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• Walleye happy to be home

  Published: Saturday, 11/7/2015 - Updated: 22 minutes ago Walleye happy to be home after successful opening trip Toledo leads division heading into home opener BY MARK MONROEBLADE SPORTS WRITER At long last, the Walleye will play their first home opener of the season today, and the much-anticipated event will kick off with a banner-raising ceremony at the Huntington Center. After Toledo opened the season with eight consecutive road games, the Walleye finally take to the ice for the first time at the downtown arena with a 7:15 p.m. faceoff against Adirondack. ..

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• Escaped Toledo murderer captured in Minnesota after decades on t - Toledo News Now, News, Weather, Sports, Toledo, OH

  

  (WTOL) - A Toledo man who was convicted of aggravated murder and has been on the run for decades was captured in St. Paul, Minnesota Thursday evening.Juarez, who was also known as Eleasor Morales Moreno, was sentenced to life in prison for aggravated murder in June 24, 1975, after the shooting death of another Toledo man, Jose Jesus Peña, in May 1975.Three years later, on April 2, 1978, Juarez sawed through his prison bars and cut through the north fence of the Marion Correctional Institution. Prison guards later found a dummy that Juarez had covered with blankets on his bed to elude capture.Over the years, Juarez used multiple fake identities to hide from police."He lived under assumed ..

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• Special edition Wrangler planned

  

  Published: Saturday, 11/7/2015 BASED ON CONCEPT Special edition Wrangler planned Production will be limited to 50 BY TYREL LINKHORNBLADE STAFF WRITER The Jeep Wrangler Red Rock Concept will be the ‘influence’ for a limited edition of 50. PR NEWSWIRE Enlarge F..

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• Religion calendar: 11-07

  Published: Saturday, 11/7/2015 Religion calendar: 11-07 St. Philip Lutheran Church 78th anniversary reunion prayer breakfast, 9:30 a.m. today, 3002 Upton Ave. Calling all past students of St. Philip school to attend. Information: 419-283-1434. Lial Renewal Center“Growing Up with Fairy Tales” program on fairy tales with layers of symbolic imagery that parallel life stories, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. today, $45 including lunch, and “Letting Go, Hanging On, Aging, Changing, and Choosing,” offered by Rev. John Graden, 7-8 p.m. Monday, free. 5908 Davis Rd., Whiteho..

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• BP worker's purse stolen in Maumee

  Published: Saturday, 11/7/2015 BP worker’s purse stolen in Maumee BLADE STAFF Maumee police are looking for a man who stole a worker’s purse from a shop. The man — described as black, about age 30, bald with a full mustache and beard, and a heavy build — reached over the counter at the BP station at 497 W. Dussel Dr. about 10:33 a.m. Wednesday and took the purse that held $200. He..

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• BG men win exhibition in OT

  Published: Saturday, 11/7/2015 - Updated: 24 minutes ago BG men win exhibition in OT BLADE STAFF Bowling Green State University’s men’s basketball team needed overtime Friday night to defeat Notre Dame (Ohio) College 74-65 in overtime in an exhibition game at the Stroh Center. The teams combined for 38 turnovers and a tot..

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• Only On 11: Toledo-area group campaigns nationwide to house home - Toledo News Now, News, Weather, Sports, Toledo, OH

  

  TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) - It's a simple mission: to house as many homeless veterans as fast as possible and soon the Toledo-area organization Veterans Matter will kick off a year-long national fundraising campaign to do just that."When somebody's taking the risk to give their lives for us, I believe that as a society we have an obligation to say thank you," said Ken Leslie, Founder of Veterans Matter.Through a partnership with the National Exchange Club, Veterans Matter will hold what's called '11-11@7.' It's a simultaneous event all over the country on Veteran's Day to bring awareness to homeless veterans."There are over 49,000 veterans still in the streets, and anything that we can do to get..

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• US senators push for heroin overdose drug in schools

  

  (WTOL) - It's scary to think about a teenager overdosing on heroin in school, but it's something US senators want schools to be ready for by having the heroin overdose antidote Naloxone in schools.The push comes as heroin continues to be an issue across the country."A group of senators are asking them to provide dollars for grants to schools that request some assistance, where the school administrators or the teachers understand that heroin overdoses tend to happen in their school," explained Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH).The grant money would come from the Secretary of Health and Human Services, if they agree. It would be available to schools across the country who see a need.Sen. Brown say..

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• Media must stand up to presidential candidates

  

  Published: Saturday, 11/7/2015 Media must stand up to, not be cowed by, presidential candidates BY MARILOU JOHANEKBLADE COLUMNIST Johanek. Enlarge A year ahead of the election, only political junkies or fervent supporters of presidential candidates are ..

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• Report: Cincinnati-based Teamsters misused funds

  

  Report released as union's $18 billion pension reduces payouts to retired union membersBuy Photo.(Photo: Enquirer file)Buy PhotoStory HighlightsMore than half of membership dues went to compensation to Ohio conference officers.Officials "do not perform their duties," probe concludes.Conference has its headquarters in Bond Hill.Two of the officials named in report live in the Cincinnati area.Inflated salaries, questionable spending and a lack of basic financial controls at the Ohio Conference of Teamsters are detailed in a recent report from an all-star federal investigative panel, which included a former FBI and CIA director as well as a former U.S. attorney general. And Cincinnati was the b..

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