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• Monroe Street reopened after fire at vacant structure

  18-06-2017 23:16 via toledoblade.com
  A fire burned a vacant structure on Monroe Street, forcing emergency responders to close the area to traffic for about 2 hours. 
  
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• Fire at Prouty Avenue

  18-06-2017 23:16 via toledoblade.com
  A fire burned a vacant structure this afternoon on Monroe Street at about 4:45 p.m.
  
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• Still no real answer to decades old Lake Erie tragedy

  18-06-2017 22:05
  This week 87 years ago in 1930, the residents of Toledo were keeping vigil on one of the most tragic and mysterious tales in the city's history. What transpired that week in June shook the city for weeks after eight Toledo businessmen and public servants ventured out in Erie's dark waters for a night of fun and never returned.
  
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• Judge hopes woman convicted of girl's death dies in prison

  18-06-2017 13:32
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• NASCAR needs rivalries, youth to succeed

  18-06-2017 07:05 via toledoblade.com
  BROOKLYN, Mich. — When Darrell Waltrip showed up at the racetrack in the 1980s, only a handful of cars were capable of taking the checkered flag.
  
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• Whiteford softball falls in championship game

  18-06-2017 07:00 via toledoblade.com
  EAST LANSING, Mich. — Following her sixth trip to the softball state finals in her 39 years as head coach at Whiteford, Kris Hubbard will stand proud even though a fourth state title eluded the Bobcats on Saturday at Michigan State.
  
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• A father has a lot to do with passing on the fishing gene

  18-06-2017 06:55 via toledoblade.com
  OAK HARBOR — Accompanied by a couple of their sons and a daughter, six brothers boarded a couple of charter boats north of here recently and headed out on Lake Erie.
  
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• Adames rises through ranks with Rays

  18-06-2017 06:54 via toledoblade.com
  Willy Adames was once a part of the Tigers organization.
  
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• Reedy finds 2nd job, a lot more during detour to NFL success

  18-06-2017 06:24 via toledoblade.com
  Life is good for Bernard Reedy these days.
  
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• Harbaugh includes Obamas on honorary captains wish list

  18-06-2017 06:19 via toledoblade.com
  Jim Harbaugh made headlines last season with a famous group of honorary captains that included Michael Jordan, Tom Brady, and Hank Aaron.
  
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• Hamlin edges past Byron in thrilling Xfinity finish

  18-06-2017 06:13 via toledoblade.com
  BROOKLYN, Mich. — A Cinderella story was developing Saturday afternoon at Michigan International Speedway. But just as William Byron’s car approached the finish line, Denny Hamlin passed him for the victory in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Irish Hills 250.
  
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• Under construction: It's all in the name

  18-06-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Signage went up on the Renaissance Toledo Downtown Hotel last week as the revamped hotel gets nearer to its grand opening. The hotel has been closed for the past year-and-a-half for a major renovation that has involved nearly every part the property. Chicago-based First Hospitality Group Inc. has said the total cost of the renovations is likely to be about $25 million. When it reopens this summer, it will have 241 guest rooms, a restaurant, and a rooftop bar.
  
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• Trump’s shock to the United States’ political system

  18-06-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  President Trump may project the notion that he is a man with all the answers, but in truth he may go down in history as the man who posed many of the important questions.
  
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• Toledo might have as much as $9M in unspent money

  18-06-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Millions more dollars could be in the city of Toledo’s capital improvement fund — on top of the millions Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson announced in late May was unexpectedly available for residential street repaving, The Blade has learned.
  
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• Toledo Magazine: BGSU puts students in the pilot’s seat

  18-06-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  It’s a sunny 70-degree day, and Zachary Callicoat and Jake Laplant are thousands of feet off the ground traveling at 120 miles per hour.
  
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• Sumner Street bridge removal would affect pedestrians

  18-06-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Michelle Querback and her grandson Christopher Lanting ambled across the Sumner Street bridge over Norfolk Southern railroad tracks on a recent afternoon in search of aluminum cans to recycle.
  
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• Sports, bicycles main draws for annual Smithfest

  18-06-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  They came for the sports; they stayed for the bikes.
  
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• Negotiator: Quitting Paris accord a huge mistake

  18-06-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Not surprisingly, former President Barack Obama’s lead negotiator on the Paris climate agreement believes President Trump made “an enormous mistake and an unforced error” when he announced his decision to withdraw the United States from it on June 1.
  
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• Muskets firing at Muster on the Maumee

  18-06-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Dan Woodward, of Toledo, dressed as a 7th U.S. Infantry sergeant, fires a musket with other War of 1812 re-enactors during the Muster on the Maumee at Fort Meigs in Perrysburg. Events continue from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. today with $9 admission for adults, $8 for seniors, $5 for students, and free for military. 
  
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• More than your garden-variety festival

  18-06-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Food and attractions abound at the Holland Strawberry Festival. Events culminate today with a parade, dessert contest, and the presentation of the Beth Bartkavage Scholarship to the winner of the queen pageant. The annual festival opened Wednesday.
  
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• Man dies after electric shock in boat incident

  18-06-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio — A 19-year-old man from suburban Columbus died Friday evening after he was shocked by an electrical current in the water around his family’s boat as it was moored at a Put-in-Bay marina.
  
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• Local programs help men become better fathers

  18-06-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Kelvin Peals remembers when a telephone conversation with his son meant a heated negotiation with the boy’s mother, an ex-girlfriend with whom he split when the boy and his sister were a few years old.
  
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• Libbey adjusting sales strategies

  18-06-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Libbey Inc. is betting big on a new online sales platform that top executives say is crucial for shoring up its retail business and getting the company back on a growth track after several years of stagnant revenues.
  
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• In tense Toledo mayoral contest, windfall becomes blowup

  18-06-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Finding $8.2 million sitting idle in a Toledo fund is always a good thing for a city that routinely tries to scrape together enough money to fill the worst of the potholes that cause bone-jarring rides on its streets.
  
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• HCR ManorCare’s management should remain stable, experts say

  18-06-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  If Quality Care Properties Inc. were to take over the business side of HCR ManorCare, the Toledo-based nursing home operator that owes it hundreds of millions of dollars in back rent, it is unlikely that the Maryland real estate investment trust would gut the Toledo corporate office, at least initially, a number of experts told The Blade.
  
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• Combating the litany of hate

  18-06-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Trump haters start your engines.
  
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• Business notebook: 6/18

  18-06-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  ACHIEVEMENTS
  
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• Betty Jane Sherer (1929-2017)

  18-06-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Betty Jane Sherer, who helped break barriers for women with her career in banking, died Wednesday at Hospice of Northwest Ohio. She was 87.
  
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• Helps continues for victims of Toledo apartment fire

  18-06-2017 05:27
  On Saturday there was a fundraiser with bands, beer and BBQ for them along Adams Street. One of the hot spots was Manhattans.
  
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• Mud Hens shut down Bulls, end losing skid

  18-06-2017 04:11 via toledoblade.com
  The Mud Hens snapped a four-game losing streak by beating Durham 5-2 at Fifth Third Field tonight.
  
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• Dads can enjoy variety of softball games with loved ones at Robinson Park

  18-06-2017 03:10
  The Toledo Youth Commission, Toledo police and United Hoods Softball is inviting the public to celebrate with them for a day full of fun. Sunday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. there will be a variety of family-friendly activities at Robinson Park.
  
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• Man, 19, shocked, dies in marina water

  18-06-2017 00:13 via toledoblade.com
  PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio — A 19-year-old man from suburban Columbus died Friday evening after he was shocked by an electrical current in the water around his family’s boat as it was moored at a local marina.
  
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