Vacant home demolished after massive fire and other top stories.

• Vacant home demolished after massive fire

  

  Vacant home demolished after massive fire 2017-05-02T09:00:52Z2017-05-02T11:20:55Z (Source: WTOL) (Source: WTOL) TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) - A home was demolished after a massive overnight fire in north Toledo.The fire started shortly after 1:30 Monday morning on Utica near Cherry.By the time crews arrived, the home was fully engulfed in flames. The fire quickly burned through the roof and destroyed the home.Officials say the home was abandoned and boarded up. They believe the cause of t..

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• Kapszukiewicz declares run for Toledo mayor

  

  Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print Democratic Lucas County Treasurer Wade Kapszukiewicz will kick off his campaign for mayor today, he told The Blade Monday, promising a campaign and an administration that will roll out big ideas to re-create the city of Toledo. Mr. Kapszukiewicz’s entry into the race puts him in competition with Democratic Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson and Republican Councilman Tom Waniewski to be among the two top vote-getters in the Sept. 12 pr..

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• Janet Jackson to play Toledo in October

  

  WTVG - Global music icon, multiple GRAMMY® Award-winner and multi-platinum selling artist, Janet Jackson, will embark on a four-month North American tour this fall. Produced by Live Nation, the STATE OF THE WORLD tour is set for a 56-city run beginning September 7, in Lafayette at the Cajundome. Jackson will make multiple stops in Texas and California, hit all four corners of the U.S. visiting Seattle, Portland, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Chicago, Boston, Philly, Memphis, Jacksonville, as well as ..

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• University of Toledo to close campus buildings for winter holidays

  

  TOLEDO (AP) — The University of Toledo in Ohio will close campus buildings during the winter holidays.The Blade reports the university will save about $250,000 by closing buildings the week between Christmas and New Year's Day. Most of the savings is expected to come from reduced utility costs. The decision comes at a time when the proposed state budget includes a slight increase in education funding and a two-year tuition freeze. Officials say it's too early to estimate what the university's..

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• April temps don't break record, but crack top 10

  

  Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print Toledo didn’t set an April warmth record the way Cleveland and other major cities did, but temperatures for the month did crack the city’s Top 10. The National Weather Service reported an average daily mean temperature of 53.8 degrees at Toledo Express Airport last month, which tied for sixth place on Toledo’s list of warmest Aprils. It was 1.5 degrees below Toledo’s record for the month, set in 1955. Among recent years, 201..

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• Agency says virus killed thousands of Lake St. Clair fish

  

  LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Officials say a recent outbreak of an invasive virus may have killed tens of thousands of fish in Lake St. Clair. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said Monday that tests have confirmed the kill resulted from viral hemorrhagic septicemia, which first appeared in the Great Lakes around 2006. Gary Whelan of the DNR's Fisheries Division says gizzard shad, bluegill, and black and white crappie have died. The agency is investigating what triggered the outbreak. Whela..

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• Voters to choose candidates for general election in Ohio

  

  CINCINNATI (AP) - The mayor of Ohio's third-largest city faces two challengers in a key race for primary voters. Democrat John Cranley seeks a second four-year term against councilwoman Yvette Simpson and former University of Cincinnati board chairman Rob Richardson. The top two vote-getters Tuesday move on to the November election. There are no Republicans in the nonpartisan race. Hamilton County elections director Sherry Poland expects turnout of 15 to 20 percent based on early voting and int..

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• West Toledo Whole Foods store may be delayed to 2018

  

  Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print Whole Foods Market, which has been under pressure by one its major shareholders to turn its sagging stock price around and perhaps put itself up for sale, still plans to open a store in Toledo. But it could be delayed until next year. A spokesman for the developer of the Secor Square shopping center, where Whole Foods has said it will open one of it new small format stores called 365 by Whole Foods, said it is confident that..

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• Motorcycle awareness highlight of police event

  

  Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print Toledo police Sgt. Tom LaForge last rode his motorcycle without a helmet four years ago — when he collided with a vehicle outside the Scott Park District Station. The driver pulled out in front of him two blocks from the station after Sergeant LaForge’s shift ended. He broke several ribs, snapped his collar bone, and suffered a concussion. It took six months before he returned to full duty. “Ever since then, I don’t ride any..

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• Triplets have surgery for rare skull defect

  

  Triplets have surgery for rare skull defect 2017-05-02T02:56:00Z2017-05-02T10:26:05Z Triplet brothers in New York are recovering well after surgeons corrected a skull defect they all suffered from. (Source: News 12 Long Island/CNN) STONY BROOK, NY (NEWS 12 LONG ISLAND/CNN) - Triplet brothers in New York are recovering well after surgeons corrected a skull defect they all suffered from.  Hunter, Jackson and Kaden Howard were born with a condition called craniosynostosis.It happens when a baby'..

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