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• Attack ad: Kapszukiewicz took money from tax delinquents

  01-11-2017 22:49 via toledoblade.com
  Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson’s re-election campaign began airing a negative television ad Wednesday accusing her opponent, Lucas County Treasurer Wade Kapszukiewicz, of taking campaign contributions from people with delinquent property taxes.
  
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• Group seeks to operate medical marijuana dispensary in West Toledo

  01-11-2017 22:42 via toledoblade.com
  A Sylvania investment group has applied to the Toledo Plan Commission for a special use permit to operate a medical marijuana dispensary in a former veterinary clinic on Sylvania Avenue.
  
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• BG Mayor responds to NEXUS pipeline controversy

  01-11-2017 22:22 via toledoblade.com
  BOWLING GREEN — Bowling Green Mayor Dick Edwards has concerns about how activists have portrayed his administration and Bowling Green city government in general as being too conciliatory with the controversial NEXUS Gas Transmission LLC pipeline project.
  
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• Toledo public forum focuses on avoiding conflict

  01-11-2017 21:42 via toledoblade.com
  The next time you are in a potentially confrontational conversation, try to focus on being polite and on listening and trying to understand the other party rather than on what you want to say next.
  
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• Man who defrauded Lucas County Job and Family Services of $2.5M pleads guilty

  01-11-2017 20:52 via toledoblade.com
  The founder and general manager of a company that Lucas County Job and Family Services contracted with to provide work training services pleaded guilty Wednesday to defrauding the agency out of some $2.5 million.
  
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• Paralegal admits to stealing more than $900,000 from the firm

  01-11-2017 20:28 via toledoblade.com
  A former paralegal with a downtown law firm admitted Wednesday she stole more than $900,000 from the firm.
  
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• Street project at ProMedica Toledo Hospital has upcoming detour

  01-11-2017 19:49 via toledoblade.com
  The final construction phase for a realigned ProMedica Parkway will close that street between Central Avenue and Monroe Street for two weeks starting Saturday, ProMedica announced Wednesday.
  
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• Text messages show man who killed wife discovered she had abortion, was possibly unfaithful

  01-11-2017 19:26
  The jury learned about thousands of text messages between Campbell and his wife Cora, who he is accused of murdering . Text messages between the two show Campbell was upset that his wife was pregnant with a child who was possibly not his.
  
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• City of Toledo announces program to build development in city's neighborhoods

  01-11-2017 19:26
  Toledo Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson and City Councilman Tom Waniewski announced a grant program Wednesday to help build up Toledo's neighborhoods. "The District Improvement Grant is another innovative community driven program that will support neighborhood building and develop sustainable economic opportunities while creating success for today and tomorrow," Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson said.
  
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• 'Visions of Freedom' displays works by veterans

  01-11-2017 19:00 via toledoblade.com
  An exhibit of veterans’ work will open at 2 p.m. Sunday, with a reception at Way Library’s gallery, 101 E. Indiana Ave., Perrysburg.
  
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• BG Mayor Dick Edwards responds to NEXUS pipeline controversy

  01-11-2017 18:57 via toledoblade.com
  BOWLING GREEN — Bowling Green Mayor Dick Edwards said in a statement issued Wednesday he has been “assured and reassured” by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency “and other agencies of government that every effort will be made to monitor the [NEXUS Gas Transmission LLC pipeline] project to ensure public safety and our drinking water.”
  
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• Several juveniles face riot charges after West Toledo disturbance

  01-11-2017 18:21 via toledoblade.com
  Several juveniles were arrested Wednesday following a large disturbance in West Toledo, according to Toledo police. 
  
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• 12 teens face riot charges after two West Toledo businesses are vandalized

  01-11-2017 18:21 via toledoblade.com
  Twelve teens were arrested Wednesday after police say 15-20 youths vandalized two West Toledo businesses and stole merchandise. 
  
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• Appellate court hears arguments on murder conviction appeal at UT

  01-11-2017 18:19 via toledoblade.com
  Ohio's 6th District Court of Appeals will decide whether a former Whitehouse man convicted last year of the 1982 murder of Dana Rosendale received a fair trial.
  
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• Puerto Rico continues to struggle in wake of Hurricane Maria

  01-11-2017 17:40 via toledoblade.com
  Dinellys Moctezuma’s new elementary school classmates bombarded her with frustrating questions after her family moved here from Puerto Rico a decade and a half ago.
  
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• Maumee soccer coach Doug Everhart dies

  01-11-2017 17:39 via toledoblade.com
  Longtime Maumee High School boys soccer coach Doug Everhart died unexpectedly Tuesday night at his home. A cause has yet to be determined.
  
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• First Watch a pleasant twist on breakfast

  01-11-2017 17:00 via toledoblade.com
  The Toledo area has plenty of restaurants where diners can get a tasty and hearty breakfast, but the opening of First Watch at 3410 Secor Rd. brings with it a twist on tradition.
  
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• Hicks-Hudson to support Waniewski plan

  01-11-2017 15:33 via toledoblade.com
  Toledo Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson Wednesday plans to announce a new city taxpayer-funded business grant program similar to one that her one-time opponent — Councilman Tom Waniewski — promised during his failed mayoral bid and unsuccessfully tried earlier this year to insert into the city's 2017 budget.
  
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• Hicks-Hudson supports Waniewski grant plan, Kapszukiewicz also in favor

  01-11-2017 15:33 via toledoblade.com
  Toledo Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson Wednesday said she supports a new $1 million taxpayer-funded grant program similar to one her one-time opponent — Councilman Tom Waniewski — promised during his failed mayoral bid and unsuccessfully tried earlier this year to insert into the city's 2017 budget.
  
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• Maumee varsity boys soccer coach dies at home

  01-11-2017 14:38
  It is with heavy hearts that Maumee High School can confirm that the boys varsity soccer coach Doug Everhart has passed away. Coach Everhart was a Maumee High School coach for nearly two decades and has been very involved with Maumee's community youth soccer program.
  
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• Truxx ride-sharing service works like a friend with a truck

  01-11-2017 12:00 via toledoblade.com
  So you’ve just paid for that huge flat-screen television you’ve coveted for years and want to get it home in time for the big game.
  
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• City of Toledo and TPS launch CO-OP Initiative

  01-11-2017 10:08
  CO-OP training will begin in January 2018 where these students will learn resume writing, interview skills and other soft skills before beginning their coop term in June for six weeks. The 18 students will be placed in different areas throughout the city including Public Services and Public Utilities as utility worker, clerical specialist, water main and service repair worker to name a few.
  
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• Toledo native writes book about personal terror

  01-11-2017 06:10 via toledoblade.com
  It’s a tale so crazy it has to be true: A disgruntled contractor, frustrated with a set of homeowners whose driveway project proved more complicated than anticipated, exacts revenge by enveloping their neighborhood in a cloud of poisonous chlorine gas.
  
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• Toledoans confused on Issue 2

  01-11-2017 05:43
  "I know a lot of drug companies, but I know nothing about Issue 2, I know there is a lot of hooplah about it," said Cory Vanetten, an unsure voter. "Anybody I've talked to, they're confused, they don't really know who to believe and which way to go on it yet," added Gary Taub, another unsure voter.
  
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• Toledo foster parents excited to finally adopt their three-year-old

  01-11-2017 05:43
  November is National Adoption Month. And to celebrate, six Lucas County children will officially become a part of their "forever family" in a public ceremony on November 6. It's not hard to see how Karina stole her adoptive parents' hearts.
  
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• Ohio Attorney General addresses 12-step plan against heroin epidemic in Toledo

  01-11-2017 05:43
  One; a 12-step plan to get ahead of the deadly heroin epidemic and two; explain the lawsuit he filed on behalf of the state of Ohio against five large pharmaceutical companies. "So they misled doctors.
  
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• In pictures: Scaring up some candy

  01-11-2017 03:47 via toledoblade.com
  Children in Toledo’s Old Orchard neighborhood went trick-or-treating Tuesday evening.
  
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• Repairs to close I-280 Turnpike entrance

  01-11-2017 03:43 via toledoblade.com
  Pavement repairs will close the southbound I-280 entrance to the Ohio Turnpike in Lake Township for about six hours Wednesday, the Ohio Department of Transportation and the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission jointly announced.
  
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• Jeep releases first official photos of upcoming 2018 Wrangler

  01-11-2017 01:00 via toledoblade.com
  Fiat Chrysler Automobiles offered the first official look at the next-generation Jeep Wrangler on Tuesday, sharing a trio of photographs that show the iconic sport utility vehicle on the road and on the trail.
  
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• Oregon joins Toledo to repave portion of Navarre

  01-11-2017 00:55
  Oregon City Council on Monday approved a joint cooperation agreement with the City of Toledo for funding from the Ohio Department of Transportation for the bid and construction of the Navarre Avenue resurfacing project. Toledo has received grant funding from ODOT for the construction of the resurfacing project.
  
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