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• Toledo man dies in head-on collision on Bancroft Street

  18-05-2024 19:01 via toledoblade.com
  
  A Toledo man is dead following a head-on collision in the 200 block of Bancroft Street just after 4 a.m. Saturday, Toledo police reported.
  
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• Lucas County FANS Network helps disabled residents, encourages donations

  18-05-2024 18:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  She sits at her desk daily with a sign reading, ‘I can help!’ attached to the top of her cubicle divider for all her coworkers to see.
  
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• Baby elephant's new gender reveal a surprise at Toledo Zoo

  18-05-2024 14:41 via toledoblade.com
  
  It's a boy! Whoops, it's a girl! The Toledo Zoo's African elephant calf, born in mid-February, now weighs 439 pounds, up from about 240 pounds on its first day of life at the zoo.
  
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• 215 graduate from UT's College of Medicine and Life Sciences

  18-05-2024 01:05 via toledoblade.com
  
  In 2014, Justin Creeden and Kate Becker entered University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences together.
  
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• Penta students collaborate on battering ram for Wood County SWAT

  17-05-2024 23:30 via toledoblade.com
  
  Students at Penta Career Center celebrated a successful test run of a battering ram they fabricated to fit the front of one of Wood County Sheriff’s SWAT vehicles Friday morning on the career center grounds.
  
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• Perrysburg Twp. trustees prepare to award $3.7 million building project

  17-05-2024 22:52 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Perrysburg Township trustees are almost ready to progress with plans for a new $3.7 million administration building — but not quite yet.
  
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• Boys summit dedicated to ending violence against women and girls

  17-05-2024 22:42 via toledoblade.com
  
  Wearing shirts that read: Real Men Respect Women, about 20 young men got together Friday to be a part of the solution toward ending domestic violence.
  
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• Grants awarded to build on area model foster-care program

  17-05-2024 21:41 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — The state of Ohio on Friday awarded more than $2 million in grants to 10 regional cooperatives involving 34 counties as part of a pilot program to recruit more foster-care families for children with complex behavioral health challenges.
  
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• Photo gallery: Best pictures for week ending May 16

  17-05-2024 16:01 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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• Bowling Green offers micro-grants to improve community

  17-05-2024 15:14 via toledoblade.com
  
  BOWLING GREEN — Organizations with ideas to enhance the city or encourage economic development can apply for micro-grants between $500 and $5,000.
  
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• Wood county man killed in motorcycle crash

  17-05-2024 15:09 via toledoblade.com
  
  A Wood County man was killed Thursday night when the motorcycle he was operating slammed into the rear of a semi-tractor trailer on I-75 in Perrysburg Township.
  
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• Farm, food, and friends: Perrysburg market celebrates 25 years of growth

  17-05-2024 14:41 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Perrysburg Farmers Market, which draws thousands to downtown every Thursday, has grown from a tiny seed planted 25 years ago to a big blooming bouquet of farmers, food, and friends.
  
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• Woodmore Middle School principal's contract not renewed

  17-05-2024 03:25 via toledoblade.com
  
  WOODVILLE, Ohio — The Woodmore Local Schools school board Thursday passed a resolution not to renew a contract with embattled Woodmore Middle School principal Kevin Ball.
  
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• TARTA board approves $13.2 million order for 11 electric buses

  17-05-2024 00:48 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority’s board of trustees approved Thursday the agency’s first full-size electric vehicles in the form of 11 35-foot buses to be built by a California-based manufacturer.
  
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• Man says thanks to Maumee emergency responders following heart attack

  17-05-2024 00:10 via toledoblade.com
  
  A Maumee man paid tribute Thursday with an entourage of family members to thank the emergency responders who helped save his life following a heart attack earlier this year.
  
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• Family & Child Abuse Prevention Center celebrates 50 years of service

  17-05-2024 00:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  For 50 years, the Family and Child Abuse Prevention Center has worked to intervene, educate, and prevent family violence in Lucas and Ottawa counties.
  
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• Paid leave for pension fund's executive director extended again

  16-05-2024 23:52 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — The executive director of the state's pension fund for teachers, who has been on paid administrative leave since November, will remain so through June 30.
  
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• HerHub offers international mentors to empower women

  16-05-2024 23:33 via toledoblade.com
  
  The mission of the Women of Toledo’s HerHub is to connect women in the community.
  
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• NOAA bumps up bloom forecast for western Lake Erie because of rainfall

  16-05-2024 23:18 via toledoblade.com
  
  Rainfall has prompted the high end of western Lake Erie’s Summer 2024 algal bloom forecast to be bumped up slightly.
  
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• Men guilty of murder, kidnapping in 2022 deaths of Toledo boys

  16-05-2024 23:13 via toledoblade.com
  
  After two days of deliberations, a jury on Thursday found Brent Kohlhofer, 42, and Charles Walker, 34, guilty of the 2022 kidnapping and murder of Kyshawn Pittman, 15, and Ke’Marion Wilder, 16.
  
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• More H2Ohio grants are announced for water infrastructure

  16-05-2024 23:09 via toledoblade.com
  
  The DeWine administration announced another $2.2 million in H2Ohio grants Thursday, spreading the sum out among more than 250 communities in 78 counties.
  
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• Man who strangled girlfriend after argument pleads to involuntary manslaughter

  16-05-2024 21:34 via toledoblade.com
  
  A southwest Toledo man who put a chokehold on his girlfriend when she tried to flee a drunken argument last year pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter Thursday and was sent to prison for 11 years.
  
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• Two killed, two injured when home explodes in Fulton County

  16-05-2024 20:15 via toledoblade.com
  
  DELTA, Ohio — Two members of a family of four were killed Thursday morning when their rural Fulton County home exploded.
  
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• Two killed, two injured after home explodes in Fulton County

  16-05-2024 20:15 via toledoblade.com
  
  DELTA, Ohio — Two members of a family of four were killed Thursday morning when their rural Fulton County home exploded.
  
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• Washington Local names new superintendent

  16-05-2024 17:58 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Washington Local School Board voted Wednesday to hire Kristine Martin as its next superintendent.
  
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• Donate to humane society sale, then shop for deals May 23-25

  16-05-2024 16:52 via toledoblade.com
  
  BOWLING GREEN — The 30th Annual Wood County Humane Society garage sale will be held May 23-25 in the grandstands and home and garden buildings at the Wood County Fairgrounds, 13800 W. Poe Rd.
  
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• Food Truck Thursdays return to Wooster Green

  16-05-2024 16:43 via toledoblade.com
  
  BOWLING GREEN — The city’s Food Truck Thursdays at Wooster Green will begin June 6.
  
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• Youth Summer Showcase Saturday at Ottawa Park

  16-05-2024 16:36 via toledoblade.com
  
  Kick off summertime fun this Saturday with the Department of Parks and Youth Services’ Youth Summer Showcase from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Ottawa Park.
  
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• AAA predicts robust travel for Memorial Day weekend, summer driving season

  16-05-2024 13:17 via toledoblade.com
  
  Travel for the Memorial Day weekend will be close to the prepandemic level, and nationwide the total number of people venturing 50 or more miles from home will be record-setting, the American Automobile Association predicted Wednesday.
  
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• Toledo Crime Log: 5/16

  16-05-2024 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Click on icons in the map to find details of reported crimes. For a full list of all reported crimes in Toledo this week, consult the table below.
  
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