Friday, October 20, 2017

New project announced for Toledo Waterways Initiative and other top stories.

  • New project announced for Toledo Waterways Initiative

    New project announced for Toledo Waterways Initiative
    New project announced for Toledo Waterways Initiative 2017-09-06T23:02:55Z2017-09-06T23:02:55ZBy Malena Caruso, Reporter (Source: WTOL) TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) - The city of Toledo announced the groundbreaking of a 17-million gallon basin at Summit and Olive.The Toledo Waterways Initiative is an 18-year effort to protect Toledo's waterways from sewer overflow."At the end of construction we will have eliminated approximately 650 million gallons of untreated sewage going into our waterw..
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  • Toledo attorney demands change in immigration reform

    Toledo attorney demands change in immigration reform
    Toledo attorney demands change in immigration reform 2017-09-07T02:19:02Z2017-09-07T02:19:02Z (Source: AP) TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) - The undocumented immigrants protected under DACA live and work around the country.Patricia Hernandez, an attorney with Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, works with many "Dreamers in the Toledo-area. She says when the Obama administration put DACA into action, there was much interest among the people she represents.Under DACA, undocumented immigrants who..
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  • Toledo Water Quality Dashboard moves to “watch” status

    Toledo Water Quality Dashboard moves to “watch” status
    TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Testing of drinking water by the City of Toledo found microcystin at 6.61 ppb in untreated water in the intake crib in Lake Erie. Nothing was detected in the tap water. The Water Quality Dashboard moves to "Watch" when microcystin is detected at or above 5 ppb in the raw water in the intake crib in Lake Erie. Microcystin is detected in Lake Erie, but not in tap water. The City's says its water treatment process is effectively removing the microcystin. No action is req..
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  • Toledo man arrested in fatal stabbing

    Toledo man arrested in fatal stabbing
    Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print Authorities arrested a man Wednesday in the fatal stabbing of another last month in East Toledo. Melvin Harris, 54, of the 1200 block of Halstead Street, is charged with murder in the killing of Richard “Ricardo” Jimenez, 82. Toledo police said evidence at the scene linked Harris to the death. Mr. Jimenez suffered seven stab wounds to his left chest. He was found dead Aug. 4 at his residence in the 900 block of East Broadwa..
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  • Toledo Club hopes to bring people to city for 100 years

    Toledo Club hopes to bring people to city for 100 years
    Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print The century-old Toledo Club near downtown reopened this week after a prolonged August shutdown to complete $700,000 in renovations to the facility. “It's a great investment in Toledo for us to have a fantastic club downtown,” said Brett Seymour, club vice president. “With the growth that is happening downtown, we thought it was important to have people coming down for the next 100 years.” The work included resurfacing the 28..
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  • Former Toledo resident prepares for Hurricane Irma

    Former Toledo resident prepares for Hurricane Irma
    CAYMAN ISLANDS (13abc Action News) - Hurricane Irma and the pending storm surge are sending shock waves through the Caribbean islands, even the ones that our not in Irma's direct path. That includes the Cayman islands. That's where Toledo native Doug Christoffers works and says they're not out of the wood just yet. They may get just a glancing blow, but he says the winds from the storm today into tomorrow could top 60 or 70 miles per hour.
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  • Toledo Waterways Initiative serves to protect drinking water, reduce ...

    Toledo Waterways Initiative serves to protect drinking water, reduce sewer backups 2017-09-06T17:29:03Z2017-09-06T17:29:03Z (Source: WTOL) TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) - The last major project in the Toledo Waterway Initiative is a big one.It's an overflow basin that will cost $44 million and hold 17 millions gallons of combined sewer overflow.The basin will sit right on the Maumee River, one of the waterways the Waterway Initiative aims to protect.When the 18-year initiative is complete, T..
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  • Mayoral candidate Kapszukiewicz promises outsider view

    Mayoral candidate Kapszukiewicz promises outsider view
    Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print Last of a series After more than 20 years in public office, Toledo mayoral candidate and Lucas County Treasurer Wade Kapszukiewicz is running as the outsider in a city that he says can do better under new leadership. Mr. Kapszukiewicz was still in graduate school at the University of Michigan when he won his first election to public office, in 1995, and became one of Toledo City Council’s youngest new members when he was app..
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  • Toledo woman stabbed during robbery

    Toledo woman stabbed during robbery
    Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print Toledo police are looking for the man who stabbed a city woman during a robbery. Tanya Buck said an unknown man walked up to her about 11 p.m. Monday at Putnam and Columbia streets in the central city. He then tried to rob her before stabbing her twice in the stomach, according to police. Ms. Buck was treated at Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center for wounds police said did not appear serious. A hospital spokesman said ..
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  • Toledo mayoral candidates address homelessness, racism at forums

    Toledo mayoral candidates address homelessness, racism at forums
    Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print Toledo mayoral candidates promised city government responsiveness to the problem of youth homelessness and agreed to consider complaints about statues in honor of leaders who supported racist policies in two candidate forums Tuesday. Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson and Lucas County Treasurer Wade Kapszukiewicz said they’d support a resolution calling on landlords to accept federal vouchers and other public benefits as evidence of i..
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Freedom School wraps up its 1st Toledo summer .Toledo Police investigate city's latest homicide .
Vacant home demolished after massive fire .Coroner: Toledo man dies from self-inflicted gunshot wound .

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