Last Top Stories: Glass City Roasters set to open

• Glass City Roasters set to open

  

  Published: Thursday, 11/5/2015 - Updated: 4 minutes ago Owners hope new coffee shop will perk up area Group’s grounds on W. Sylvania Ave. BY TAYLOR DUNGJENBLADE STAFF WRITER Glass City Roasters is the first coffee shop in West Toledo’s Five Points neighborhood and part of an effort by Sylvania Avenue Neighbors to revitalize the area.
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• UT changes housing policy

  

  Published: Thursday, 11/5/2015 - Updated: 2 minutes ago 2 YEARS ON CAMPUS UT housing policy change affects incoming students BY VANESSA McCRAYBLADE STAFF WRITER The University of Toledo will require more students to live on campus and stay there longer in an effort that officials said is aimed at boosting retention rates and student involvement. A change to the school’s residency policy will require new students who enroll next fall and live more than 25 miles away to bunk on-campus their freshman and sophomore years. It will replace a more relaxed pol..

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• 4 charged with providing support to al-Qaeda

  

  Published: Thursday, 11/5/2015 - Updated: 5 minutes ago 4 with Ohio ties charged with providing support to al-Qaeda BLADE STAFF In an indictment unsealed today in U.S. District Court in Toledo, four men were charged with conspiring to travel to Yemen to provide financial support to global terrorist Anwar Al-Awlaki. Yahya Farooq Mohammad, 37; Ibrahim Zubair Mohammad, 36; Asif Ahmed Salim, 35, and Sultane Room Salim, 40, each were indicted on charges of conspiracy to provide and conceal material support and resources to terrorists, providing material support an..

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• Truck crash closes SB I-280 on Skyway bridge

  

  Firefighters work to extinguish a burning tractor trailer on the Veterans' Glass City Skyway bridge. THE BLADE/DAVE ZAPOTOSKY Enlarge | Buy This Photo Published: Thursday, 11/5/2015 - Updated: 2 minutes ago Traffic expected to resume on SB I-280 in afternoon Tractor-trailer rig hit barrier, injuring driver BLADE STAFF &..

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• Happier holiday spending forecast

  

  Published: Thursday, 11/5/2015 - Updated: 4 hours ago Happier holiday spending forecast Area retailers cautiously confident sales will exceed ’14’s outlay BY JON CHAVEZBLADE BUSINESS WRITER Forecasts say nationally, average spending per person is expected to reach $805, a 3.7 percent increase over 2014. ASSOCIATED PRESS Enlarge &..

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• Durant to lead Holiday Parade

  

  Published: Thursday, 11/5/2015 - Updated: 2 minutes ago TPS superintendent to lead Holiday Parade BLADE STAFF The Blade’s Holiday Parade will feature Toledo Public Schools Superintendent Romules Durant as the grand marshal. Mr. Durant, an East Toledo native, headlines the event which begins at 10 a.m. Nov..

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• Localeyes tour features paper artist

  

  Published: Thursday, 11/5/2015 - Updated: 6 minutes ago PEACH WEEKENDER | ART Localeyes tour features paper artist BLADE STAFF A glass sculpture by Brien Strancar is among the works included in Creative Natives exhibition. Enlarge The Thursday Localeyes to..

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• UT aims to salvage season

  Published: Thursday, 11/5/2015 - Updated: 35 minutes ago COLLEGE FOOTBALL Rockets aim to salvage last 3 games UT doesn’t see loss to NIU as lost cause BY NICHOLAS PIOTROWICZBLADE SPORTS WRITER Both emotionally and functionally, the University of Toledo's 32-27 loss to Northern Illinois on Tuesday night was devastating. The Rockets dealt first with the sting of losing to the same team for the sixth straight year, guaranteeing that three UT classes will graduate without seeing a win against the Huskies. Then there is the reality that UT's hopes to win the M..

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• Symphony taking stage with Mozart, more

  

  Published: Thursday, 11/5/2015 - Updated: 7 seconds ago PEACH WEEKENDER | MUSIC Symphony taking stage with Mozart, more BY SALLY VALLONGOSPECIAL TO THE BLADE It’s a busy time for the Toledo Symphony, which has concerts, reading sessions, and more in the next two weeks. The Welltower Mozart & More Series will advance with a 7:30 p.m. concert Nov. 14 in the Franciscan Center of Lourdes University, Sylvania. Musicians will play with no conductor, an annual tradition for one event in this series. ConcertmasterKirk Tothand his assistant,Tea Prokes,will ..

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• Village to begin deer cull planning

  

  Published: Thursday, 11/5/2015 - Updated: 12 minutes ago Ottawa Hills to begin deer cull planning BY TOM HENRYBLADE STAFF WRITER Experts say Ottawa Hills contains twice as many deer than a village its size should have. ASSOCIATED PRESS Enlarge Don’t look fo..

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