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• Work Ready seminar to be held Wednesday at Scott High School

  24-01-2017 23:04
  With hundreds of jobs coming to the Toledo area, companies are hoping to fill those positions with local job seekers. Lucas County Commissioners stressed how companies want to expand in Toledo, but there has to be people ready to fill those jobs.
  
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• Rasmussen poll shows Trump approval ratings up over weekend

  24-01-2017 22:44 via toledoblade.com
  
  The low approval ratings of President Trump in the week before his inauguration have been replaced with approval by a majority of voters, according to the Rasmussen Reports polling operation.
  
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• Water service will be shut off at turnpike service plaza

  24-01-2017 22:24 via toledoblade.com
  CLYDE, Ohio — Water service will be shut off at an Ohio Turnpike service plaza in Sandusky County for several hours late today while a water main on turnpike property is repaired.
  
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• 3 UM assistants will make at least $1 million

  24-01-2017 22:11 via toledoblade.com
  
  ANN ARBOR — Jim Harbaugh's creativity never stops.
  
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• Edon police chief set to resume his duties

  24-01-2017 21:57 via toledoblade.com
  
  EDON, Ohio — The police chief who shot and killed a man last summer during a mental-health check will return to duty, village officials said today.
  
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• Toledo woman testifies about finding shackled girl

  24-01-2017 18:09 via toledoblade.com
  
  Karen Loudermill testified this morning that when she saw a young girl with matted hair and dirty clothes outside a building she cleans, she knew something was wrong.
  
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• Man found dead in fire was retired police officer

  24-01-2017 16:06 via toledoblade.com
  
  Authorities have identified a retired Toledo police officer as the man who was found dead in a burning North Toledo house Monday evening.
  
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• Authorities ID man found dead in fire

  24-01-2017 16:06 via toledoblade.com
  Authorities have identified Gerald Kwiatkowski as a Toledo man who was found dead in a burning North Toledo house Monday evening.
  
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• 10-year-old boy leads police on high-speed chase near Fostoria

  24-01-2017 15:43 via toledoblade.com
  
  FOSTORIA -- A 10-year-old boy led police on a five-minute car chase over the weekend after taking the vehicle without permission to go shopping, authorities said.
  
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• Leaders say UTMC will remain open as university-owned teaching hospital

  24-01-2017 14:12 via toledoblade.com
  
  The University of Toledo Medical Center will remain open as university-owned teaching hospital, UT President Sharon Gaber told the campus community early today in a video message and letter.
  
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• Leaders say UTMC will remain open as a university-owned teaching hospital

  24-01-2017 14:12 via toledoblade.com
  
  The University of Toledo Medical Center will remain open as a university-owned teaching hospital, UT President Sharon Gaber told the campus community early today in a video message and letter.
  
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• Goodbye to a Toledo institution

  24-01-2017 14:02
  
  I'd have chimed in last week on the news about The Andersons' plans to close their retail stores, but time got away from me. I'm a bit more than fashionably late now, but I can't just let this slip by.
  
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• Jazz nights coming to Toledo

  24-01-2017 09:54
  
  The first of what is expected to be many regularly scheduled jazz nights at Shorty's Back Forty, a dance club and nightclub at 5215 Monroe St., premieres Wednesday from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. with a performance by the Ben Wolkins Quartet. The show, arranged by the Art Tatum Jazz Heritage Society, will feature Ben Wolkins on trumpet, Galen Bundy on keyboard, Eric Nachtrab on bass, and Travis Aukerman on drums.
  
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• Eagles’ bigs stand tall vs. Panthers

  24-01-2017 06:18 via toledoblade.com
  
  Whitmer and talented senior center Bryce Blood found out Monday evening at Notre Dame two “bigs” are better than one.
  
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• St. John's, Start stay atop D-I in Blade poll

  24-01-2017 06:16 via toledoblade.com
  
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• Defensive players commit to Toledo

  24-01-2017 06:15 via toledoblade.com
  
  During the weekend, the University of Toledo football team received two commitments ahead of National Signing Day on Feb. 1, the first day high school seniors are allowed to sign national letters of intent.
  
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• When in Rome: UM is heading to Italy

  24-01-2017 06:13 via toledoblade.com
  
  ANN ARBOR — Who needs Florida when you can travel to Italy?
  
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• Saving lives part of job for conservation officers

  24-01-2017 06:13 via toledoblade.com
  
  For a wildlife or conservation officer, every day isn’t consumed with writing citations for streamside littering, checking fishing licenses, or working a stakeout hoping to catch a poacher. Sometimes, duty calls them in another direction.
  
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• Mud Hens look-ahead: Dixon Machado, SS

  24-01-2017 06:12 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Tigers open spring training on Feb. 14, which means baseball season is coming. Here is a daily look at players with possible ties to the 2017 Mud Hens.
  
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• Toledo eyes ban on gender-conversion therapy

  24-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Toledo City Council plans to vote today on a law prohibiting the controversial therapy designed to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity.
  
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• Region has website that details water pollution

  24-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  An online tool to help the public track the western Lake Erie region’s water quality, designed and developed under the joint leadership of Toledo and Lucas County officials, went live Monday.
  
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• Perrysburg proceeds with new fire station

  24-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Perrysburg city officials will take the first step toward building a new firehouse at the site of an unused Perrysburg Township fire station.
  
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• Ohio aims to help vulnerable youths

  24-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine on Monday said agents within his office will scour databases for youths with histories of running away or being transferred between foster homes for potential signs of vulnerability to human trafficking.
  
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• Ohio aims to curb human trafficking

  24-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine on Monday said agents within his office will scour databases for youths with histories of running away or being transferred between foster homes for potential signs of vulnerability to human trafficking.
  
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• Man found dead in burning area home

  24-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A man was found dead in a burning North Toledo house Monday evening.
  
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• Lucas County shelter kills fewer dogs

  24-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Despite periodic staffing shortages, the Lucas County Canine Care & Control continued a positive trend of saving more dogs in its care last year.
  
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• Journey to hit Huntington Center stage

  24-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Journey, one of the most popular North American bands of all time, will make its way to Toledo’s Huntington Center for a June 25 concert. Asia will be the opening act.
  
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• Journey hits Huntington Center stage

  24-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Journey, one of the most popular North American bands of all time, will make its way to Toledo’s Huntington Center for a June 25 concert. Asia will be the opening act.
  
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• Head of school plans to retire in June, 2018

  24-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Gary Boehm is ready for the next chapter in his life, announcing plans to retire as Head of School at Maumee Valley Country Day School in June, 2018.
  
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• Forum focuses on resources to help addicts

  24-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The fight against the opioid addiction epidemic in northwest Ohio will require everyone’s effort, law enforcement and health officials told a crowd gathered Monday at the Zablocki Senior Center.
  
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• First Defiance reports record full-year profit

  24-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  DEFIANCE — For the second consecutive year, First Defiance Financial Corp. reported a record full-year profit.
  
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• Expert to speak on diversity in education

  24-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  An expert on culturally relevant pedagogy will speak Thursday at the University of Toledo.
  
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• Claudia Jean Hole: 1951-2017

  24-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Claudia Jean Hole, a longtime music teacher in Toledo Public Schools and member of area barbershop-style choral groups, died Jan. 16 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Perrysburg. She was 65.
  
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• Cirque de Soleil coming to Huntington Center

  24-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Cirque de Soleil will bring its latest big top show, OVO, to Toledo’s Huntington Center this spring.
  
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• Ciboros represent selves on first day

  24-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Suggesting that the children he and his father are accused of abusing were led by investigators to make false statements, Esten Ciboro told a jury Monday in Lucas County Common Pleas Court to be careful.
  
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• Challenges outlined by Advocates for Basic Legal Equality

  24-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  An Advocates for Basic Legal Equality representative called on Rotary Club of Toledo members Monday for help fighting poverty in the inner city and other less privileged communities.
  
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• Ban on gender-conversion therapy eyed

  24-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Toledo City Council plans to vote today on a law prohibiting the controversial therapy designed to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity.
  
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• Automakers gearing up for Toledo Auto Show

  24-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The U.S. auto industry closed out 2016 on a surprisingly strong note, with a strong December helping push annual sales to a record level. And while sales could slow a bit in 2017, there’s no doubt the industry is hot.
  
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• Automakers gearing up for city’s auto show

  24-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The U.S. auto industry closed out 2016 on a surprisingly strong note, with a strong December helping push annual sales to a record level. And while sales could slow a bit in 2017, there’s no doubt the industry is hot.
  
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• Auto dealers gearing up for Toledo Auto Show

  24-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The U.S. auto industry closed out 2016 on a surprisingly strong note, with a strong December helping push annual sales to a record level. And while sales could slow a bit in 2017, there’s no doubt the industry is hot.
  
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• A feast for Chinese New Year

  24-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Happy new year!
  
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• 6 areas pay high auto insurance

  24-01-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Auto owners in six areas in and near the central city parts of Toledo pay vehicle insurance rates that are less affordable than other areas of the city, a new study shows.
  
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• Dad, son shackled, raped girl: Cops

  24-01-2017 05:46
  Timothy Ciboro and his son Esten Ciboro are accused of holding a 13-year-old female family member captive at their Toledo, Ohio home. As she rambled around gritty downtown Toledo, Ohio a pair of Good Samaritans likely saved the "unclean and traumatized" girl from an unspeakable hell.
  
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• Third quarter run lifts Notre Dame over Whitmer

  24-01-2017 03:10 via toledoblade.com
  Notre Dame outscored Whitmer 20-5 in the third quarter en route to a 56-44 victory on Monday night in a Three Rivers Athletic Conference matchup on the Eagles home court.
  
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• Firefighters respond to possibly fatal blaze in North Toledo

  24-01-2017 02:38 via toledoblade.com
  
  Toledo firefighters are at the scene of a fire in North Toledo that may involve a fatality.
  
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• Toledo woman says women's march on Washington "powerful"

  24-01-2017 01:37
  
  About a half million people flooded Washington, DC., Saturday for the women's march, including a large group of women from in Northwest Ohio. She has lived in the United States since she was a young girl.
  
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