Saturday, January 23, 2016

Blizzard strikes East Coast and other top stories.

  • Blizzard strikes East Coast

    Blizzard strikes East Coast
    Published: Saturday, 1/23/2016 - Updated: 4 minutes ago Blizzard strikes East Coast; motorists stranded for hours in Kentucky CNN Crashed and stranded vehicles remain on the rise in Virginia, according to police. VIRGINIA STATE POLICE Enlarge A massive winter storm clobbered a huge swath of the eastern United States on Saturday, pounding cities from Washington to New York with snow and stranding hundreds of motorists from Kentucky to Pennsylvania on icy interstates. U..
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  • DeWine lauds aid for area's addicts

    DeWine lauds aid for area's addicts
    Lucas County Sheriff John Tharp, left, and Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine speak with Brett Hansen and Matt Bell regarding the sheriff’s Drug Abuse Response Team. THE BLADE/ANDY MORRISON Enlarge | Buy This Photo Published: Saturday, 1/23/2016 DRUG ABUSE RESPONSE TEAM DeWine lauds aid for area’s addicts Program uses officers to help, not punish BY RYAN DUNN BLADE STAFF WRITER The lowest point in Brett Hansen’s years of drug abuse left him unrecogn..
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  • Film puts spotlight on Toledo

    Nick Corbin and others watch a screening of ‘Reclaiming Spaces,’ a film about revitalization in downtown Toledo, at Seed Coworking in Toledo. The film, produced by Mr. Corbin and Kim Sanchez in partnership with the Downtown Toledo Develop-ment Corp., will eventually be used as a tool to recruit people and businesses to the city. THE BLADE/DAVE ZAPOTOSKY Enlarge | Buy This Photo Published: Saturday, 1/23/2016 - Updated: 4 hours ago Film puts spot..
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  • E. Toledo man accused in child enticement case

    Published: Saturday, 1/23/2016 E. Toledo man accused in child enticement case Incident occurred on school bus BLADE STAFF An East Toledo man who claimed to be the father of an 11-year-old girl who had boarded a school bus has been charged with criminal child enticement. Henry Greenwald, 48, of the 900 block of Oak Street was charged with the misdemeanor after a Jan. 5 incident at Navarre Elementary School. Police said the girl reported an unidentified man carrying a toy truck and ..
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  • Airlines cancel more than 5500 flights due to blizzard

    Airlines cancel more than 5500 flights due to blizzard
    By The Associated Press Airlines canceled more than 5,500 flights in the U.S. and beyond this weekend as a blizzard conditions, cold and ice hits much of the U.S., with East Coast cities feeling the most impact. The bulk of Saturday's 4,298 cancelations are at airports in the New York City and Washington metro areas, according to flight tracking service FlightAware. Another 1,235 flights were canceled for Sunday. Those cancelations center on Philadelphia, Washington and New York, with airlines e..
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  • India declassifies files on death of independence leader

    India declassifies files on death of independence leader
    Published: Saturday, 1/23/2016 India declassifies files on death of independence leader ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW DELHI — India’s government today started declassifying secret files to settle questions over the death of Subhash Chandra Bose, a Congress party leader who formed a national army to fight British colonial rulers with the help of the Japanese in the 1940s. Prime Minister Narendra Modi released digital copies of 100 secret files relating to Bose’s life in the presence of several..
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  • 2 veterans finish court treatment

    2 veterans finish court treatment
    Treatment team member Jordan Garza, left, shakes hands with graduate Army veteran Alfred Cortez during the Veterans Treatment Court graduation ceremony in Toledo Municipal Court. THE BLADE/LORI KING Enlarge | Buy This Photo Published: Saturday, 1/23/2016 Local military vets complete special court program Program offers help for misdemeanor offenders BY LAUREN LINDSTROM BLADE STAFF WRITER Supporters packed a courtroom Friday to celebrate the first g..
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  • At least 10 killed in snowstorm-related deaths

    At least 10 killed in snowstorm-related deaths
    By The Associated Press At least nine people have been killed in accidents as a snowstorm pounds the eastern part of the U.S. Some details of the deaths: MARYLAND A 60-year-old man died shoveling snow after an apparent heart attack in the Fort Washington area, authorities said. Medics were called but couldn't revive him, Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department spokesman Mark Brady said. KENTUCKY A man died in southeastern Kentucky when his car collided with a salt truck Thursday, state police..
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  • South Toledo fire intentionally set

    South Toledo fire intentionally set
    Published: Saturday, 1/23/2016 BORDERLAND South Toledo fire intentionally set BLADE STAFF A fire that damaged a South Toledo garden apartment late Thursday was intentionally set, Toledo fire Lt. Matthew Hertzfeld said. Smoke and fire were visible in a bottom-floor window at 3901 Airport Hwy. as fire crews arrived at about 8:15 p.m. The blaze was knocked down by 8:24 p.m. and declared under control six minutes later. The apartment was occupied but there were no injuries reported, Lt. ..
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  • Trustee case goes to Supreme Court

    Trustee case goes to Supreme Court
    Published: Saturday, 1/23/2016 - Updated: 7 hours ago Trustee case goes to Ohio Supreme Court Spencer Twp. official won’t rescind resolution that vacated seat BY KYLE ROWLAND BLADE STAFF WRITER Spencer Township Trustee Michael Hood did not blink. He opted not to rescind a resolution that vacated the seat of trustee Shawn Valentine and was filled by D. Hilarion Smith. John Borell, an assistant Lucas County prosecutor, twice met Thursday with Mr. Hood and Trustee Teresa Bettinger in..
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MLK speaker calls for justice for all .Toledo celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day .

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