-star running back Michael Warren.
  
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