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• Perrysburg extends marijuana moratorium into October

  16-04-2025 16:40 via toledoblade.com
  
  A moratorium on marijuana dispensaries in Perrysburg will continue into the fall.
  
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• Tattoo artists leave mark on Toledo

  17-05-2025 02:02 via toledoblade.com
  
  Someone was getting a pair of wings on their skull at one booth. At another, someone was getting flowers on their thigh. A third had someone getting a woman’s face on their leg.
  
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• HOPE Toledo spent more than $220,000 anticipating levy before 2025 financial troubles

  16-05-2025 23:53 via toledoblade.com
  
  HOPE Toledo “has no path” to the November ballot despite spending more than $220,000 in marketing and consulting fees in pursuit of a stable funding source.
  
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• Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo hosts 16th annual Toledo Leaders for the Clubs luncheon

  16-05-2025 23:41 via toledoblade.com
  
  When she was chosen as Youth of the Year while she was a member of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo, Mieasha Hicks Barksdale quoted a poem by author G.K. Chesterston.
  
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• Photo Gallery: University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences commencement

  16-05-2025 23:05 via toledoblade.com
  
  Graduates took to UT’s Savage Arena for the College of Medicine and Life Sciences commencement ceremony at the University of Toledo on Friday.
  
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• Toledo mayor appointed to statewide mayoral board

  16-05-2025 22:37 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Ohio Mayors Alliance Foundation Board has appointed its newest member, Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz.
  
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• Mayor, mascots lead pack for Bike to Work Day in Toledo

  16-05-2025 21:08 via toledoblade.com
  
  A community of cycling enthusiasts joined Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz, University of Toledo interim President Matt Schroeder, and other local leaders for Bike to Work Day on Friday morning.
  
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• Truck driver found guilty on lesser charges in bus crash that killed 6 on school trip

  16-05-2025 21:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  NEWARK, Ohio — A truck driver who triggered a chain-reaction crash with a bus that killed three Ohio high school band students and three adults was convicted of vehicular homicide Friday but cleared on more serious charges.
  
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• Yost ends bid for Ohio governor

  16-05-2025 20:31 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — A week after the Ohio Republican political machine overwhelmingly backed his chief opponent, Attorney General Dave Yost on Friday ended his 2026 bid for governor.
  
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• Maumee council weighs in on federal funding cuts

  16-05-2025 20:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A debate on proposed federal funding cuts among members of a suburban council gives a look into the divisions of the country and whether a local legislative body should be weighing in on national decisions.
  
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• Photo Gallery: Best pictures for week ending May 15

  16-05-2025 18:38 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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• Troopers in 6 states to conduct annual seat belt campaign

  16-05-2025 18:21 via toledoblade.com
  
  State troopers in Ohio and Michigan will participate with counterparts in four neighboring states in a seat belt compliance blitz starting Monday, the Ohio State Highway Patrol announced.
  
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• Fulton County Airport receives federal grant for infrastructure project

  16-05-2025 18:16 via toledoblade.com
  
  WAUSEON — The Fulton County Airport will be getting some upgrades after receiving a $342,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
  
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• Luckey waiting for water answers

  16-05-2025 13:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  With results of the state’s water sampling expected in June, Luckey residents continue to await answers and digest the response from public officials.
  
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• Photo Gallery: 10th annual Jam City event

  16-05-2025 02:18 via toledoblade.com
  
  Food For Thought’s 10th annual Jam City event took place at One Seagate Center on Thursday in downtown Toledo. The event invites local restaurants to make their innovative takes on the classic peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
  
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• City of Toledo encourages residents to report water-related concerns

  15-05-2025 23:08 via toledoblade.com
  
  With more heavy rainfall in the overnight forecast Thursday, the city of Toledo is encouraging residents to call Engage Toledo to report any water-related damages or concerns.
  
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• Groups challenging historic Palisades restart effort go back before 3-judge panel

  15-05-2025 22:51 via toledoblade.com
  
  New and amended contentions challenging the historic Palisades restart effort were heard Thursday by a three-judge panel at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s national headquarters in the Washington suburb of Rockville, Md.
  
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• Perking up Perrysburg: $6.3 million downtown revitalization project begins

  15-05-2025 22:39 via toledoblade.com
  
  Downtown Perrysburg has had many looks over the last 200 years.
  
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• Toledo man sentenced for 1997 cold case

  15-05-2025 22:33 via toledoblade.com
  
  A Toledo man will spend 10 to 30 years in prison for the November, 1997, death of a man discovered headless and handless in a Blissfield Township cornfield.
  
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• Toledo man killed in crash in Michigan

  15-05-2025 22:29 via toledoblade.com
  
  SOUTH ROCKWOOD, Mich. — A Toledo man was killed in a single-vehicle accident early Thursday morning, Michigan State Police said.
  
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• TPS elementary school student arrested with marijuana, firearm parts

  15-05-2025 22:21 via toledoblade.com
  
  A student at Longfellow Elementary School in Toledo was arrested Thursday morning after officers found him to be in possession of marijuana.
  
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• High school students can learn about cold cases at summer camp

  15-05-2025 22:08 via toledoblade.com
  
  TIFFIN — Incoming junior and senior high school students will have a chance to learn about cold case investigations during Tiffin University’s Cold Case Camp this summer.
  
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• Woman sentenced to prison for children's deaths in boat club crash

  15-05-2025 21:57 via toledoblade.com
  
  MONROE — A woman convicted of murder and other charges for two children’s deaths when her car crashed into a birthday party inside a Newport Township boathouse received a 25-50 year sentence Thursday afternoon from a Monroe County judge.
  
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• Photo Gallery: University of Toledo's new pedestrian bridge installed over Douglas Road

  15-05-2025 21:24 via toledoblade.com
  
  A construction crew installed the University of Toledo's new pedestrian bridge over Douglas Road on Thursday in Toledo.
  
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• Newly signed law ends consumer charges for coal plants

  15-05-2025 19:53 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — Gov. Mike DeWine on Thursday signed a law that will end the $1.50 monthly charge that Ohioans have been paying on their electricity bills to support the operation of two aging coal-fired power plants in southern Ohio and Indiana.
  
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• Deputy injured as woman attempts to flee arrest at courthouse

  15-05-2025 18:28 via toledoblade.com
  
  A Lucas County sheriff’s deputy was injured Thursday morning as he attempted to apprehend a woman who had fled Toledo Municipal Court.
  
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• With upcoming graduation, Sim family continues tradition of careers in health care

  15-05-2025 18:18 via toledoblade.com
  
  More than 200 University of Toledo students will receive doctor of medicine, doctor of philosophy, or master’s degrees when the UT’s college of medicine and life sciences hosts the university’s final spring commencement ceremony at 2 p.m. Friday inside Savage Arena.
  
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• Ohio Senate seeks to ban ranked-choice voting

  15-05-2025 17:48 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — The Ohio Senate this week voted across party lines to generally prohibit ranked-choice voting through which candidates are ranked according to voter preferences over multiple rounds until one captures the majority.
  
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• Sunday Heart Walk to honor survivors of heart disease, stroke

  15-05-2025 14:45 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Toledo Heart Walk, with 1-mile and 3.1-mile route options, will be Sunday at Promenade Park.
  
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• Explore nature during Metroparks Toledo’s Outdoor Discovery Day

  15-05-2025 14:23 via toledoblade.com
  
  Discover everything Metroparks Toledo has to offer on Sunday during a free family-friendly Outdoor Discovery Day.
  
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