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Firefighter Dies Off-Duty + TPD Car Chase + Failed U-Haul Robbery
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Happy Friday, people of Toledo! Here's everything you need to know around town today.
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First, your weekend weather:
- Clear throughout the day. High: 77 Low: 55.
Here are the top stories today in Toledo:
- Toledo Fire & Rescue have reported the death of 49-year-old lieutenant Kevin E. Williamson while he was off-duty. Williamson was assigned to Station 25 on West Central Avenue in the Old Orchard neighborhood. (WTOL)
- Scott High School is debuting a new barber academy this year. The program provides 1800 credit hours beginning in one's junior year and is open to any Toledo Public Schools student. (WTOL)
- Toledo Police Detectives are investigating a shooting that occurred late Wednesday evening at the 1300 block of Palmetto Avenue. Two men were transported to Toledo Hospital with gunshot wounds resulting in one death and the other in critical condition. (WNWO NBC 24)
- A Toledo man has been arrested after he locked himself in the bathroom of a U-Haul on South Byrne Road he was allegedly attempting to rob. Toledo Fire & Rescue transported 42-year-old Brien McGranahan after he caused injury to himself by damaging the bathroom. (13 ABC)
- 35-year-old Toledoan Andre Campos was arrested Tuesday night after leading Toledo Police on a high-speed chase. Campos was detained after striking three Toledo Police cruisers in a parking lot in the 1100 block of W. Central Avenue. (13 ABC)
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This weekend in Toledo:
Friday, September 10
- 'Godspell' by Waterville Playshop, Maumee Indoor Theatre (8 PM)
- Toledo Gem & Rockhound Club 50th Annual Show & Sale, Wood County Fairgrounds (2 PM)
- Black Swamp Arts Festival, Downtown Bowling Green (5 PM)
- Family Night Cruise on the Sandpiper (6 PM)
- "The Sunshine Boys" at Village Players (8 PM)
Toledo Patch Notebook
- Gas prices in Toledo increase 10 cents a gallon; hike blamed on Hurricane Ida (WTOL)
- 9/11 ceremony at Toledo Memorial Park to honor fallen first responders (13abc Action News)
- City leaders announce new park & YMCA facility at Inez Nash Park in the 100 block of E. Bancroft Street (13 ABC)
- Two men die in Wednesday crash on Ohio Turnpike (13 ABC)
- Luck of the Rockets fans: UT vs. Notre Dame to be broadcast at two local restaurants, The Blarney Irish Pub on Monroe Street and Campus Polleyes on Dorr (13 ABC)
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— Brad King
About me: I have been a lifelong Northwest Ohio native and University of Toledo grad (Go Rockets!). I'm old enough to remember when the Mud Hens were still playing in Maumee. The Glass City has seen some amazing revitalization and I am so excited to share every update with you!
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