06-08-2024 23:06 via toledoblade.com
Roadway maintenance will require lane closings Wednesday and Thursday on part of Seaman Street in East Toledo, the city transportation department announced.
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Police find human remains while investigating Warner disappearance
18-08-2024 15:27 via toledoblade.com
ADRIAN — The Michigan State Police have found human remains in Lenawee County on the property of Dale Warner while executing a search warrant in the investigation of the disappearance of Dee Warner.
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Freighter voyage returns as top prize in Great Lakes museum's raffle
18-08-2024 15:25 via toledoblade.com
A multiday trip for two aboard a working Great Lakes freighter is once again being offered as a top prize for the National Museum of the Great Lakes’ fund-raising raffle.
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With the voting process done, Ohio delegation excited for Democratic convention
18-08-2024 15:20 via toledoblade.com
In 1968, Democrats gathered in Chicago to nominate Vice President Hubert Humphrey as their presidential candidate after President Lyndon B. Johnson decided not to run for re-election, Robert F. Kennedy was shot, and anti-Vietnam War protests grew.
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Center of Hope workshops aim to help parents and children thrive
18-08-2024 15:03 via toledoblade.com
After hearing from parents about the type of help they need,Tracee Perryman, CEO of Center of Hope Family Services, decided to craft workshops to meet those needs of balancing child rearing, work, and home.
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Single mother to receive home built through Women Build
18-08-2024 15:02 via toledoblade.com
Over the past two years, Christine Burk stayed at a Toledo homeless shelter and then at her relatives’ homes before she recently rented a duplex apartment she says she really can’t afford.
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Maumee mayor confronts complex sewer issues and popular discontent
18-08-2024 14:00 via toledoblade.com
Maumee Mayor James MacDonald affirmed his confidence in embattled city Administrator Patrick Burtch and vowed to rethink how the city can comply with an Ohio EPA order that mandates reducing inflows of storm water into the sanitary sewers, he said in an interview with The Blade. The city’s sewer dilemmas stem from the discovery that for 25 years, Maumee employees had illegally discharged sewage into the Maumee River and falsified reports to the EPA about the city’s practices.
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Photo Gallery: 9th annual Victory Day at University of Toledo
18-08-2024 03:36 via toledoblade.com
Special needs students and adults were able to have their “moment in the sun" with assistance from the Toledo football team during the 9th annual Victory Day on Saturday at the University of Toledo.
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Boy rescued from pool dies Friday
18-08-2024 02:40 via toledoblade.com
An 11-year-old Toledo boy died Friday after being rescued from a city pool earlier in the week.
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Photo Gallery: 10th anniversary celebration of Glass City Dog Park
18-08-2024 02:36 via toledoblade.com
Pups and their owners gathered for a celebration during the 10th anniversary of the Glass City Dog Park in Toledo on Saturday.
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Glass City Dog Park celebrates 10th anniversary
18-08-2024 01:24 via toledoblade.com
A community space was given to the four legged friends of Toledo, and Saturday marked the 10-year anniversary of that gift.
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Photo Gallery: Incredible Rubber Duck Race at Waterworks Park in Port Clinton
18-08-2024 01:01 via toledoblade.com
PORT CLINTON — A crowd of more than a hundred cheered on the competitors of the “Incredible Rubber Duck Race” at Waterworks Park on Saturday in downtown Port Clinton. Hosted by the United Way in Ottawa County in partnership with the Port Clinton Lighthouse & Maritime Festival, 699 rubber ducks — one dropped out with a leak — were entered to compete for the $1,000 top prize. Fostoria’s Ari Briggs, 6, won with duck #639 to the shock of her grandmother Karen
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Photo Gallery: Black Men’s Wellness Day at Scott High School
17-08-2024 22:30 via toledoblade.com
Health screenings and a 5K walk/run were featured during the African American Male Wellness Agency's Black Men’s Wellness Day at Scott High School in Toledo on Saturday.
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17-08-2024 22:23 via toledoblade.com
The city will soon be sprinkled with decorated rocks after the Paint Perrysburg with Kindness event at the Waterhouse Bath & Kitchen Studio in Perrysburg on Saturday.
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Italian Bowl's return appearance to Toledo in 2025 creates a buzz
17-08-2024 15:13 via toledoblade.com
The Italian Bowl’s return to the University of Toledo Glass Bowl next year brings with it a new mindset for several Toledo-area movers and shakers.
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Democratic Party platform adopted under President Biden shifts to VP Harris
17-08-2024 13:30 via toledoblade.com
Four years ago, the Democratic Party platform under President Biden addressed how the party was going to deliver the country through the pandemic and examined federal policies during the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Lucas County Developmental Board of Disabilities, other partners host 10th annual CommUNITY Film Festival
16-08-2024 23:40 via toledoblade.com
A local film festival that acts as a celebration for people with disabilities will also be celebrating the 10th year of the popular event.
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Photo Gallery: Chalk the Walk
16-08-2024 23:27 via toledoblade.com
Artists of all ages gathered at Uptown Green Park for the “Chalk the Walk” event honoring International Overdose Awareness Day on Friday, August 16. Click the image above to view the full gallery.
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Public welcome to tour new Leadership Toledo offices during open house
16-08-2024 21:53 via toledoblade.com
Leadership Toledo has invited the community to visit its new space, meet the team, and learn about upcoming initiatives.
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Itching to be a leader: Marjoe Cooper named new Lake superintendent
16-08-2024 21:31 via toledoblade.com
MILLBURY, Ohio — His father was so taken by the name of the main character of the 1973 Oscar-winning documentary Marjoethat the new superintendent of Lake schools has lived with it all of his life.
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Authorities identify 3 of 4 dead in turnpike crashes near Swanton
16-08-2024 21:05 via toledoblade.com
SWANTON — Authorities Friday identified three of the four people who were killed in three separate crashes that also injured 11 others the day before on the Ohio Turnpike near the Fulton-Lucas county line.
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Backers of redistricting reform vow to sue over GOP-drawn ballot language
16-08-2024 20:51 via toledoblade.com
COLUMBUS — Supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment to take the redistricting pen out of the hands of politicians wasted no time on Friday vowing to sue after a state panel adopted ballot language they described as a "farce of Shakespearean proportions."
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Backers of redistricting reform to sue over GOP-drawn ballot language
16-08-2024 20:51 via toledoblade.com
COLUMBUS — Supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment to take the redistricting pen out of the hands of politicians wasted no time on Friday vowing to sue after a state panel adopted ballot language they described as a “farce of Shakespearean proportions.”
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Toledo man convicted of February shooting faces more than 2 decades in prison
16-08-2024 20:38 via toledoblade.com
A Toledo man is facing up to 22½ years in prison after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter and a probation violation, among other charges.
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Lourdes University to host book launch for alumnus Tim Berta
16-08-2024 19:23 via toledoblade.com
Lourdes University will hold a book launch of Fielder's Choice, a memoir by alumnus Tim Berta, who was injured in the Bluffton University baseball team bus crash in 2017.
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Wood County domestic violence shelter gets $5,000 grant
16-08-2024 19:21 via toledoblade.com
BOWLING GREEN — The Cocoon, Wood County’s comprehensive domestic and sexual violence advocacy center and emergency shelter, has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Gordon Flesch Charitable Foundation.
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Seniors can now register for 'spectacular' event in Wood County
16-08-2024 19:17 via toledoblade.com
BOWLING GREEN — Registration is open for the 90s Plus Spectacular event, which is set for Sept. 16 at the Wood County Senior Center.
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Waterline break forces closure of Oregon branch library
16-08-2024 18:08 via toledoblade.com
The Oregon branch of the Toledo Lucas County Public Library System will be closed through next week as crews clean up from a waterline break.
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Photo gallery: Best pictures for week ending Aug. 16
16-08-2024 17:44 via toledoblade.com
Blade photographers head out every day to capture the triumphs, tragedies, and oddities of life in Lucas County and beyond.
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Judge urged to shelve 24-hour waiting period for abortions
16-08-2024 16:48 via toledoblade.com
COLUMBUS — The climate in Ohio changed when voters approved a constitutional right to abortion access last fall and that means laws on the books for decades can now be challenged, supporters of the amendment argued Friday.
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