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• Clinton urges Election Day support during Detroit visit

  04-11-2016 23:28 via toledoblade.com
  
  DETROIT — Hillary Clinton wove strands of her own platform and life experience with cutting references to Republican opponent Donald Trump to urge voters to support her on Election Day in a rally here today.
  
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• Trump makes final argument to Ohio voters

  04-11-2016 23:23 via toledoblade.com
  
  WILMINGTON, Ohio — Donald Trump today made what was likely his final argument to Ohio voters, hoping to wrap up a critical battleground state that polls suggest is one of his best shots at repainting a 2012 blue state red.
  
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• BGSU men trail Capital at halftime in exhibition

  04-11-2016 22:59 via toledoblade.com
  BOWLING GREEN — The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team trails Capital 32-29 at halftime of an exhibition game at the Stroh Center tonight.
  
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• BGSU men rally to win exhibition game

  04-11-2016 22:59 via toledoblade.com
  BOWLING GREEN — The Bowling Green State University men's basketball defeated Capital University 71-56 in an exhibition game at the Stroh Center tonight.
  
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• Charges dropped against man accused in double murder

  04-11-2016 22:57
  Charles Walker is accused of killing two teen boys in north Toledo in 2015. Walker fled to Phoenix, Arizona, but was eventually caught and extradited back to Toledo.
  
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• Health department: Faulty overdose kits recalled

  04-11-2016 22:19 via toledoblade.com
  
  Toledo-Lucas County Health Department officials said today a Narcan nasal kit has been recalled because the kit may not properly dispense the drug, which is used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
  
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• Drug dealer convicted in Williams County

  04-11-2016 20:49
  A Pioneer man was convicted of five felony drug offenses in Williams County Common Pleas Court Thursday for trafficking and aggravated possession of drugs. Gregory Hines, 57, pleaded guilty to all charges after months of pretrial hearings.
  
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• Accused Bruck killer faces unrelated rape charge

  04-11-2016 20:40 via toledoblade.com
  
  MONROE — The Frenchtown Township man charged with the murder of Chelsea Bruck was bound over to Monroe County Circuit Court today to stand trial on an unrelated rape charge.
  
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• McCord Road underpass opens in Holland

  04-11-2016 18:25 via toledoblade.com
  After more than 20 years of discussion and preparation, a new underpass near Springfield High School officially opened in Holland today.
  
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• No charges filed against youth in 3-year-old's death

  04-11-2016 17:42 via toledoblade.com
  
  Prosecutors will not file charges against the 7-year-old who shot and killed a young boy last weekend in central Toledo.
  
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• New recruits begin first day of Toledo Police academy

  04-11-2016 15:49 via toledoblade.com
  
  The newest Toledo police class of 31 recruits began their six-month training program today to join the police department.
  
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• Real estate transfers: 11-4

  04-11-2016 14:30 via toledoblade.com
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• Mike Bell for commissioner

  04-11-2016 10:17
  Pete Gerken has served for 12 years on the board of commissioners. He has also been a Toledo city councilman.
  
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• Central Catholic not satisfied yet

  04-11-2016 05:30 via toledoblade.com
  
  No high school football team from the northwest corner of Ohio has enjoyed the level of success Central Catholic has under coach Greg Dempsey the past dozen seasons.
  
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• Indians showed off pugnacious skills

  04-11-2016 05:28 via toledoblade.com
  
  CLEVELAND — I have had the good fortune in this job of covering more big national events than I deserve.
  
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• Time was on the side of record angler

  04-11-2016 05:27 via toledoblade.com
  
  MONTPELIER, Ohio — A lot of record fish are the result of pure happenstance, whether that be luck, karma, or a favorable alignment of the planets into some kind of angling harmonic convergence.
  
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• Notre Dame advances to 1st regional final

  04-11-2016 05:26 via toledoblade.com
  
  NORWALK — Notre Dame will carry Toledo’s last hopes of reaching the Division I state volleyball semifinals this season, as the seventh-ranked Eagles advanced to Saturday’s regional final with a 20-25, 25-20, 25-22, 25-16 semifinal victory Thursday night against unranked Brunswick at Norwalk High School.
  
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• Mud Hens hire Rojas as next manager

  04-11-2016 05:26 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Mud Hens’ new manager in 2017 will be a former manager: Mike Rojas.
  
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• Wolverines decide not to play on Friday nights

  04-11-2016 05:25 via toledoblade.com
  
  ANN ARBOR — Instead of packing 2,000-seat stadiums in rural locales on Friday nights, Big Ten fans will fill stadiums in college towns next season.
  
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• UT offense is prolific when clicking on all cylinders

  04-11-2016 05:24 via toledoblade.com
  
  When the University of Toledo offense is clicking it can be a nightmare for opposing defenses.
  
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• Walleye’s Bonis promoted to AHL

  04-11-2016 05:12 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Walleye have lost leading scorer Kyle Bonis to a promotion to the American Hockey League.
  
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• Monroe wins Friday Forecast predictions

  04-11-2016 05:11 via toledoblade.com
  Blade sports writer Mark Monroe held off veteran colleague Steve Junga to finish in first place in this season's Friday Forecast predictions.
  
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• Who needs facts? Civil discourse is woefully lacking

  04-11-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  I’ve never wished for a Hump Day so hard in my life; sweet, sweet Wednesday, when we’ll wake up with a post-Election Day hangover to learn who will lead these United States for the next four years.
  
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• Walberg, Driskell face offin heavily funded contest

  04-11-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg is defending Michigan’s 7th District seat against Gretchen Driskell, a Democratic state legislator from Saline as well as a former Saline mayor.
  
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• Trump making Ohio stop on Friday

  04-11-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has slotted another trip to swing-state Ohio for the final stretch before Election Day.
  
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• Toledo region leads U.S. in distressed sales

  04-11-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Metro Toledo had the highest share of distressed sales — 36 percent — among metro areas nationwide with at least 1,000 home and condo sales in the third quarter, a study by a California real estate data firm shows.
  
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• Toledo man gets 4 years for shooting

  04-11-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  A Toledo man who shot another man during a fight in North Toledo has been sentenced to four years in prison.
  
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• Toledo bishop calls for prayer, fasting before Election Day

  04-11-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Toledo Bishop Daniel Thomas has designated Monday — the day before an election that will affect the direction of the U.S. Supreme Court on abortion rights and other controversial issues — as a day of prayer and fasting.
  
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• TARTA bus rides free Tuesday

  04-11-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  For the past decade, the Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority has waived fares on Election Day to allow residents of its service area to ride to polling places for free.
  
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• Swanton approves resolution to halt railroad yard plan

  04-11-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  SWANTON — Village Council unanimously passed a resolution Thursday opposing a seven-track railroad yard just northwest of the village in Swanton Township.
  
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• Reinventing Civic Center Mall in works

  04-11-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  With construction of the new federal courthouse annex on track to begin in 2018, local leaders and stakeholders met Thursday with government officials to start the planning process to reinvent the Civic Center Mall.
  
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• Region leads U.S. in distressed sales

  04-11-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Metro Toledo had the highest share of distressed sales — 36 percent — among metro areas nationwide with at least 1,000 home and condo sales in the third quarter, a study by a California real estate data firm shows.
  
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• Perrysburg center heralds a new era in cancer treatment

  04-11-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  When the Mercy Health Perrysburg Cancer Center opens to patients Monday, those behind it say they are ushering in a new era of comprehensive cancer care in the Toledo area that is patient-centered and locally focused.
  
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• Overmyer is jailed after bond revoked

  04-11-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  FREMONT — While embattled Sandusky County Sheriff Kyle Overmyer remains on Tuesday’s ballot, he’ll be spending Election Day behind bars.
  
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• Ottawa Hills seeks students on tuition

  04-11-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  Ottawa Hills school officials are considering options to further market the schools to parents who live outside the district.
  
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• Ottawa Hills school board seeks students on tuition

  04-11-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Ottawa Hills school officials are considering options to further market the schools to parents who live outside the district.
  
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• Monroe college faculty get raises in contract

  04-11-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  MONROE — The Monroe County Community College board of trustees ratified a new contract between the Community College District of Monroe County and faculty Wednesday.
  
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• Jerry Matheny: 1937-2016

  04-11-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  WAUSEON — Jerry Matheny, a longtime business owner who as a three-term mayor of Wauseon who encouraged planning, business growth, and pride in the city, died Thursday in the apartment above a downtown business he and his wife formerly ran. He was 79.
  
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• I-75 ramps to be closed during weekend work

  04-11-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  BOWLING GREEN — Paving and guardrail work will restrict or close several freeway ramps this weekend beginning today, the Ohio Department of Transportation said.
  
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• ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ celebrates pacifist in midst of blood, gore

  04-11-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Mel Gibson is back in the director’s chair — 20 years after an Oscar for Braveheart, a decade after Apocalypto and a rash of ugly personal behavior that rendered him a Hollywood outcast — and he’s made a quote-unquote important film that reminds us what a cinematic force he can be.
  
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• Group: Ohio troopers needed here, not N. Dakota

  04-11-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Some local residents are angry that Ohio has deployed 37 state troopers to provide security for pipeline protests in North Dakota.
  
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• Government Center hosts mural made by prisoners

  04-11-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A traveling mural with a visual story created by a group of inmates at the Toledo Correctional Institution has made its first temporary home at One Government Center.
  
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• Democrat speakers stress importance of vote

  04-11-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Democratic speakers spent Thursday urging people to vote during a few campaign stops in Toledo in a push for presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
  
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• Council approves resolution to halt railroad yard plan

  04-11-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  SWANTON — Village Council unanimously passed a resolution Thursday opposing a seven-track railroad yard just northwest of the village in Swanton Township.
  
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• Classes set for new lead inspection work in city

  04-11-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  Classes to become a local lead inspector under the new Toledo rental ordinance will begin next week.
  
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• Charges dropped in Toledo murder

  04-11-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Aggravated murder charges were dismissed Thursday against a Toledo man accused of shooting two friends.
  
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• Bishop calls for prayer, fasting before Election Day

  04-11-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Toledo Bishop Daniel Thomas has designated Monday — the day before an election that will affect the direction of the U.S. Supreme Court on abortion rights and other controversial issues — as a day of prayer and fasting.
  
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• Accident with golf cart leads to indictment

  04-11-2016 05:00 via toledoblade.com
  PORT CLINTON — A Sandusky man who was allegedly drunk when he crashed a golf cart on Put-in-Bay, injuring his passenger, was indicted this week by an Ottawa County grand jury on two counts of aggravated vehicular assault.
  
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• Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition protests outside the Toledo post of OSHP

  04-11-2016 04:28
  
  Members of the Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition demonstrated outside the Toledo Patrol post. The coalition came to stand in solidarity with the native tribes of Standing Rock.
  
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• Eastwood volleyball's run at perfection ends

  04-11-2016 00:57 via toledoblade.com
  
  MILLBURY — The Eastwood volleyball team saw its undefeated season come to an end tonight in the Division III regional semifinals.
  
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