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      <title>No. 41 · Tuesday, Sept. 8 — The same basket for a family of four ran from $120.53 to $139.98 at four chains on Monday. The city’s refuse fee, which no household can shop around, rose 61 percent in a year by council vote.</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 05:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>What a week of groceries costs, store by store</description>
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      <title>No. 40 Evening · Monday, Sept. 7 — It was her first day of campaigning since an armed man charged the Democratic tent at the Canfield Fair on Sunday. The man charged in that case, Patrick Havas, 38, of Canfield, faces two counts of assault and one of disorderly conduct.</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>Acton left a Cleveland parade twice to treat people who collapsed</description>
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      <title>No. 40 · Monday, Sept. 7 — Toledo is spending fire overtime twice as fast as last year: three-quarters of the money is gone with five months to go. Voters decide on a new police-and-fire income tax Nov. 3.</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 05:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>Toledo’s income-tax collections fall despite rising wages</description>
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      <title>No. 39 · Sunday, Sept. 6 — The church was on the city’s own list of landmark candidates. Council has decisions pending on dozens more, and the first hearing is Thursday.</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 05:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>Former St. Agnes Church destroyed in fire</description>
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      <title>No. 38 · Saturday, Sept. 5 — Ohio’s appellate filing system was breached in March</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 05:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>Ohio’s appellate filing system was breached in March</description>
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      <title>No. 37 Evening · Friday, Sept. 4 — Exton is convicted of attempted murder, watching from a holding cell in the basement</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>Exton is convicted of attempted murder, watching from a holding cell in the basement</description>
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      <title>No. 37 · Friday, Sept. 4 — Middleton Township’s trustees deny Meta 39 more acres, 2–1</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 05:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>Middleton Township’s trustees deny Meta 39 more acres, 2–1</description>
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      <title>No. 36 Evening · Thursday, Sept. 3 — Gloria Steinem, born in Toledo and schooled at Waite, dies in New York at 92</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>Gloria Steinem, born in Toledo and schooled at Waite, dies in New York at 92</description>
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      <title>No. 36 · Thursday, Sept. 3 — Twelve weeks after a hospital officer shot a man dead in Oregon, the state is sending the case to the Lucas County prosecutor</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 05:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>Twelve weeks after a hospital officer shot a man dead in Oregon, the state is sending the case to the Lucas County prosecutor</description>
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      <title>No. 35 Evening · Wednesday, Sept. 2 — Two weeks after the Brent Industries explosion, the fire department still has no list of who was inside</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>Two weeks after the Brent Industries explosion, the fire department still has no list of who was inside</description>
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      <title>No. 35 · Wednesday, Sept. 2 — Toledo’s council president will introduce a resolution to audit the city’s Flock cameras</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 05:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>Toledo’s council president will introduce a resolution to audit the city’s Flock cameras</description>
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      <title>No. 34 Evening · Tuesday, Sept. 1 — Toledo police name a suspect in the crash that hurt Rep. Kaptur, and say he is not in custody</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>Toledo police name a suspect in the crash that hurt Rep. Kaptur, and say he is not in custody</description>
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      <title>No. 34 · Tuesday, Sept. 1 — Ohio’s police-drone law lands Oct. 6. Toledo has been flying drones to 911 calls since October</title>
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      <description>Ohio’s police-drone law lands Oct. 6. Toledo has been flying drones to 911 calls since October</description>
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      <title>No. 33 Evening · Monday, Aug. 31 — Ohio’s first wind farm is coming down, and its own ground cannot replace it</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>Ohio’s first wind farm is coming down, and its own ground cannot replace it</description>
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      <title>No. 33 · Monday, Aug. 31 — Toledo’s roads are getting safer, bucking the regional trend</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>Toledo’s roads are getting safer, bucking the regional trend</description>
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      <title>No. 32 · Sunday, Aug. 30 — The region is backing away from its plate cameras. Toledo’s $846,000 Flock deal was signed by its police chief</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>The region is backing away from its plate cameras. Toledo’s $846,000 Flock deal was signed by its police chief</description>
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      <title>No. 31 · Saturday, Aug. 29 — Toledo Public Schools closed eight buildings this month, and its treasurer says the district is running on about one payroll</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>Toledo Public Schools closed eight buildings this month, and its treasurer says the district is running on about one payroll</description>
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      <title>No. 30 Evening · Friday, Aug. 28 — Nobody has named the buyers of One SeaGate. That they are local is the broker’s word</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>Nobody has named the buyers of One SeaGate. That they are local is the broker’s word</description>
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      <title>No. 30 · Friday, Aug. 28 — Toledo has one month left to forgive half of what it is owed on water bills, and one sign-up session to do it in</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>Toledo has one month left to forgive half of what it is owed on water bills, and one sign-up session to do it in</description>
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      <title>No. 29 · Thursday, Aug. 27 — The city wants cameras at sixteen schools. The school board says nobody has properly asked it.</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>The city wants cameras at sixteen schools. The school board says nobody has properly asked it.</description>
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      <title>No. 28 · Wednesday, Aug. 26 — Toledo renews its police gang software without taking bids. The school-camera contract still has no vote.</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>Toledo renews its police gang software without taking bids. The school-camera contract still has no vote.</description>
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      <title>No. 27 · Tuesday, Aug. 25 — The city wants its license-plate cameras on sixteen school properties. Council votes at 4 this afternoon.</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>The city wants its license-plate cameras on sixteen school properties. Council votes at 4 this afternoon.</description>
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      <title>No. 26 · Monday, Aug. 24 — On Oct. 1 Washington cuts its share of what it costs to hand out food aid from half to a quarter. Lucas County is $2.5 million short.</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>On Oct. 1 Washington cuts its share of what it costs to hand out food aid from half to a quarter. Lucas County is $2.5 million short.</description>
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      <title>No. 25 · Sunday, Aug. 23 — The public owns 3,847 vacant lots in Lucas County. It is offering 1,754, and no published rule says which.</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>The public owns 3,847 vacant lots in Lucas County. It is offering 1,754, and no published rule says which.</description>
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      <title>No. 24 · Saturday, Aug. 22 — The 50 percent duty on Canadian cars, liquor and cheese is being collected</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>The 50 percent duty on Canadian cars, liquor and cheese is being collected</description>
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      <title>No. 23 Evening · Friday, Aug. 21 — ODOT is taking Roche de Boeuf apart so Waterville can keep it</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>ODOT is taking Roche de Boeuf apart so Waterville can keep it</description>
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      <title>No. 23 · Friday, Aug. 21 — A 50% tariff on Canadian cars, liquor and cheese takes effect at 12:01 a.m. Saturday</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>A 50% tariff on Canadian cars, liquor and cheese takes effect at 12:01 a.m. Saturday</description>
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      <title>No. 22 Evening · Thursday, Aug. 20 — Residents press the builders of a 350-megawatt gas plant meant to power Meta’s Wood County data center</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>Residents press the builders of a 350-megawatt gas plant meant to power Meta’s Wood County data center</description>
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      <title>No. 22 · Thursday, Aug. 20 — Two years off the bench, without pay — and the court&#x27;s own board had recommended he lose no time at all</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>Two years off the bench, without pay — and the court&#x27;s own board had recommended he lose no time at all</description>
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      <title>No. 21 Evening · Wednesday, Aug. 19 — A man is shot dead on Airport Highway in the morning, and by evening a 20-year-old is booked on a murder charge</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>A man is shot dead on Airport Highway in the morning, and by evening a 20-year-old is booked on a murder charge</description>
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      <title>No. 21 · Wednesday, Aug. 19 — Two dead at Brent Industries — and a question the company has answered once before</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>Two dead at Brent Industries — and a question the company has answered once before</description>
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      <title>No. 20 Evening · Tuesday, Aug. 18 — Two workers are killed as an explosion and a three-alarm fire tear through Brent Industries in south Toledo</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>Two workers are killed as an explosion and a three-alarm fire tear through Brent Industries in south Toledo</description>
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      <title>No. 20 · Tuesday, Aug. 18 — Oregon will vote on how much electricity one building may use</title>
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      <title>No. 19 Evening · Monday, Aug. 17 — Gerken calls for an independent audit of the Flock cameras — and Navarre answers the same afternoon: they stay on</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>Gerken calls for an independent audit of the Flock cameras — and Navarre answers the same afternoon: they stay on</description>
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      <title>No. 19 · Monday, Aug. 17 — Three plate readers came down in a weekend, and across the river a sheriff started a seven-day clock</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>Three plate readers came down in a weekend, and across the river a sheriff started a seven-day clock</description>
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      <title>No. 18 Evening · Sunday, Aug. 16 — Eight feet of neon green on the bank of the Maumee — and a world record that is so far only a question</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>Eight feet of neon green on the bank of the Maumee — and a world record that is so far only a question</description>
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      <title>No. 18 · Sunday, Aug. 16 — Six data centers, four counties, two states: what the machines would cost, and who has already said no</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>Six data centers, four counties, two states: what the machines would cost, and who has already said no</description>
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      <title>No. 17 Evening · Saturday, Aug. 15 — A university in this county filed for bankruptcy five days ago, and this paper never told you</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>A university in this county filed for bankruptcy five days ago, and this paper never told you</description>
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      <title>No. 17 Afternoon Extra · Saturday, Aug. 15 — Pride Went Ahead in the Rain</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>Pride Went Ahead in the Rain</description>
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      <title>No. 17 · Saturday, Aug. 15 — The parade steps off at noon into a forty percent sky, and the storm waits for the party to start</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>The parade steps off at noon into a forty percent sky, and the storm waits for the party to start</description>
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      <title>No. 16 · Friday, Aug. 14 — Pride takes Adams Street at noon Saturday, sixteen summers on from a few hundred dollars at the Erie Street Market</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description>Pride takes Adams Street at noon Saturday, sixteen summers on from a few hundred dollars at the Erie Street Market</description>
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      <title>No. 15 Evening Extra · Thursday, Aug. 13 — A state representative&#x27;s night ends in the Ottawa County jail: Elgin Rogers Jr. arrested on OVI and gun charges</title>
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      <title>No. 15 · Thursday, Aug. 13 — The university picks its ground: $1.2 billion, 144 acres on the Huron River — and a township that says it will fight</title>
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      <description>The university picks its ground: $1.2 billion, 144 acres on the Huron River — and a township that says it will fight</description>
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      <title>Special Edition · Thursday, Aug. 6 — A six-story duck spent two days watching Toledo, and Toledo watched back</title>
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