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TARTA to offer round-trips for Jeep Fest parade

The Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority will once again offer trips to the All-Jeep Parade during Jeep Fest in downtown Toledo on Saturday. TARTA will offer $3 round-trips from stops at Franklin Park Mall and Walmart in Oregon between 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. every 30 minutes to an hour, the transit authority said. Direc
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U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur ‘active, alert’ after crash; person involved at large

An individual involved in a crash Sunday morning that sent U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) to the hospital is still at large, Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz said late Sunday afternoon. Ms. Kaptur was taken to Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center after the car she was a passenger in was struck by another vehicle
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Pedestrian hit by car in South Toledo, man’s condition unknown

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A man was hospitalized after being struck by a car in Toledo Sunday afternoon. It happened near the intersection of Heatherdowns and Cheyenne before 1 p.m. on Aug. 2. Police at the scene told 13 Action News a man was trying to cross the road, heading...
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Remembering Mary Alice Powell, my predecessor

I wear a yellow flower bracelet gifted to me by Mary Alice Powell every day. The Blade’s first food editor wasn’t just a wiz in the kitchen, but each time I visited her at her “Little Green Bungalow” in Grand Rapids, Ohio, she wowed me with her fashion sense, poise, wit, and elegance. When I first moved to Toledo, most
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Aging building, uncertain future: Lucas County jail at a crossroads

On a plastic fold-out table on the second floor of the Lucas County Corrections Center sits a scaled-down model of the jail made entirely out of cardboard. It has a front lawn, bushes, a wheelchair-accessible ramp, and, off to the side, a police cruiser. The stairs are adorned with a red ribbon — inmates held their ver
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Couple indicted in death of 6-day-old baby

OREGON, Ohio (WTVG/Gray News) - An Ohio couple are facing felony charges for their alleged roles in the death of a 6-day-old infant. Court records show 29-year-old Shannon Wester and 32-year-old Justin Soll were indicted Wednesday on two counts of involuntary manslaughter, one count of endangering children and one coun
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Pedestrian hit crossing Monroe in downtown Toledo

A Maumee man was injured after being hit by a car while crossing a downtown Toledo street early Saturday. Shawn Old, 26, of Nordic Way Court, was crossing the street in the 600 block of Monroe Street when at about 12:44 a.m. he was struck by a car driving east on Monroe, according to a police report. Police said he lan
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Man dies in Toledo motorcycle crash, police say

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A Toledo man is dead following a motorcycle crash in South Toledo Friday night. Police say 26-year-old Tyveon Wells, of Toledo, died from his injuries. The crash happened just after 8 p.m. on July 31. Wells was heading south on Eastgate and Key Street when police...
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Three injured in early morning shooting on Cone Street

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Toledo police are investigating a shooting that left three people injured early Saturday morning. According to police, the shooting occurred just after 2 a.m. on the 1500 block of Cone Street, near West Bancroft Street. First responders transported two victims to an area hospital, while a...
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Police arrest man in connection with shooting of 2-year-old in Toledo

Police have arrested a man in connection with the shooting of a 2-year-old boy in Northwest Ohio on Friday night.

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