Tugboat leads Toledo tree tradition and other top stories.

• Tugboat leads Toledo tree tradition

  

  Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print A tugboat loaded down with Christmas trees and Santa Claus himself arrived at a Toledo dock Saturday in what has become an annual event for the National Museum of the Great Lakes. Families with children and a few grown-ups cheered the arrival of the tug George Gradel outside the museum at the Marina District in East Toledo. Among them was Laura Studyvin, 54, and her mother, Gloria Parker, 78, of Maumee. They grabbed their tr..

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• Toledo Magazine: Global cuisine in Toledo

  

  Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print Toledo is ethnically rich, and cuisine from all around world is a part of that prodigal culture. With a little exploration, kitchen connoisseurs and even cooking amateurs in the Toledo area can be diverse about food selection and menu planning. Or, you could let the experts do it for you.  PHOTO GALLERY: Toledo Magazine — Global cuisine See the PDF design of today’s Toledo Magazine Houng Dhar gives noodles to Jerry Payto..

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• Woman shot in Toledo overnight

  

  TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Toledo police are trying to figure who shot a woman Saturday morning. It happened on Algonquin Parkway near Giant Street around 2:00 AM, which is near Monroe and Central. Toledo police found multiple shell casings outside an apartment building. Police say the woman shot was alert and was transported to the hospital non-life threatening injuries. If you have any information about this incident call Crime Stopper at 419-255-1111.

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• Business notebook: 12-4

  Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print ACHIEVEMENTS ■ Brian Partee, crude oil logistics and analysis manager at Marathon Petroleum Corp., will become the Findlay firm’s director of business development Jan. 1 when vice president James (Jay) Heintschel II retires. ■ Nancy Hummel has been promoted to director, communications at Bolt Express, from organizational development manager. Business Achievements, with news of management promotions, corporate board appointme..

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• Toledo Police investigate computer-related scam

  Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print Toledo Police are investigating a telephone rip-off of a Toledo senior citizen in the amount of $10,400. According to a police report, a woman living on Warrington Road reported to police Friday afternoon that she received a call telling her she needed to “update to Windows 10.” The woman sent $400. The “company” called back “offering a refund” and “ took bank information,” according to the report. In a third call, the comp..

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• Warehouse gutted by blaze was home to Bohemian art space

  

  By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZAssociated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - The warehouse gutted by a blaze that killed at least nine people was home to musicians, painters, woodworkers, dancers and other artists who came together to make art and hold dance performances and parties. It was also a source of many complaints from neighbors. The building known as the "Ghost Ship" located in Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood was not zoned for people to live in, but neighbors had filed complaints sa..

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• Despite not capturing MAC, UT still shined

  

  Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print For a University of Toledo football team that was focused all season on ending a 12-year Mid-American Conference title drought, a loss to unbeaten Western Michigan with a trip to the MAC championship on the line was a bitter pill to swallow. While the Rockets (9-3, 6-2 MAC) fell just short of their ultimate goal, there were still plenty of bright spots in the 2016 regular season. With nine regular season wins and a chance fo..

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• Police use 'fake news' in sting aimed at California gang

  

  By BRIAN MELLEYAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - Police investigating a notorious gang in a city on California's central coast issued a fake press release that the chief credited with saving two men by deceiving gang members who wanted to kill them, but the ruse was criticized by news organizations who reported it as fact. Santa Maria Police Chief Ralph Martin defended the rare tactic this week when it came to light, saying he had never done such a thing in his 43-year caree..

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• Green Party drops bid for statewide Pennsylvania recount

  

  By MARC LEVYAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A Green Party-backed campaign changed its strategy to force a statewide recount of Pennsylvania's Nov. 8 presidential election, won by Republican Donald Trump, and said late Saturday night that it will seek help in the federal courts, rather than the state courts. The announcement that it would seek an emergency federal court order on Monday for a recount came hours after it dropped a case in the state courts. "Make no mistak..

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• Lucas County preps needle exchange

  

  Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print Health officials in Lucas County are working to get the area’s first needle exchange program up and running by the spring, adding another weapon to their arsenal in the fight against the heroin and opioid epidemic. Toledo will be the last large metro area in Ohio to adopt such an exchange. Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati all have them, as do the smaller cities of Dayton and Portsmouth. Such programs aim to decrease the l..

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NASA launches Advanced Geostationary Weather Satellite for NOAA .	Old is new again at Toledo vintage market .