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• Hearing officer recommends Hartley's removal from Lucas Co. elections board

  19-04-2017 20:24 via toledoblade.com
  
  A hearing officer for Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted is recommending permanently removing James Hartley from his appointment as a Lucas County Board of Elections member.
  
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• Left lanes of NB and SB U.S. 23 closed in Sylvania

  19-04-2017 19:47 via toledoblade.com
  Two separate crashes have been reported on both northbound and southbound U.S. 23, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation. 
  
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• Mercy Health leader Dr. Andrabi stepping down May 26

  19-04-2017 18:45 via toledoblade.com
  
  Dr. Imran Andrabi, president and chief executive officer of Mercy Heath - Toledo Region, is stepping down, effective May 26.
  
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• Toledo man gets 7 years in prison for rape, domestic violence

  19-04-2017 18:23 via toledoblade.com
  
  A Toledo man convicted in the rape of his girlfriend was sentenced today to seven years in prison.
  
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• Libbey Inc. warns of quarterly financial loss

  19-04-2017 16:15 via toledoblade.com
  
  Libbey Inc. warned investors today that it expects to report a first quarter loss of between $6 million and $8 million when it releases its full financial results early next month. The news sent its stock plummeting 20 percent in early trading. 
  
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• Prosecutors seeking death penalty in Delta slaying case

  19-04-2017 16:09 via toledoblade.com
  
  WAUSEON — Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against an East Toledo man charged with killing his former girlfriend at her Delta home.
  
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• I-75 crash slows traffic between Ottawa River and Alexis roads

  19-04-2017 14:12 via toledoblade.com
  Traffic is slowing on northbound I-75 between Ottawa River Road and Alexis Road because of a crash, according to ODOT. 
  
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• Police search for stabbing suspect after overnight altercation

  19-04-2017 13:21
  According to investigators, there was an argument at the Longhorn Saloon around midnight. Officers on the scene tell 13abc the argument escalated and one suspect stabbed another.
  
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• A booming fireworks show planned July 3

  19-04-2017 07:43 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Toledo Mud Hens plan to stage the largest fireworks show in Fifth Third Field history to end their Independence Day weekend festivities with a bang.
  
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• Franklin Avenue to be closed in Toledo today

  19-04-2017 07:41 via toledoblade.com
  
  Utility work will close a central Toledo street today, the city transportation division announced.
  
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• 22-count indictment handed up for Ramey

  19-04-2017 07:39 via toledoblade.com
  
  WAUSEON — A Fulton County grand jury Tuesday handed up a 22-count indictment against James Ramey, the Toledo man police accuse of killing his ex-girlfriend and kidnapping the former couple’s child.
  
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• Barrage of shots buries Walleye on road

  19-04-2017 07:14 via toledoblade.com
  
  KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Toledo goaltender Jake Paterson stood tall against a barrage of shots launched by a desperate Kalamazoo team that pushed back with a serious sense of urgency in Game 3 of the Central Division semifinals on Tuesday night.
  
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• OHSAA institutes high school pitch count

  19-04-2017 07:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  It is now roughly one-third of the way through Ohio’s first high school baseball season played under pitch-count limits for pitchers, and so far, most area coaches seem to be taking the new rules in stride.
  
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• Perrysburg baseball’s Hall wins No. 600

  19-04-2017 06:55 via toledoblade.com
  
  With a 9-4 home victory against Wauseon on Tuesday, Perrysburg’s Dave Hall, in his 32nd season, became the 15th high school baseball coach in Ohio to reach 600 career wins.
  
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• Steelers mourn Rooney at funeral

  19-04-2017 06:49 via toledoblade.com
  
  PITTSBURGH — You knew in the first seconds after Rhian Kenny drew that flute to her lips in the choir loft of St. Paul’s Cathedral that no one was getting out with a dry eye.
  
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• Sylvania Township trustee questions rec entities

  19-04-2017 06:29 via toledoblade.com
  
  The chairman of Sylvania Township’s board of trustees John Jennewine says he still has unanswered questions about how the nonprofit Sylvania Recreation Corporation is related to the public Sylvania Area Joint Recreation District, two months after trustees directed their attorney to obtain financial records from both entities.
  
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• Autism Speaks prepares for upcoming Toledo walk

  19-04-2017 06:26
  In the spirit of Autism Awareness Month, the first of several meetings was held Tuesday for the upcoming "Autism Speaks" walk in downtown Toledo. "So it's not just the early diagnosis which is really important but also transition, employment, housing, some of those opportunities," said Helgeson.
  
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• Portman: Wetlands sites ‘working’

  19-04-2017 06:20 via toledoblade.com
  
  U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R., Ohio) pledged his continued support Tuesday for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s $300 million Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, as well as the agency in general and other agencies vital to Lake Erie programs and monitoring its algal blooms.
  
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• Officials stress Rossford levies not a tax hike

  19-04-2017 06:14 via toledoblade.com
  
  Voters in Rossford will head to the polls May 2 to decide on a pair of 7.9-mill tax levy renewals for schools.
  
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• Teen shot in parking lot

  19-04-2017 06:11 via toledoblade.com
  
  A 17-year-old boy was shot several times Monday evening at a West Toledo parking lot, city police reported.
  
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• Rev. James Bacik to talk on Trump climate policies

  19-04-2017 06:09 via toledoblade.com
  
  Catholic theologian the Rev. James Bacik will tackle the issue of President Trump’s climate change policy and what the Holy Spirit and Pope Francis might have to say about it in a lecture Thursday night at Lourdes University.
  
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• New trial sought after juror reveals he knew defendant's history

  19-04-2017 06:05 via toledoblade.com
  
  BOWLING GREEN — A juror selected for the Feb. 27 trial of John F. Schulte told a Wood County judge Tuesday he didn’t raise his hand when prospective jurors were asked whether they knew the accused even though he knew some things about the man.
  
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• Toledo council OKs amendment to lead law

  19-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Toledo City Council on Tuesday approved an amendment to the city’s “lead-safe” rental property law that extends compliance deadlines, but keeps a controversial dust-wipe requirement for home inspections.
  
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• Toledo council approves amendment to lead law

  19-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Toledo City Council on Tuesday approved an amendment to the city’s “lead-safe” rental property law that extends compliance deadlines, but keeps a controversial dust-wipe requirement for home inspections.
  
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• Speed limit under review in Whitehouse

  19-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Whitehouse is looking for answers to a possibly improper speed limit on Waterville Street.
  
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• Seneca County ‘tops out’ courthouse project

  19-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  TIFFIN — The hoisting and installation of a white steel beam atop the new courthouse in Seneca County marked a new milestone in the project.
  
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• Roy Treuhaft (1916-2017)

  19-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Roy Treuhaft, a retired president of the former Michael Realty Co. whose colleagues prized his expertise in industrial real estate, died Monday at Sunset Village, Sylvania Township. He was 100.
  
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• Refurbished Toledo tower gives city flair

  19-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  As Toledo’s downtown residential options continue to grow, developers are looking for features that will set their properties apart.
  
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• Reducing credit card fees is simple if you ask

  19-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Getting your credit card company to treat you better may be easier than you think.
  
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• Putting their heart and soles into it

  19-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Male participants were challenged to run or walk a mile in a pair of high heels for $5 during the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event Tuesday at the University of Toledo.
  
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• Police: Man tried to hit 2 people with car

  19-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Police say a West Toledo man broke into a pregnant woman’s home and later tried to hit her and her father with his vehicle.
  
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• Owens-Ilinois to cut 23 jobs in Perrysburg

  19-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Owens-Illinois Inc. is cutting 23 jobs from its Perrysburg headquarters campus over the next two years as it consolidates work to an existing facility in Colombia. The move will also affect a yet to be determined number of employees in Mexico.
  
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• Next Jeep under wraps

  19-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Fiat Chrysler Automobiles continues testing the next-generation Jeep Wrangler, seen here heavily camouflaged to prevent too much detail from slipping out ahead of its expected debut late this year. The vehicle, to be built in a revamped part of Fiat Chrysler’s Toledo Assembly Complex, appears to keep the same general profile, while adding a more sloped and aerodynamic windshield. Photos shot by a spy photographer at a test track in southeast Michigan show a roof with at least a portion tha
  
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• Next-generation Jeep Wrangler under wraps

  19-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Fiat Chrysler Automobiles continues testing the next-generation Jeep Wrangler, seen here heavily camouflaged to prevent too much detail from slipping out ahead of its expected debut late this year.
  
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• Kaptur part of U.S. delegation headed to NATO countries

  19-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) is on her way to Germany, Italy, and Poland as part of a bipartisan delegation aimed in part at relieving European concern about the United States’ commitment to NATO.
  
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• Girl, 4, has cocaine in system

  19-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  An East Toledo woman was arrested after her 4-year-old daughter was found to have cocaine in her system, officials said.
  
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• Fostoria Council rejects charter change on police, fire departments

  19-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  FOSTORIA — Fostoria City Council on Tuesday rejected a councilman's proposed charter change that would allow council to make major alterations to the police and fire departments.
  
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• Education Secretary DeVos, union chief to visit Van Wert

  19-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  VAN WERT, Ohio — A rural northwest Ohio school district will become the center of the national education discussion Thursday when U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and the president of the American Federation of Teachers visit Van Wert City Schools.
  
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• Beginner's guide to gardening

  19-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The perennial rye is turning green, the crocus are sprouting, and forsythia are blooming.
  
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• Auto forum talks of dangers from drugged driving

  19-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Drugged driving is an increasing threat in northwest Ohio and across the country, but harder to identify and prosecute than alcohol, law enforcement and travel officials told attendees at a forum Tuesday at the University of Toledo.
  
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• 1 person dead in single-vehicle crash in Lucas Co.

  19-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A person was killed in a single-vehicle crash Tuesday evening on U.S. 24 in southwestern Lucas County, authorities said.
  
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• New lead plan an improvement

  19-04-2017 04:07
  Toledo's lead-safe ordinance is not going away, and since the city is revising its plan to accommodate concerns of landlords and tenants, it's time for everyone to buy into the program, which will protect the city's children. Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson and city council have acknowledged their first attempt at a lead-safe ordinance wasn't going to work.
  
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• Beam atop of new Seneca Co. courthouse marks new milestone

  19-04-2017 00:17 via toledoblade.com
  
  TIFFIN — The hoisting and installation of a white steel beam atop the new courthouse in Seneca County marked a new milestone in the project.
  
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