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UT Killer Up For Parole + TPS School Lockdown + Rape Trial Update
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Hello, people of Toledo! It's me again, Brad King, your host of the Toledo Daily.
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First, today's weather:
Partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 85 Low: 64.
Here are the top stories today in Toledo:
- Chase STEM Academy on Bassett Street was locked down by Toledo Police on Thursday morning. The lockdown came as there was a "neighborhood issue" that was resolved before students arrived at the school. (13abc Action News)
- Toledo Police responded to an attempted robbery at Value America gas station in the 4400 block of Monroe Street on Thursday morning. No injuries were reported but the suspect has not been arrested. (13abc Action News)
- Several witnesses have testified in the rape trial against Ottawa Hills School employee Ronald "Donnie" Stevens, including lab personnel from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation. The trial is not over, with the Court also hearing from an ex-girlfriend of one of the alleged victims and an investigator with the Lucas County Prosecutors Office. (WTOL)
- Several caregivers, volunteers, and brain injury survivors worked together to craft blankets at the Traumatic Brain Injury Resource Center on Central Avenue in Toledo. The blankets help victims hone their fine motor skills and benefit the center. (WNWO NBC 24)
- Former University of Toledo police officer and convicted murderer Jeffrey Hodge is up for his first parole hearing this month. Hodge was convicted of kidnapping and murdering 19-year-old UT nursing student Melissa Herstrum in 1993. (WTOL)
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Today in Toledo:
- The Momentum Festival, Promenade Park (6 PM)
- Empty Bowls: A Food for Thought Benefit, Toledo Botanical Gardens (11 AM)
- Zoo To Do, Toledo Zoo (5 PM)
- An Evening of Motown, Maumee Indoor Theatre (7:30 PM)
- 'Something Rotten' by Toledo Repertoire Theatre (8 PM)
Toledo Patch Notebook
- Dog seized in Toledo Humane Society cruelty investigation ready to find forever home (WTOL)
- Manahan to host job fair with open interviews (WNWO NBC 24)
- Escuela SMART Academy celebrating, educating during Hispanic Heritage Month (WTOL)
- Perrysburg Heights neighbors worried about city plan for growth (WTOL)
- Toledo mayoral candidates react to primary election results (WNWO NBC 24)
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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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