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• Noel Project helping families have a bright Christmas

  10-12-2016 18:36
  Dozens of volunteers will be hard at work Friday, helping to make Christmas bright for hundreds of families in Toledo. They all will be passed out Saturday morning, but Friday, volunteers are putting together 1,000 bikes for the kids to enjoy.
  
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• Retail stores in Rossford evacuated for gas leak

  10-12-2016 16:02 via toledoblade.com
  
  Several stores in a Wood County shopping center have been evacuated because of a natural gas leak in one of the buildings.
  
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• 1 person shot in North Toledo early today

  10-12-2016 15:19 via toledoblade.com
  Toledo police are investigating a shooting that occurred early today in North Toledo.
  
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• Autopsy: 18-year-old died of stabbing

  10-12-2016 12:17 via toledoblade.com
  
  An autopsy today determined a previously missing West Toledo man died from repeated stab wounds to his torso.
  
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• Toledo preps for weekend snow forecast

  10-12-2016 08:32 via toledoblade.com
  
  Snow-slickened streets are believed to have contributed to several traffic crashes Friday morning in Toledo, while forecasts for a more significant snow Sunday into Monday began to solidify.
  
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• New state officeholder mulling bid for Senate

  10-12-2016 08:30 via toledoblade.com
  
  LIMA, Ohio — State Senator-elect Matt Huffman of Lima is considering tossing his hat into the ring for the 2018 U.S. Senate race.
  
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• New state office holder mulling bid for Senate

  10-12-2016 08:30 via toledoblade.com
  
  LIMA, Ohio — State Senator-elect Matt Huffman of Lima is considering tossing his hat into the ring for the 2018 U.S. Senate race.
  
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• Ohio lawmakers call for keeping freeze on clean energy mandates

  10-12-2016 08:26 via toledoblade.com
  
  Ohio’s energy future is back in Gov. John Kasich’s hands now that both Ohio General Assembly chambers passed a bill this week that calls for compliance with the state’s clean energy standards to be voluntary for another two years.
  
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• Holiday Gift Guide: Religious gifts

  10-12-2016 08:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  In all the holiday activity, don’t forget about the baby Jesus and that Christmas celebrates his birth. Yes, there can be gifts for the eight days of Hanukkah, for solstice, and, really, for any of the 29 holidays observed by seven major world religions from Nov. 1 through Jan. 15. But if you want to make Christmas Christmas, consider these religious gifts.
  
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• Toledo lights up with Christmas cheer

  10-12-2016 07:51 via toledoblade.com
  
  Tracy Long, left, kisses Steve Hayes during the Toledo city tree lighting ceremony Friday at Ottawa Park. This was the third year the city lit the 60-foot blue spruce. The city will also put lights on the trees on Jackson Street downtown.
  
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• Knights hang on late to beat Lima Sr.

  10-12-2016 07:18 via toledoblade.com
  
  In its climb back to basketball respectability under fifth-year coach Travis Lewis, St. Francis de Sales registered somewhat of a benchmark victory in Friday night’s Three Rivers Athletic Conference opener at home.
  
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• Stritch makes a statement in TAAC

  10-12-2016 07:12 via toledoblade.com
  
  It’s only the second full weekend of the season, but don’t tell that to the players on Cardinal Stritch and Ottawa Hills.
  
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• Camellia Bowl is perfect setup, good fit for the Rockets

  10-12-2016 06:58 via toledoblade.com
  
  In the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl, the University of Toledo football team has found a good fit for its sixth bowl appearance in the past seven years.
  
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• St. Francis defeats Bowling Green 4-1 on ice

  10-12-2016 06:50 via toledoblade.com
  
  St. Francis de Sales forward Nick Daly may not be the Knights’ most vocal player, but the junior did all of his talking by lighting the lamp three times on Friday night.
  
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• Daly does his talking on the ice

  10-12-2016 06:50 via toledoblade.com
  
  St. Francis de Sales forward Nick Daly may not be the Knights’ most vocal player, but the junior did all of his talking by lighting the lamp three times on Friday night.
  
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• Boys roundup: Rayford, Whitmer top Clay

  10-12-2016 06:44 via toledoblade.com
  WHITMER 86, CLAY 53
  
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• Falcons still not there yet, fall to Huskies

  10-12-2016 06:41 via toledoblade.com
  BOWLING GREEN — Bowling Green State University had a chance to make a statement Friday.
  
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• Rockets come together, pull off victory at Dayton

  10-12-2016 06:37 via toledoblade.com
  DAYTON — In front of 9,000 fans, a majority of them screaming kids who at times made noise inside University of Dayton Arena deafening Friday, the University of Toledo women’s basketball team pulled together and came away with a 76-72 victory against the Flyers.
  
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• Girls roundup: Start runs past Waite

  10-12-2016 06:33 via toledoblade.com
  START 66, WAITE 16
  
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• Cromwell named interim AD at Cardinal Stritch

  10-12-2016 06:32 via toledoblade.com
  
  Ohio high school hall of fame football coach Dick Cromwell has been appointed as interim athletic director at Cardinal Stritch High School.
  
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• Tigers sign Infante, 13others to minor-league deals

  10-12-2016 06:27 via toledoblade.com
  The Detroit Tigers announced Friday they had signed 14 players to minor-league contracts for the 2017 season, meaning they could form the nucleus of next year's Mud Hens team.
  
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• Tigers sign Infante, 13 others to minor-league deals

  10-12-2016 06:27 via toledoblade.com
  The Detroit Tigers announced Friday they had signed 14 players to minor-league contracts for the 2017 season, meaning they could form the nucleus of next year's Mud Hens team.
  
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• Dorothy A. Kornowa (1930-2016)

  10-12-2016 06:01 via toledoblade.com
  
  Dorothy A. Kornowa, who worked hard and contributed a wealth of knowledge as she rose into the executive ranks of the former Ohio Citizens Trust Co., died Thursday in Hospice of Northwest Ohio, South Detroit Avenue. She was 86.
  
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• Toy drive makes holiday happier for children

  10-12-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  More than 10,000 toys were collected Friday during the annual Hope for the Holidays Drive Thru Bash, held at WTVG's studio on Dorr Street. Through 6:30 p.m., the event had generated 10,485 presents donated to the Salvation Army. This year’s drop-off locations also included the Andersons in Maumee, the Salvation Army in Findlay, and the Salvation Army in Bowling Green. Toys collected are distributed by the Salvation Army, th U.S. Marine Corps and Toys for Tots.
  
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• Toledoan killed, 3 hurt in pike crash

  10-12-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  MILAN, Ohio — A 19-year-old Toledo man died in a hospital after a car and a sport utility vehicle collided Friday on the Ohio Turnpike near this Erie County community.
  
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• Schools watching concealed carry bill

  10-12-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University will review school policies should the governor sign a bill allowing public universities to decide if gun owners can carry concealed weapons on campuses.
  
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• Police identify man, 24, fatally shot in Findlay

  10-12-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  FINDLAY — Authorities have identified Trey D. James, 24, of Findlay as the man who died Friday after police say he was shot multiple times.
  
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• OSU attack an early test for safety chief

  10-12-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Monica Moll had worked only a month as Ohio State University’s public safety director when a disturbing call on the police radio interrupted a Monday morning meeting in her new office.
  
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• Ohioans can have 2 emergency contacts

  10-12-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  The Lucas County Sheriff’s Office is reminding residents they can add emergency contacts for state use.
  
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• NN Metal Stampings faces almost $80K fine

  10-12-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A southwestern Ohio firm has been fined nearly $80,000 by federal workplace safety regulators for a series of violations at its metal stamping plant in Williams County.
  
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• Man, 24, with multiple gunshot wounds dies

  10-12-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  FINDLAY — A 24-year-old man died Friday after Findlay police say he was shot multiple times.
  
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• Hats, scarves on trees have warm purpose

  10-12-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  If you find a brightly-colored scarf, hat, or pair of gloves dangling from a tree in Middlegrounds MetroPark — it’s there on purpose.
  
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• Fugitive task force tops 40,000 arrests

  10-12-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — State lawmakers this week congratulated the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force for exceeding 40,000 arrests since its creation.
  
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• Foursquare church comes full circle

  10-12-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  By returning to South Toledo in 2014 and moving into the former Heatherdowns Church of the Brethren at 3510 Schneider Rd., Family Christian Center has come full circle.
  
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• ‘Dumping’ ruling backs Whirlpool

  10-12-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The U.S. Department of Commerce on Friday issued a final determination stating that large residential washing machines imported from China were “dumped” on the U.S. consumer market at below fair value, hurting Whirlpool Corp. and workers at its Clyde, Ohio, plant.
  
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• Davis-Besse welcomes any Trump aid

  10-12-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  News reports circulated Friday that President-elect Donald Trump’s advisers are seeking help from the U.S. Department of Energy on ways they might stave off more premature closures of nuclear plants struggling because of intense competition from natural gas and renewable energy.
  
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• Concert-chorale wants members in Findlay

  10-12-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  The University of Findlay Concert-Chorale, which includes students and community members, is recruiting choristers for its April 2 spring concert featuring Gabriel Faure’s pieces, including “Requiem.”
  
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• $2M given to BGSU for ice arena repairs

  10-12-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  BOWLING GREEN — The head of a Toledo glass engineering and contracting company has donated $2 million to Bowling Green State University for renovations to the university’s ice arena.
  
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• Daly's hat trick leads St. Francis de Sales over BG

  10-12-2016 03:49 via toledoblade.com
  St. Francis de Sales junior forward Nick Daly tallied a hat trick as the Knights topped Bowling Green 4-1 tonight in Northwest Hockey Conference play.
  
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• BGSU hockey falls to Michigan Tech

  10-12-2016 03:41 via toledoblade.com
  BOWLING GREEN — Bowling Green State University suffered a 3-1 loss to Michigan Tech in a Western Collegiate Hockey Association match at the the Slater Family Ice Arena Friday.
  
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• Toledo riverfront getting Interactive, inclusive play equipment

  10-12-2016 03:15
  The city of Toledo has partnered with the Ohio Soft Drink Association to bring a new feature to the Maumee riverfront On Friday morning, Toledo Mayor Paula Hicks Hudson announced the city will install the inclusive play system behind One Seagate along the river front. "If you're visually impaired, there's sound.
  
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• Stritch dials long-distance to beat Ottawa Hills

  10-12-2016 03:00 via toledoblade.com
  It’s only the second full weekend of the season, but don’t tell that to the players on Ottawa Hills or Cardinal Stritch.
  
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• Toledo police investigate 18-year-old's death as homicide

  10-12-2016 02:38 via toledoblade.com
  
  The body of a West Toledo man not seen since Monday was found Friday in his car, and Toledo police are investigating the death as a homicide.
  
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• 24-year-old man dies in Findlay shooting

  10-12-2016 00:56 via toledoblade.com
  
  FINDLAY — A 24-year-old man died today after Findlay Police say he was shot multiple times.
  
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• Cromwell named Cardinal Stritch interim AD

  10-12-2016 00:49 via toledoblade.com
  
  Ohio high school hall of fame football coach Dick Cromwell has been appointed as interim athletic director at Cardinal Stritch High School.
  
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• Winless Browns bump first-place Lions off TV

  10-12-2016 00:14 via toledoblade.com
  
  The NFL flex scheduling for televising games is in effect and it will certainly affect Detroit Lions fans in the Toledo television market on Sunday afternoon.
  
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