By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 5 SWANTON — A couple were found guilty of 12 counts of animal abuse here yesterday. Mary Barker, 40, and Jose Vasquez, 63, were convicted of not providing sufficient shelter, exercise, and air circulation for six animals, three of which they kept in stacked crates in a closed […]
Jury begins deliberations in pair’s animal-abuse trial
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 14 SWANTON — The animal-abuse case here is in the hands of a jury. Both sides concluded their cases yesterday in the trial of Mary Barker and Jose Vasquez, who run Mary and Joe’s Petland on Airport Highway. They are each charged with 12 counts of animal abuse. […]
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Trustees approve ‘small’ 4.6% raise for tuition at UT
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 19 As it has every year for the last decade, the University of Toledo’s board of trustees approved a budget yesterday that raises tuition for students. Beginning in the fall, undergraduates will pay 4.6 per cent more than they did last year, an increase several trustees criticized as […]
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Postal service to phase out Jeeps; Minivans are replacing small, aging, rough-riding vehicles
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 11 It’s the end of an era, there’s no doubt about it. The squat white Jeeps that have carried Toledo’s mail since the 1960s will soon rest in peace alongside milk trucks, slide rules, and rotary phones – features of everyday life pushed aside by advancing technology. U.S. […]
Holiday weekend crackdown on drunken drivers nets 49
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 11 July 4 didn’t mean independence for 49 Toledo and area residents arrested on alcohol and drug charges over the weekend. They were cited as part of Operation Holiday Zero Tolerance, a crackdown on drunken drivers by the Toledo Liquor Enforcement Office. “It was a real success, no […]
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Glenn advised to stay grounded; Toledo seniors comment on senator’s bid to return to space
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 11 If 72-year-old George Bush can jump out of an airplane at 12,000 feet, why can’t 75-year-old John Glenn take a few more laps around the planet? That’s the question in the hands of NASA officials, who will decide whether the senator and ex-astronaut should make a return […]