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• Newly discovered shipwreck in Lake Superior offers stunning window into the past

  28-03-2017 23:34
  It was near midnight in early May of 1884 when the J.S. Seaverns went down off the north shore of Lake Superior. The ship had run against some rocks on its way out of nearby Michipicoten Harbor.
  
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• Police investigate inappropriate communications between Fostoria coach, student

  28-03-2017 22:47 via toledoblade.com
  
  FOSTORIA — Police are investigating a report of inappropriate communications last year between an assistant athletic coach in the Fostoria school district and a student.
  
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• Toledo police seek missing 25-year-old woman

  28-03-2017 19:08 via toledoblade.com
  
  Toledo Police are searching for a woman who has been missing since last week. 
  
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• State finds erotic literature on flash drive of BGSU researcher

  28-03-2017 19:02 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — The Ohio Inspector General’s office is asking the Wood County prosecutor to look into erotic literature that was apparently turned over to the state on a flash drive by a Bowling Green State University researcher when his contract was terminated.
  
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• North Toledo woman attacked in Kroger parking lot

  28-03-2017 18:41
  A North Toledo woman was struck with a crow bar when an unknown suspect demanded money in a grocery store parking lot. Jessylynn Zieman, 26, of Toledo, was getting into her vehicle at Kroger, 4633 Suder Ave., when a gray Pontiac drove up next to her about 10:27 p.m. Sunday, according to a Toledo police report.
  
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• St. John's Jesuit trustees hire interim president

  28-03-2017 18:06 via toledoblade.com
  
  St. John's Jesuit High School and Academy announced today that its board of trustees has hired an interim president.
  
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• 24-year-old man arraigned on kidnapping charges

  28-03-2017 17:47 via toledoblade.com
  
  Police said an East Toledo woman and man were forced to strip their clothing while the woman’s boyfriend pointed a gun at the man and threatened to kill him. 
  
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• United North cancels 2017 Lagrange Street Polish Festival

  28-03-2017 17:25 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Lagrange Street Polish Festival is canceled this year, board members for the host organization confirmed today.
  
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• Husted suspends Lucas Co. elections board member Hartley

  28-03-2017 17:13 via toledoblade.com
  
  Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted today suspended a Republican member of the Lucas County Board of Elections and broke a tie vote to block the Republicans’ nominee for director.
  
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• GOP Lucas Co. elections board member suspended

  28-03-2017 17:13 via toledoblade.com
  
  Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted today suspended a Republican member of the Lucas County Board of Elections and broke a tie vote to sink the Republicans’ nominee for staff director.
  
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• Attorney Khoury to run for Toledo Municipal Court judge

  28-03-2017 16:02 via toledoblade.com
  
  Toledo attorney Nicole Khoury announced today she plans to run for an open seat on Toledo Municipal Court.
  
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• Metro Toledo jobless rates mostly decline

  28-03-2017 16:01 via toledoblade.com
  Unemployment rates in metro Toledo mostly went down last month, a state report released today shows.
  
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• Man flees with money, cigarettes from West Toledo Speedway

  28-03-2017 14:55 via toledoblade.com
  A West Toledo convenience store was robbed early today.
  
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• Woman found dead in Ottawa Co. jail identified

  28-03-2017 14:02 via toledoblade.com
  PORT CLINTON — The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office has identified a female inmate who apparently hanged herself in the county jail Monday and was later pronounced dead. 
  
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• Authorities looking for bank robber

  28-03-2017 13:45
  Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation , Cleveland Division, and George Kral, Chief of Police, Toledo Police Department, today announced the following: On March 25, 2017, at approximately 12:40pm, a lone white male entered the Huntington Bank at 4105 Talmadge Rd, Toledo, OH 43623 and handed a note to the teller. The suspect took an undisclosed amount of money and fled the scene in a faded red 4x4 pickup truck.
  
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• University of Toledo gets retired Ohio justice's documents

  28-03-2017 09:02
  The only Ohio Supreme Court justice to have been elected to every level of the state's judiciary has donated her personal papers to her alma mater, the University of Toledo. The Blade reports the collection from retired Justice Judith Ann Lanzinger includes case notes with insight into her developing opinions during her time on the bench.
  
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• University of Toledo gets retired Ohio justicea s documents

  28-03-2017 09:02
  The only Ohio Supreme Court justice to have been elected to every level of the state's judiciary has donated her personal papers to her alma mater, the University of Toledo. The Blade reports the collection from retired Justice Judith Ann Lanzinger includes case notes with insight into her developing opinions during her time on the bench.
  
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• 21 Teslas arrive in Toledo, some available to the public

  28-03-2017 06:41
  The vehicles are being leaded to businesses like Maumee Assembly and Stamping, which helped to make component of the Tesla X model. "It's a great opportunity to cut down on our carbon footprint since they're electric vehicles," said Travis Barta of Maumee Assembly & Stamping.
  
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• St. Francis looks to defend its TRAC championship

  28-03-2017 06:19 via toledoblade.com
  
  St. Francis de Sales, St. John’s Jesuit, and Clay were each in the thick of the Three Rivers Athletic Conference baseball championship race right down to the wire last season, and those three teams are expected to be back in the conference title chase this year.
  
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• St. Francis baseball looks to defend its TRAC championship

  28-03-2017 06:19 via toledoblade.com
  
  St. Francis de Sales, St. John’s Jesuit, and Clay were each in the thick of the Three Rivers Athletic Conference baseball championship race right down to the wire last season, and those three teams are expected to be back in the conference title chase this year.
  
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• Speight’s ready to take his game to next level

  28-03-2017 06:17 via toledoblade.com
  
  ANN ARBOR — Wilton Speight might as well be a new person.
  
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• Lake Erie fishery continues its trend in right direction

  28-03-2017 06:16 via toledoblade.com
  
  YPSILANTI, Mich. — Ask just about any angler and they will tell you that the fishing prospects on Lake Erie are on an upward trajectory. If there is such a thing as a bull market for fishing, this is it.
  
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• TPS to place levy renewal on ballot

  28-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Toledo Board of Education will consider giving its support to a levy renewal request that would go before voters in November.
  
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• Toledo school district to place levy renewal on November ballot

  28-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Toledo Board of Education will consider giving its support to a levy renewal request that would go before voters in November.
  
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• Toledo-area shoppers drink up drop in milk prices

  28-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Some shoppers may not have noticed, but milk prices have been falling steadily the past 18 months, and locally the price of a gallon is less than half the U.S. average cost, possibly stemming from pricing bait by the large grocery chains.
  
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• St. John’s team back at top of pack again

  28-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  As teams continue to play musical chairs with the top three positions in The Blade’s School Stock Contest, another former leader is back on top after eight weeks.
  
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• Sister Mary Leo Furlong: 1927-2017

  28-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Sister Mary Leo Furlong, a former nursing supervisor for the Sisters of Notre Dame and a longtime area educator, died Friday in Rosary Care Center, Sylvania. She was 89.
  
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• Shoppers drink up drop in milk prices

  28-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Some shoppers may not have noticed, but milk prices have been falling steadily the past 18 months, and locally the price of a gallon is less than half the U.S. average cost, possibly stemming from pricing bait by the large grocery chains.
  
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• Sheriff, deputy to talk about addiction in N.Y.

  28-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Lucas County sheriff and leader of the office’s Drug Abuse Response Team will discuss how they address opioid addiction next month in New York.
  
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• Recipes inspired by children’s stories

  28-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Let us grow with the book!
  
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• Prom-dress sale’s final days this weekend

  28-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  An annual prom-dress sale to benefit a local animal rescue will end after this weekend’s 10th and final event.
  
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• Police search for man who held up 2 area banks

  28-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Police are searching for a man believed to have robbed two northwest Ohio banks.
  
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• Pilot program in Lucas County to be restored in road bill

  28-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — A committee charged with hammering out a compromise transportation budget on Monday restored a proposed pilot program in Lucas and several other counties to test whether lower truck fees could lead to more registrations in Ohio.
  
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• ODOT gets easement to land to build new bridge

  28-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  To build the new Waterville bridge, the Ohio Department of Transportation needs land along the Maumee River.
  
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• Maxwell, Brothers Osborne announce local concerts

  28-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  R&B artist Gerald Rivera, best known by his stage name Maxwell, will make a stop in Toledo on June 15 at the Huntington Center.
  
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• Man pleads not guilty to crash

  28-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A North Carolina man accused of causing an accident that killed three family members and injured three others in Jerusalem Township pleaded not guilty Monday in Oregon Municipal Court.
  
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• Lucas County Dogs for Adoption: 3-28

  28-03-2017 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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• Local entrepreneur takes delivery of 21 Tesla sedans

  28-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A company car is a nice perk, but it’s rarely something worthy of any excitement. Fleet cars generally tilt toward the bland. Beige, slow, utilitarian.
  
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• Lawmakers call for Trump to visit facilities in Lorain

  28-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  LORAIN, Ohio — Ohio’s two U.S. senators and U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur on Monday issued a joint invitation to Trump Administration Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to visit Lorain to see the consequences of unfair trade practices on the steel industry.
  
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• If there are jelly beans, it must be Easter

  28-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  I’m sure you noticed that several weeks ago Easter candy had arrived on store shelves. It was probably put on display about three minutes after midnight on Feb. 15, just after Valentine’s Day ended.
  
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• Entrepreneur takes delivery of 21 Tesla sedans

  28-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A company car is a nice perk, but it’s rarely something worthy of any excitement. Fleet cars generally tilt toward the bland. Beige, slow, utilitarian.
  
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• Eat your words

  28-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Let us grow with the book!
  
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• East Toledoan, 77, charged in weekend fatal shooting

  28-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Nicole and Keith Siravo awoke to emphatic banging on their front door and a bleeding man slumped against it.
  
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• Diver shuns med school for thrill of underwater finds

  28-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Carrie Sowden wasn’t always on a path to be an underwater archaeologist, but she’s thrilled to have docked in Toledo.
  
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• CSX to lay off 34 workers in Lake Township

  28-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Nearly half the workers at one of CSX Transportation’s two Lake Township railyards will lose their jobs Wednesday when the railroad closes the classification hump used to sort train cars by gravity.
  
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• Crossing crashes rise in Lucas Co., but fall statewide

  28-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Collisions involving trains and motor vehicles at railroad crossings declined last year in Ohio and nationwide, as did the number of people killed in such accidents, according to preliminary federal data distributed by an industry-funded safety group.
  
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• Couple facing charges in West Toledo club shooting

  28-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A couple has been charged in relation to a weekend shooting at a West Toledo nightclub.
  
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• Competency hearing ordered for Toledoan

  28-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  A Toledo man whom police have charged with having a foot fetish was ordered Monday to undergo a competency evaluation, although he strongly voiced his disagreement.
  
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• Amtrak train derails on arrival to Chicago

  28-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  CHICAGO — An Amtrak passenger train that stopped in Toledo earlier in the day derailed Monday morning at low speed while approaching the Chicago station.
  
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• 1st detox center opens in South Toledo hospital

  28-03-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A new, 10-bed inpatient detoxification unit is now open at the University of Toledo Medical Center, the first substance abuse detox center in a hospital setting in the Toledo area.
  
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