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• Chilly weather in Toledo area result of Harvey

  01-09-2017 22:52 via toledoblade.com
  If you are chilly, that’s because the greater Toledo area is experiencing the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, a weather expert says.
  
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• Man receiving workers' comp for blindness caught driving, parking cars at downtown lot

  01-09-2017 21:35 via toledoblade.com
  A Holland man who claimed an eye injury had kept him from working — or driving — has been ordered to pay back nearly $15,000 in benefits he collected from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation after he was caught on video parking cars and directing traffic at the downtown Toledo parking lot he owns.
  
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• Toledo Museum of Art named best attraction in Ohio

  01-09-2017 21:22 via toledoblade.com
  Two Toledo attractions were named the best attractions in the state by USA Today readers.
  
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• Toledo Public Schools students, others, raise money for Houston school district

  01-09-2017 21:05 via toledoblade.com
  Students and staff at Toledo Public Schools are raising money for their counterparts in Houston, after the city — and much of its public school district — were devastated by Hurricane Harvey.
  
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• GALLERY: Retired cop takes field as UT band member

  01-09-2017 20:52 via toledoblade.com
  Virginia Todd, 59, took the field with the 230-member UT Rocket marching band for Thursday's game at the Glass Bowl against Elon. Fresh from a nine-day band training camp, the retired Oregon police officer played clarinet and participated in the pregame festivities and the halftime performance.
  
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• Playing in UT Rocket marching band dream come true for retired police officer

  01-09-2017 20:41 via toledoblade.com
  Virginia Todd can now check one more thing off her bucket list.
  
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• Volunteers turn discarded jewelry into money for overseas ministries

  01-09-2017 19:54 via toledoblade.com
  DELTA, Ohio — At 86 years old, Oneta Proudfoot isn’t likely to jet off to Zambia.
  
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• Area Muslims gather in unified prayer for Eid al-Adha

  01-09-2017 19:29 via toledoblade.com
  Hundreds of families gathered in the SeaGate Convention Centre on Friday in unified prayers for Eid al-Adha, the second of two holidays celebrated annually by Muslims around the world.
  
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• Retired police officer steps off with college marching band

  01-09-2017 18:30
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• Female artists shatter glass ceiling at TMA exhibit

  01-09-2017 18:03 via toledoblade.com
  When the studio glass movement began in Toledo in the early 1960s, many artists who developed their craft in the medium were celebrated. But although women were a part of that effort, it was the men who received most of the recognition.
  
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• Drug dealer sentenced to four years in prison

  01-09-2017 17:12 via toledoblade.com
  BOWLING GREEN — A Toledo man who sold a fatal dose of Fentanyl to a friend pleaded guilty Friday in Wood County Common Pleas Court to corrupting another with drugs.
  
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• Toledo firefighters to deploy to Texas to help rescue efforts

  01-09-2017 16:40 via toledoblade.com
  The Toledo Fire and Rescue Department Special Response Team will now deploy in support of rescue efforts with Hurricane Harvey, the department announced Friday morning.
  
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• Toledo firefighters deploy to Texas to help rescue efforts

  01-09-2017 16:40 via toledoblade.com
  A Toledo Fire and Rescue Department Special Response Team deployed around 1 p.m. Friday to support rescue efforts with Hurricane Harvey.
  
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• New car sales slip following Harvey, but Wrangler sales rise

  01-09-2017 16:32 via toledoblade.com
  As many as 500,000 cars have been destroyed in the Houston area by the massive flooding that followed Hurricane Harvey, something that’s likely to create headaches for the insurance industry but should give a boost to automakers as the area begins to rebuild.
  
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• Real estate transfers: August 21-25

  01-09-2017 14:06 via toledoblade.com
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• GALLERY: Homeless veteran, dog traveling across America

  01-09-2017 14:01 via toledoblade.com
  Air Force veteran Harold Palmquist is cycling his way across the nation with his 10-year-old dog, Daisy, along for the ride in a crate strapped to a tow-behind trailer. Mr. Palmquist, who is homeless, and Daisy made a stop in Oregon on Wednesday at Pearson Metropark.
  
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• GALLERY: ProMedica celebrates new downtown headquarters

  01-09-2017 13:54 via toledoblade.com
  ProMedica officials made official the opening of its new headquarters with a ceremony Thursday in downtown Toledo.
  
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• Toledo upgrades raw water from Lake Erie to 'clear'

  01-09-2017 13:46
  The city late last week gave raw water at its water system's intake crib a "watch" rating after an algal toxin call microcystin was detected. Officials emphasized that treated tap water for the system's 500,000 customers was free of toxins and safe to drink.
  
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• Lakeshore flood watch in effect Friday for Lucas, Ottawa counties

  01-09-2017 12:37 via toledoblade.com
  According to the National Weather Service, a lakeshore flood watch is in effect until Friday afternoon for Lucas County and Ottawa County.
  
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• Ohio State leaves biggest questions unanswered

  01-09-2017 07:09 via toledoblade.com
  BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — All is well that ends well, no?
  
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• Ohio State leaves biggest question unanswered

  01-09-2017 07:09 via toledoblade.com
  BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — All is well that ends well, no?
  
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• Blade Fishing Report: 9/1

  01-09-2017 07:05 via toledoblade.com
  ■ Lake Erie: With some strong winds expected over the holiday weekend, anglers might be looking for a place to tuck in close and hide on the big lake. Monday could see gusts more than 40 mph. When the wind and weather permits, the yellow perch fishing has been spotty in recent days, according to the fishing experts at Netcraft who report a few limits coming from around Buoy 13, with the 22-foot depths off Metzger Marsh also producing fish. Perch anglers are using spreaders tipped with
  
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• High school football Friday forecast: 9/1

  01-09-2017 07:04 via toledoblade.com
  A look at The Blade staff's predictions for Friday's high school games.
  
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• Path to success runs through film room for Toledo's Jon'Vea Johnson

  01-09-2017 06:57 via toledoblade.com
  After a breakout sophomore season, University of Toledo junior wide receiver Jon’Vea Johnson believes the next step in his development is to master the mental aspect of being a receiver.
  
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• Ready or not, Michigan's youth ready to flourish

  01-09-2017 06:51 via toledoblade.com
  ANN ARBOR — The entire offseason has been filled with chatter about Michigan’s depleted roster and gobs of youth that will be thrust into duty.
  
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• Ohio State, Indiana show support for victims of Hurricane Harvey

  01-09-2017 06:50 via toledoblade.com
  BLOOMINGTON — Ohio State and Indiana showed a measure of support for the Hurricane Harvey disaster relief efforts currently ongoing in southern Texas for their season-opening football game Thursday at Memorial Stadium.
  
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• Spotlight athlete: Austin Malabanan, Bedford

  01-09-2017 06:43 via toledoblade.com
  Austin Malabanan, a junior quarterback for Bedford High, scored on a five-yard touchdown run with 51 seconds left last week to lead his team to a 35-28 win against St. John’s Jesuit.
  
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• Spotlight athlete: Shannon Coughlin, Clay

  01-09-2017 06:40 via toledoblade.com
  Shannon Coughlin, a 5-foot-10 senior outside hitter, has helped lead the Clay volleyball team to a 4-1 start this year.
  
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• Mud Hens quickly fade in road loss to Clippers

  01-09-2017 06:35 via toledoblade.com
  COLUMBUS — The Mud Hens scored three runs to start Thursday night’s game. It was all Clippers after that, though, as Columbus rolled to a 14-3 victory.
  
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• The legacy of 'Close Encounters' strong 40 years later

  01-09-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  1977 gave us two movies about speeding truckers and police (Smokey and the Bandit, The Great Smokey Roadblock); the Bad News Bears sequel no one wanted, and another Peter Benchley ocean drama minus the great white shark (The Deep).
  
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• The legacy of 'Close Encounters'

  01-09-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  1977 gave us two movies about speeding truckers and police (Smokey and the Bandit, The Great Smokey Roadblock); the Bad News Bears sequel no one wanted, and another Peter Benchley ocean drama minus the great white shark (The Deep).
  
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• Ohioans warned about health department phone scam

  01-09-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  COLUMBUS — Officials are warning Ohio residents about a phone scam that involves callers posing as state health department staff. The scam uses “caller ID spoofing technology” to make it appears calls are from credible numbers like the Ohio Health Department and at least one local department, according to a news release.
  
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• Maumee church sets program on grief

  01-09-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  First Presbyterian Church in Maumee is offering a 13-week GriefShare program for people who have experienced the death of a loved one beginning Sept. 5.
  
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• Lucas County Dogs for Adoption: 9/1

  01-09-2017 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. For a complete list of available dogs, go to lucascountydogs.petfinder.com. A $100 adoption fee includes spay-neuter, a heartworm check, microchip ID, vaccinations, and a behavioral evaluation.
  
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• Holiday closings for Labor Day

  01-09-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Toledo, county, state, and federal government offices are closed Monday in observance of Labor Day, as are city offices and courts in Maumee, Perrysburg, Oregon, and Sylvania. The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles’ deputy registrar sites across the state are closed, along with Social Security offices.
  
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• Duane R. Abbajay (1933-2017)

  01-09-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Duane R. Abbajay, 84, who brought world-famous musicians to downtown Toledo and whose Country Palace became a tourist magnet after its mention in a hit song, died Tuesday in Perrysburg Commons.
  
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• Daily Log: 9/1

  01-09-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
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• Cardinal Stritch High School shortens name

  01-09-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  A Catholic school in Oregon has simplified its name.
  
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• a SC couple has filed a class action complaint over Amazon's eclipse glasses

  01-09-2017 04:49
  A SC couple has filed a class action complaint over Amazon's ecl - Toledo News Now, News, Weather, Sports, Toledo, OH A class action complaint has been filed against Amazon in federal district court in Charleston alleging the company sold "extremely dangerous and/or defective" eclipse glasses in the months before the Aug. 21 event. The suit, filed by two Charleston residents, said the company's negligence in selling the glasses they later recalled "out of an abundance of caution" caused thousand
  
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• Buckeyes come alive, rally past Indiana

  01-09-2017 03:04 via toledoblade.com
  BLOOMINGTON — It took nine months, two quarters, and seven-plus minutes, but Ohio State’s deep passing game came alive as promised.
  
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• UT football opens season with 47-13 win over Elon

  01-09-2017 01:52 via toledoblade.com
  The University of Toledo football team passed the first test of its much anticipated season with flying colors in a 47-13 win over Elon on Thursday night at the Glass Bowl.
  
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• Domestic violence call leads police to home before fire, explosion

  01-09-2017 01:37 via toledoblade.com
  SWANTON — An incident that ended with a home leveled and a person dead in Swancreek Township started three hours earlier with police responding to a domestic violence report.
  
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• Labor Day travelers face high gas prices, construction

  01-09-2017 01:27 via toledoblade.com
  Traveling this Labor Day weekend will have its fair share of troubles, as high gas prices will combine with construction to create headaches for drivers.
  
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• If it wants to be cool, Toledo needs to be more bikeable

  01-09-2017 00:04
  Ben Sullivan joins in for a ride to celebrate the reopening of the communal bike program Rocket Wheels in 2016 at the University of Toledo. Democratic city council candidate Sam Melden recently raised the issue of making Toledo more bike friendly.
  
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