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Dogs remain available at the Lucas County Canine Care & Control Office, 410 South Erie St., Toledo. For information, call 419-213-2800. For a complete list of available dogs, go to lucascountydogs.petfinder.com. A $100 adoption fee includes spay-neuter, a heartworm check, microchip ID, vaccinations, and a behavioral evaluation.

Barbara Gorrell, ever willing to take on challenges in career, community, and avocations, died Monday in ProMedica Ebeid Hospice Residence, Sylvania. She was 86.

The Toledo Lucas County Public Library system is part of a new effort to support entrepreneurs.

Toledo council President Matt Cherry has put on hold a plan to hire his predecessor as council’s new chief of staff.

Four Toledo-area women who were arrested and charged last week as part of a prostitution sting in Maumee were sentenced to probation.

The downtown Toledo Main Library will close Saturday for an estimated 10 to 12 months.

The Way Public Library in Perrysburg will be a fine-free library starting Oct. 1.

A lawsuit has been filed against the Lucas County Board of Elections for blocking a local group’s initiative, the Lake Erie Bill of Rights, from the Nov. 6 ballot.

A jury found Toledoan Lavell Allen guilty of murder with a firearm specification after he shot and killed another man inside the Moody Manor apartment complex.

A citizens group formed following the 2014 Toledo water crisis has filed a lawsuit in the Ohio Supreme Court against the Lucas County Board of Elections for denying the group’s initiative, the Lake Erie Bill of Rights, from the Nov. 6 ballot.