Toledo news

• 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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• 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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• Toledo to consider raising sewer rates through 2029

  16-05-2024 01:14 via toledoblade.com
  
  Toledo’s Department of Public Utilities will hold community meetings in all six Toledo City Council districts to answer questions about a proposal to increase sewer rates.
  
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• Food Truck Face-Off brings food, fun to the community

  16-05-2024 01:05 via toledoblade.com
  
  For culinary students, the chance to run their own restaurant or food truck is a dream.
  
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• Pro-Palestinian protesters place fake bloody corpses at home of University of Michigan official

  15-05-2024 23:32 via toledoblade.com
  
  Pro-Palestinian protesters wearing masks pitched tents and placed fake bloody corpses outside the home of a University of Michigan board member Wednesday, raising tension with the school.
  
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• School board to decide fate of Woodmore Middle School principal

  15-05-2024 22:38 via toledoblade.com
  
  Supporters of embattled Woodmore Middle School principal Kevin Ball are planning to turn out at Thursday’s school board meeting to urge the board to renew the principal’s contract.
  
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• Buckeye Broadband employees build beds for children

  15-05-2024 18:25 via toledoblade.com
  
  Wearing protective glasses while sawing, drilling, and burning wood, about 80 Buckey Broadband employees volunteered to build beds for children at a Let’s Build Beds event on Wednesday.
  
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• Crime Stoppers seeking information on 2022 North Toledo murder

  15-05-2024 17:45 via toledoblade.com
  
  Toledo police are seeking information about the shooting death of a 27-year-old man who was killed outside of a bar at the corner of Elm and East Hudson Streets in North Toledo in 2022.
  
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• Perrysburg's Wednesday at Woodlands concert lineup announced

  15-05-2024 17:39 via toledoblade.com
  
  The 2024 Wednesday at Woodlands free lunchtime concert series begins June 5 in Perrysburg. Concerts are held every Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m. through Aug. 28 in the Woodlands Park shelter area, 429 E. Boundary St.
  
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• Yost sues to remove two members of teacher pension board

  15-05-2024 16:56 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — Hours before the board of the state pension fund for teachers was to meet, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost sued to remove two of its members, claiming they've violated their fiduciary responsibilities to the system.
  
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• Celebratory event recognizes mentors and mentees

  15-05-2024 15:45 via toledoblade.com
  
  When Adrian Gutierrez agreed with his father last year to plan on going to college in order to succeed in life, he wasn’t sure what career to pursue.
  
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• Coroner's Office identifies body recovered from Maumee River

  15-05-2024 15:23 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Lucas County Coroner’s office has identified the body that was pulled from the Maumee River Tuesday, near the 2200 block of Front Street.
  
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• Coast Guard recovers body from Maumee River

  15-05-2024 15:23 via toledoblade.com
  
  While conducting training exercises in the Maumee River on Tuesday, the U.S. Coast Guard recovered a body from the water adjacent to the 2200 block of Front Street.
  
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• Vegans take over Maumee, offering food, ice cream

  15-05-2024 14:37 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Maumee Uptown Business Association will hold a Vegan Takeover from 4 to 8 p.m. on May 24 in front of Jacky’s Depot, 130 W. Dudley St.
  
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• QuikTrip may land in Rossford: Council hears rezoning request for service station

  15-05-2024 14:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Rossford City Council is considering a rezoning request for a large service station to be built on 6.2 acres at Glenwood Road and Third Street, near Buck Road and I-75.
  
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• Initiative provides love and luggage for youth aging out of foster care

  15-05-2024 13:30 via toledoblade.com
  
  When Sarah and Jim Otis adopted 10-yr-old Amanda, she arrived with everything she owned in two black garbage bags.
  
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• Jury to decide fate of two charged with killing teens

  15-05-2024 02:31 via toledoblade.com
  
  The aggravated murder case against two men accused of killing two teenaged boys in late 2022 after others lured them to a South Toledo house to confront one boy about a stolen gun was handed to a trial jury Tuesday evening.
  
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• Jury to decide fate of those charged with killing teens

  15-05-2024 02:31 via toledoblade.com
  
  The aggravated murder case against two men accused of killing two teenaged boys in late 2022 after others lured them to a South Toledo house to confront one boy about a stolen gun was handed to a trial jury Tuesday evening.
  
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• Rewards and stewards: Toledo honors police

  15-05-2024 01:06 via toledoblade.com
  
  A gun salute boomed, then a bugler solemnly sounded Taps, and the Toledo Police chaplain prayed a benediction to honor officers who died in the line of duty.
  
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• Officers who have died in line of duty remembered

  15-05-2024 01:06 via toledoblade.com
  
  A gun salute boomed, then a bugler solemnly sounded Taps, and the Toledo Police chaplain prayed a benediction to honor officers who died in the line of duty.
  
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• Washington Local board member cited for driving under OVI suspension

  14-05-2024 23:15 via toledoblade.com
  
  WOODVILLE, Ohio — The Washington Local Schools board member who was found guilty in Bowling Green to driving under the influence in February, was cited for driving under suspension Saturday in Woodville.
  
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• Toledo to spend $4.2M to install lights on MLK Bridge

  14-05-2024 21:23 via toledoblade.com
  
  Toledo will spend $4.2 million to install dynamic LED lighting on the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge.
  
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• Feasel is new treasurer for Bowling Green schools

  14-05-2024 21:03 via toledoblade.com
  
  BOWLING GREEN – A familiar financial face in northwest Ohio school districts has landed in Bowling Green.
  
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• Photo gallery: Jones Leadership Academy of Business students participate in project

  14-05-2024 20:57 via toledoblade.com
  
  Students from Jones Leadership Academy of Business participated in a service day project on Tuesday.
  
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