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• Man who shot half-sister found guilty of reckless homicide

  16-01-2018 21:48
  In this file photo, public defender James MacHarg, left, stands with Derrick Bratton as he is is arraigned in Toledo Municipal Court before Judge William M. Connelly, Jr., in Toledo. A Toledo man who said he just wanted to scare his half-sister with his friend's new gun pleaded no contest Tuesday to reckless homicide for shooting her to death.
  
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• Loss of Williams-Sonoma a loss for Toledo

  16-01-2018 19:26
  One might have expected an empty place, with mid-week, mid-afternoon shoppers not bothering to check out the dregs of the post-holiday inventory. Or, instead, a swarm of vultures pouncing on close-out sales and 40 percent discounts on items that might otherwise have been prohibitively expensive.
  
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• Chick-fil-A to open new store in west Toledo

  16-01-2018 19:26
  Chick-fil-A announced Tuesday that Jonathan Winn has been named the franchise owner of the chain's Secor Road restaurant as the hiring of upwards of 75 new team members begins. Toledo's newest Chick-fil-A is under constructions at 3308 Secor Road and is projected to open in late February.
  
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• South Toledo woman run over during vehicle theft

  16-01-2018 14:47
  A South Toledo woman was run over when she attempted to intervene while her car was being stolen, according to Toledo police. Michelle Thomas, of the 4300 block of Beverly Drive, left her car running at a residence in the 3100 block of Glencarin Avenue at approximately 6:45 p.m. Monday, police said.
  
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• When the cookie crumbles

  16-01-2018 12:19
  A funny thing happened to Toledo City Councilman Lindsay Webb on her way to take command as Lucas County treasurer. Ms. Webb was the Lucas County Democratic Party central committee's choice to replace former treasurer and new Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz.
  
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• Port of Toledo in northwest Ohio saw more cargo in 2017

  16-01-2018 07:57
  Port officials in northwest Ohio say the cargo moving through the Port of Toledo in 2017 increased by nearly 16 percent compared with the previous year. The Blade reports that a rebound in iron ore traffic help boost the cargo tonnage figures.
  
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• More than 200 indicted on gun charges in region

  16-01-2018 07:57
  More than 200 people were indicted last year on federal firearms charges in northern Ohio, including 24 through the U.S. Attorney's Office in Toledo. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio, the average sentence for a defendant convicted in a firearms case last year was nearly nine years.
  
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• City of Toledo takes care of the nonstop snow

  16-01-2018 05:46
  It wasn't until Sunday that city crews were able to make progress on some side streets after Friday's storm, just before it started snowing again on Monday. "This snowfall has been light and it's stopped at times so we were able to catch up and we were also able to get into our phase 3's before this storm," Jeremy Mikolajczyk, Commissioner of streets, bridges and harbor Three different phases have priority.
  
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• BGSU honors MLK with service

  16-01-2018 01:22
  Bankole Kumolu-Johnson sorts plastic lids into a tub during Bowling Green State University's Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Service. He and other students volunteered at Nightingales Harvest at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Toledo on Monday.
  
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