Thursday, May 19, 2016

Toledo police may drop use of helicopter and other top stories.

  • Toledo police may drop use of helicopter

    Toledo police may drop use of helicopter
    Toledo police Patrolmen Jeff Violanti, left, and Jeff Middleton lift off in Air One before heading out on patrol Wednesday. THE BLADE/ANDY MORRISON Enlarge | Buy This Image Published: Thursday, 5/19/2016 FUNCTION MAY BE FILLED BY DRONE Toledo police may drop use of helicopter Overhaul will be due at a cost of $300,000 BY IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER The Toledo Police Department is considering “getting out of the helicopter business” if it ..
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  • 8 teens join Coast Guard auxiliary

    Published: Thursday, 5/19/2016 8 Toledo teens join Coast Guard auxiliary BY TAYLOR DUNGJEN BLADE STAFF WRITER Eight Toledo teenagers have become the nation's first high school students sworn in to the Coast Guard's auxiliary unit. The students from Maritime Academy of Toledo were sworn in Wednesday by Rear Adm. June Ryan, commander of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway region, during a brief ceremony at the Toledo Club. Coast Guard Rear Adm. June Ryan chats before the lu..
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  • Southwyck marketing pact expires

    Southwyck marketing pact expires
    Published: Thursday, 5/19/2016 Southwyck marketing pact expires City to seek new proposals for mall site, other property BY IGNAZIO MESSINABLADE STAFF WRITER The city of Toledo no longer has a company marketing its vacant property in South Toledo where the Southwyck Shopping Center once stood or the land it owns in Monclova Township. Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson announced in September that the city had hired Industrial Developers Ltd. of Northwood, which is now known as The NAI Ed Harmon ..
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  • 'Hosanna' comes to Toledo

    Published: Thursday, 5/19/2016 - Updated: 1 hour ago PEACH WEEKENDER | THEATER Actors Collaborative to stage ‘Hosanna’ BY SUE BRICKEY BLADE STAFF WRITER John DuVall stars as an aging Montreal drag queen in Actors Collaborative Toledo’s presentation of ‘Hosanna.’ Shows are at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. TODD GRINONNEAU Enlarge Actors Collaborative Toledo presents Hosanna, by Canadian playwright Michel Tremblay, this weekend. The drama is directed by Barbara Barkan and f..
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  • Plan it calendar: 5-19

    Published: Thursday, 5/19/2016 PEACH WEEKENDER | EVENTS Plan it calendar: 5-19 BLADE STAFF Except where indicated, all area codes are 419. DANCE Ballroom, Big Band, Polka,Country, Latin, and Salsa “Thank You for Believing” Benefit Dance: Believe Center, 1 Aurora Gonzalez Dr.; 283-1628; Performance by El Corazon de Mexico Ballet Folklorico, live band Venganza Musical, DJ Anthony Duran, food available, and children’s room with movies and crafts: Sat., 7-1 a.m. Proceeds to El Corazon de ..
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  • Ex-teacher gets 10 years

    Ex-teacher gets 10 years
    Published: Thursday, 5/19/2016 Ex-teacher gets 10 years for child porn $50,000 restitution also ordered BY JENNIFER FEEHAN BLADE STAFF WRITER A Northwood man who spent more than 30 years as a high school math teacher hung his head and apologized Wednesday for the years he spent viewing and sharing child pornography online. “I never meant to hurt anyone,” Frank B. Stefan, Jr., 58, said in U.S. District Court. “I'm ashamed of who I am.” Stefan Enlarge Judge Jack Zouh..
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  • Toledo woman faces assault charges

    Published: Wednesday, 5/18/2016 Toledo woman charged with felonious assault BLADE STAFF A Toledo man's scrotum was cut during a fight in East Toledo, police said. Police arrested Jamesha Brown, 23, of the 1100 block of Artis Place, and charged her with felonious assault following a Saturday dispute at her residence. Officers responded to Ms. Brown's home for an argument with Tony Armstrong, 23. Police allege in court documents Ms. Brown pushed Mr. Armstrong and cut his scrotum with ..
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  • Police sergeant gets grenade from suspect

    Published: Thursday, 5/19/2016 BORDERLAND Police sergeant gets grenade from suspect BLADE STAFF A Toledo police sergeant recovered a hand grenade while detaining a burglary suspect Tuesday, authorities said. Sgt. Wayne Phillips responded to a burglary about 4:15 p.m. of a residence at 2131 N. Summit St. in North Toledo. The suspect inside the home said he possessed a grenade, and Sergeant Phillips found it inside his pocket, police said. The man said he picked up the grenade in the b..
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  • Andersons won't take buyout bid

    Andersons won't take buyout bid
    Published: Thursday, 5/19/2016 Andersons won’t take buyout bid $1 billion offer undervalues firm, exec says BY TYREL LINKHORN  BLADE BUSINESS WRITER The Andersons Inc. rebuffed an unsolicited $1 billion buyout bid on Wednesday, potentially setting the stage for a protracted showdown between the Maumee-based agribusiness and a high-profile Wall Street swashbuckler known for betting big. The offer from HC2 Holdings Inc. became public only because the New York company released a lett..
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  • Food drive collects more than 97000 pounds in Toledo

    Food drive collects more than 97000 pounds in Toledo
    Published: Thursday, 5/19/2016 Food drive collects more than 97,000 pounds in Toledo BLADE STAFF Letter carriers in Toledo collected more than 97,780 pounds of food Saturday in the annual Letter Carrier Stamp Out Hunger food drive. The amount donated this year far exceeds the 2015 city total of 54,322 pounds of food, said Mike Hayden, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 11. Last year, letter carriers throughout northwest Ohio collected 151,699 pounds. As..
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