Sunday, January 31, 2016

New Lucas Co. jail a casualty of budget clashes and other top stories.

  • New Lucas Co. jail a casualty of budget clashes

    New Lucas Co. jail a casualty of budget clashes
    Published: Sunday, 1/31/2016 - Updated: 54 minutes ago STRAINED CITY-COUNTY RELATIONS New jail a casualty of budget clashes Officials dispute ‘fair share’ of cost BY IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER A new Lucas County jail could cost up to $160 million, and while most local officials agree they need to build it, they don’t know how they can pay for it. With relations between Lucas County and its largest community — the city of Toledo — strained for more than a year, and marked b..
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  • Body of missing girl, 13, found; 1 under arrest

    Body of missing girl, 13, found; 1 under arrest
    Published: Sunday, 1/31/2016 Body of missing girl, 13, found; 1 under arrest WASHINGTON POST An 18-year-old Virginia Tech freshman from Columbia, Maryland, was arrested Saturday and charged in the death of a girl from Blacksburg, Virginia, who had gone missing last week, the Blacksburg police said. David E. Eisenhauer was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Nicole Madison Lovell, 13, who was reported missing Wednesday, police said. Eisenhauer, an engineeri..
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  • Seeing dropout problem, TPS makes it personal

    Seeing dropout problem, TPS makes it personal
    Published: Sunday, 1/31/2016 - Updated: 7 hours ago Seeing big problem with dropouts, TPS makes it personal Teachers, district zero in on individuals, raise expectations BY VANESSA McCRAY BLADE STAFF WRITER Teacher Ann Koch-West instructs her college prep class for freshmen and sophomores. THE BLADE/KATIE RAUSCH Enlarge | Buy This Photo During a recent morning meeting, a group of Scott High School educators talked about how to help one strugglin..
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  • US angers China with latest South China Sea

    US angers China with latest South China Sea
    Published: Sunday, 1/31/2016 U.S. angers China with latest South China Sea sail-by TNS BEIJING — China has condemned the United States for sailing another warship near a disputed island in the South China Sea, the latest spat in a growing international row over who controls one of Asia’s key shipping routes. A U.S. destroyer sailed into the area of the sea containing the Paracel Islands group, and within 12 nautical miles of Zhongjian Island, or Triton Island in English, on Saturday, ..
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  • Man arrested after mom, daughter shot

    Man arrested after mom, daughter shot
    Published: Sunday, 1/31/2016 Man arrested after mom, daughter shot BLADE STAFF FOSTORIA — A mother and daughter were shot Saturday afternoon and a suspect was arrested after he crashed his car north of the city, Fostoria police reported. The mother, 36, and daughter, 17, were taken to ProMedica Fostoria Community Hospital and then taken by medical helicopter to ProMedica Toledo Hospital. Police did not release their names, and their conditions were not available. Police found them w..
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  • How They Voted: 1-31

    Published: Sunday, 1/31/2016 How They Voted: 1-31 BLADE STAFF A look at recent Ohio Statehouse action and how lawmakers representing the area voted. OHIO SENATE H.B. 294: Prohibits giving government health-care dollars to organizations that perform or make referrals for abortions (returns to House). Sponsors: Rep. Bill Patmon (D., Cleveland), Rep. Margaret Condit (R., Hamilton) Vote: 22-8 on Wednesday. Northwest Ohio senators: Edna Brown (D., Toledo), did not vote; Randy Gardner (R., ..
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  • Author to students: Be leaders now

    Author Kevin Powell tells students they are leaders now and explains the importance of education during his speech to students, parents, and educators representing schools from around the Toledo area. THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER Enlarge | Buy This Photo Published: Sunday, 1/31/2016 - Updated: 11 minutes ago Be leaders now, author tells students UT speaker says educators must get youths engaged BY LAUREN LINDSTROM BLADE STAFF WRITER Reaching youth requi..
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  • Series preps gardeners

    Series preps gardeners
    Published: Sunday, 1/31/2016 - Updated: 9 minutes ago Botanical Garden series preps gardeners BY NATALIE TRUSSO CAFARELLOBLADE STAFF WRITER File photo of Golden daffodils at the Toledo Botanical Garden on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2014. THE BLADE Enlarge | Buy This Photo There may be frost on the ground, but it’s not too early in the year to start thinking about gardening. The Toledo Botanical Garden presents its Winter Gardening HortEducation Ser..
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  • Toledo collects bottled water for Flint

    Toledo collects bottled water for Flint
    Published: Sunday, 1/31/2016 Toledo collects bottled water for Flint BLADE STAFF THE BLADE/LORI KING Enlarge | Buy This Photo THE BLADE/LORI KING Enlarge | Buy This Photo Above, Jackie Quinones, Village Church member, bottom left, helps load cases of bottled water. At left, Scott Noonan hands Toledo City Councilman Yvonne Harper a case to place in the truck that will haul the cases from the parking lot at the Toledo Pol..
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  • Appetite for office space growing

    Published: Sunday, 1/31/2016 - Updated: 56 minutes ago Appetite for office space growing Clamor for downtown digs rises, but suburbs of metro Toledo don’t lose their luster BY JON CHAVEZ  BLADE BUSINESS WRITER Bolstered by the increasing demand for office space in Toledo’s downtown central business district, the vacancy rate for the metro Toledo office market decreased for the third consecutive year. “I wouldn’t necessarily categorize the resurgence in downtown as coming at the expe..
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