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Fri, 20 Nov 2009
Woman sentenced to 13 years for fatal shooting at nude photo shoot


Fri, 20 Nov 2009
Two people killed in Toledo during separate shootings
BLADE STAFF Two people have been shot and killed in Toledo during separate incidents that occurred 13 hours apart. Their deaths mark the 23rd and 24th murders in Toledo this year. No one has been arrested in either case. In the first shooting, Bassam Kanouh, 46, was shot about 9:15 p.m. Thursday while working as a clerk at the Lewis Carryout, 4252 Lewis Ave. Police crews responding to a report ...


Fri, 20 Nov 2009
Wood County reports first H1N1 death
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Fri, 20 Nov 2009
Former Lutheran pastor dies because of trauma of 2-car accident
BLADE STAFF A former Lutheran pastor died Tuesday in Toledo Hospital, more than a month after he was injured in a two-car crash in Monroe County that killed his wife. The Rev. Lester Slagle, 83, of Toledo died as a result of trauma from the accident, said Dr. James Patrick, Lucas County coroner. Mr. Slagle was a former pastor of Martin Luther Lutheran Church in Toledo. His wife, Hiroko, 83, died ...


Fri, 20 Nov 2009
Clerk shot, killed at West Toledo convenience store
BLADE STAFF A clerk has died in a hospital after someone shot him at a West Toledo convenience store Thursday night, authorities said. Bassam Kanough, 46, was taken to Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead, Toledo police said. A hospital spokesman withheld the time of death pending notification of the next of kin. The shooting occurred about 9:15 p.m. at Lewis ...


Fri, 20 Nov 2009
Northwood cuts spending
Northwood City Council last night unanimously approved a 2010 budget of $4.5 million, which is about 13 percent less than the 2009 budget. To balance the budget, the city has laid off three full-time employees, including a police officer, and two part-time employees, city administrator Patricia Bacon said. For 2009, the city was able to cut $400,000 in expenses without layoffs. Through September ...


Fri, 20 Nov 2009
Ex-BGSU director indicted for theft
BOWLING GREEN - The former director of the animal research lab at Bowling Green State University was indicted for stealing animal tranquilizers from the lab and using them to euthanize two pets. Denise Hook, 40, of Weston, Ohio, was indicted by a Wood County grand jury this week on two counts of theft of drugs, three counts of receiving stolen property, and one count of euthanizing without a ...


Fri, 20 Nov 2009
Heart condition killed park rider
The 38-year-old Toledo man who died after riding a roller coaster at Kings Island in August was suffering chest pain before he got on the coaster, according to investigators' interviews in their completed report. An amusement park employee told Ohio Department of Agriculture investigators that children at the park with Homer Shields III said his chest "was hurting before the ride." But park ...


Fri, 20 Nov 2009
DiSalle Bridge work to resume next spring


Fri, 20 Nov 2009
Last stretch of Madison Avenue becomes 2-way
The traffic pattern for a two block stretch on Madison Avenue was converted yesterday from one-way to two-way traffic, the last stretch of the downtown street to be switched. While other sections of Madison had earlier been converted to two-way traffic, the two blocks between Erie and Michigan streets had remained one-way because of complications with installing traffic signals. The needed ...