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• Fire departments battling church blaze

  04-03-2017 23:26 via toledoblade.com
  
  At least 12 fire departments are battling a blaze at Bridgepoint Church in Temperance.
  
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• Person dies after trailer catches fire in Port Clinton

  04-03-2017 23:07 via toledoblade.com
  
  PORT CLINTON — One person is dead and two others injured after a trailer caught fire in Port Clinton this morning. 
  
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• Notre Dame edges Whitmer in OT in D-I playoffs

  04-03-2017 21:49 via toledoblade.com
  Senior guards Bre Hampton-Bey and Mariah Copeland each hit two free throws in the final 1:43 of overtime today to lift Notre Dame to a 52-49 victory over Whitmer in the Division I girls district basketball championship game at Central Catholic's Sullivan Center.
  
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• Archbold rolls past Evergreen in D-III girls game

  04-03-2017 21:42 via toledoblade.com
  MILLBURY — First-seeded Archbold blew past No. 8 seed Evergreen 76-33 in a Division III girls basketball district championship game this afternoon at Lake High School.
  
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• Hickory Farms moving headquarters from Ohio to Chicago

  04-03-2017 20:29
  Hickory Farms says the move from Toledo will bring it closer to its parent company in Chicago and its distribution center in Joliet, Illinois. The company's chief executive tells The Blade newspaper in Toledo that the move will also help it attract employees who can help grow the business.
  
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• Supporters gather for 'March 4 Trump' rallies around U.S.

  04-03-2017 20:22 via toledoblade.com
  
  NEW YORK — Supporters of President  Trump are convening near Trump Tower, the Washington Monument and several other places around the country in marches to show their pride in his presidency.
  
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• Supporters gather for 'March 4 Trump' rallies

  04-03-2017 20:22 via toledoblade.com
  
  NEW YORK — Supporters of President  Trump are convening near Trump Tower, the Washington Monument and several other places around the country in marches to show their pride in his presidency.
  
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• Man taken to hospital after barricading himself in Findlay home

  04-03-2017 15:31 via toledoblade.com
  FINDLAY — A suicidal man barricaded in a Findlay home was safely transported to Blanchard Valley Hospital after a welfare check Friday evening, Findlay police said in a statement today.
  
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• John F. Meier (1947-2017)

  04-03-2017 07:44 via toledoblade.com
  
  John F. Meier, who led Libbey Inc. for 21 years, as the glass and tableware maker became a publicly traded company and through a period of global growth, died Thursday in ProMedica Ebeid Hospice Residence, Sylvania. He was 69.
  
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• Lucas County Dogs for Adoption: 3-4

  04-03-2017 07:39 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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• Help on wheels

  04-03-2017 07:35 via toledoblade.com
  
  Blake Bost keeps an eye on his daughter Claire, 4, as she gets her bearings on her first bicycle in Wauseon. Mr. Bost and Claire were headed to a local park.
  
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• Teen arrested in Toledo homicide

  04-03-2017 07:33 via toledoblade.com
  
  Toledo police arrested a teen Thursday in the city's most recent homicide.
  
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• Victim dies of injuries suffered in central-city hit-skip

  04-03-2017 07:30 via toledoblade.com
  A Toledo man died from injuries suffered in a hit-skip incident last week.
  
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• St. John's, St. Francis survive sectional finals

  04-03-2017 06:45 via toledoblade.com
  
  A pair of tournament upsets were averted in Friday night’s Division I boys basketball sectional finals at Central Catholic’s Sullivan Center, but Three Rivers Athletic Conference rivals St. Francis de Sales and St. John’s Jesuit survived. They’ll face each other in the district tournament.
  
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• St. John's, St. Francis survive

  04-03-2017 06:45 via toledoblade.com
  
  A pair of tournament upsets were averted in Friday night’s Division I boys basketball sectional finals at Central Catholic’s Sullivan Center, but Three Rivers Athletic Conference rivals St. Francis de Sales and St. John’s Jesuit survived. They’ll face each other in the district tournament.
  
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• Mitchell’s hat trick sends St. Francis hockey team back to state

  04-03-2017 06:45 via toledoblade.com
  
  Fighting fatigue and surviving on adrenaline, St. Francis de Sales junior Ben Mitchell simply sent a puck toward the Bowling Green net in double overtime of the district title game Friday night.
  
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• Mitchell’s hat trick sends St. Francis hockey back to state

  04-03-2017 06:45 via toledoblade.com
  
  Fighting fatigue and surviving on adrenaline, St. Francis de Sales junior Ben Mitchell simply sent a puck toward the Bowling Green net in double overtime of the district title game Friday night.
  
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• Mitchell’s hat trick sends St. Francis back to state

  04-03-2017 06:45 via toledoblade.com
  
  Fighting fatigue and surviving on adrenaline, St. Francis de Sales junior Ben Mitchell simply sent a puck toward the Bowling Green net in double overtime of the district title game Friday night.
  
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• Sun getting ready to set on Loving’s career

  04-03-2017 06:44 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — Ohio State coach Thad Matta and senior Marc Loving have a running joke Loving can’t buy a call from officials.
  
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• Gymnasts get experience, fun at state team competition

  04-03-2017 06:44 via toledoblade.com
  HILLIARD, Ohio — A veteran of four state individual meets, senior Kaylynn Frantz tried to provide a guiding hand to her teammates on the Springfield gymnastics team Friday during the state competition at Hilliard Bradley High School.
  
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• Roundup: Bowsher, Whitmer prevail in close calls

  04-03-2017 06:43 via toledoblade.com
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• Hunt would welcome pick by Browns

  04-03-2017 06:42 via toledoblade.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — The top prospects at the NFL Scouting Combine sure seem to know their ABCs.
  
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• Ex-Rocket Roberts has chance of a lifetime

  04-03-2017 06:42 via toledoblade.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — Mike Mayock, an NFL draft extraordinaire, hosts an hours-long conference call the week of the scouting combine each year. It’s become a tradition unlike any other in NFL circles.
  
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• Girls basketball Saturday schedule and boys Friday scores

  04-03-2017 06:39 via toledoblade.com
  Full list of prep basketball scores at bcsn.tv/gamedaynation
  
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• Lucas County elections board deadlocked on choice for leaders

  04-03-2017 06:04 via toledoblade.com
  
  In a meeting that evoked memories of open personnel disputes, party-line tie votes, and the personal attacks from previous years, the Lucas County Board of Elections bogged down Friday in two tie votes on appointments for director and deputy director.
  
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• ‘Window to Eternity’: Stained glass illustrates history of religion

  04-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  For Janine Ody-Miller, there is no better way to tell a story than through the intricate beauty of a stained-glass window.
  
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• Trump budget virtually kills Great Lakes initiative

  04-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  To the dismay of many Toledo-area officials and environmental groups, the Trump Administration is trying to kill all but 3 percent of funding for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
  
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• Toledo police to hold vehicle auction

  04-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Toledo Police Department later this month will host its first vehicle auction of the year.
  
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• Toledo man sentenced on child-endangering charges

  04-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A Toledo man was recently sentenced to jail after he was convicted of endangering children.
  
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• Sylvania students get options for graduation

  04-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Sylvania students who are in high school during the 2017-18 school year will be allowed to graduate from that same school, even if boundaries change because of redistricting to show they should attend elsewhere.
  
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• St. Ursula ‘Soil Savers’ finalists in challenge

  04-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  A girl-powered team of local high school students is approaching the final hurdle in a national competition tackling environmental issues with a project designed to help the beleaguered Lake Erie.
  
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• Residents warned of home-repair scams

  04-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  COLUMBUS — Officials are urging caution for potential home-repair scams after recent severe weather across the state.
  
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• Religion Offerings: 3-4

  04-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Jazz vespers in Maumee
  
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• Putthoff steps down as St. John’s president

  04-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  After only seven months on the job, the Rev. Jeff Putthoff has resigned as president of St. John’s Jesuit High School and Academy in Toledo.
  
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• Police drone given high marks in debut

  04-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Capturing sights high above a large chemical fire, the new Toledo police drone debuted Thursday to positive reviews from first responders.
  
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• Patrol removes 24,000 impaired drivers

  04-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — Ohio Highway Patrol troopers have removed more than 24,000 impaired drivers from state roadways over the past five years.
  
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• Ottawa Hills panel says leave Secor Rd. as it is

  04-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The three-member streets committee of the Ottawa Hills Village Council was met with applause from community members when they delivered their recommendation to leave Secor Road as-is.
  
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• Others question Hickory Farms CEO’s Toledo view

  04-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Hickory Farms LLC top executive’s explanation that the company couldn’t stay in Toledo because of the difficulty in attracting top talent here isn’t resonating for many local business leaders.
  
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• Others question CEO’s Toledo view

  04-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Hickory Farms LLC top executive’s explanation that the company couldn’t stay in Toledo because of the difficulty in attracting top talent here isn’t resonating for many local business leaders.
  
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• Ohio’s jobless rate steady at 5% in Jan.

  04-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Ohio’s unemployment rate held at 5 percent in January, the fourth straight month the figure has been unchanged.
  
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• O-I cuts 28 staff, sends some work to Poland

  04-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Owens-Illinois Inc. said Friday it has eliminated 28 jobs in its information technology department at its Perrysburg campus, with some of the work moving to its IT center in Poznan, Poland.
  
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• Nursing students learn response to an opioid overdose

  04-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Pictured above, nursing students assess medical mannequins for a potential opioid overdoses during a training exercise in multiple health-care disciplines at the University of Toledo’s Health Science Campus. Nursing students administered faux doses of Naloxone to mannequins as part of the exercise.
  
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• Man accused of dealing drugs faces 45 charges

  04-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A Toledo man accused of distributing large amounts of heroin and cocaine was arraigned in U.S. District Court on 45 criminal counts.
  
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• Lucas County auto title office hours expanded

  04-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Lucas County auto title offices will offer extended hours beginning Monday.
  
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• Lithium plant found to be in compliance before fire

  04-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A Campbell Street plant that housed lithium was in compliance with building regulations before a large fire broke out there.
  
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• Ex-Findlay chief of police faces charges of domestic violence

  04-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  FINDLAY — A special prosecutor has charged the former acting Findlay police chief with domestic violence after a dispute last month between the officer and his wife.
  
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• Andersons declares 16-cent dividend

  04-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Andersons Inc., a Monclova Township agribusiness, on Friday declared a quarterly cash dividend of 16 cents a share, payable April 24 to shareholders of record on April 3.
  
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• TPD union president pushes to move up police recruit class

  04-03-2017 05:34
  With fewer Toledo police officers already, and possible retirements coming soon, there's a push by two Toledo City Council members to get the next class of police officers in training much sooner. It's a letter written from then Police Chief Mike Navarre to then Mayor Carty Finkbeiner about what happens when officer numbers dip too low.
  
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• UT men lead Eastern Michigan 25-24 at halftime

  04-03-2017 01:53 via toledoblade.com
  
  YPSILANTI, Mich — The University of Toledo men's basketball team leads Eastern Michigan 25-24 at halftime tonight at the Convocation Center.
  
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• Despite higher homicide rate, Toledo police says crime is down

  04-03-2017 01:23
  The police department uses data driven policing, where officers analyze crime trends and patterns. They also use "skycop" cameras to keep an eye on hot spots.
  
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