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Each week during the construction season, The Blade’s Road Warrior highlights the major construction projects in Toledo and the surrounding area, noting where delays are worst and where the best alternative routes are.

OAK HARBOR, Ohio — Children are often unwitting victims of contentious divorces, custody battles, and other situations.

Certain Ohio Department of Transportation trucks will be driving in circles during the upcoming season’s winter storms in metro Toledo.

A man was critically injured in a fiery crash in East Toledo when the vehicle he was riding in struck a light pole.

FOSTORIA — Firefighters in Fostoria battled an early morning house fire near the Fostoria City Park at a home on W. Tiffin Street today.

The switch was turned on for Hensville Lights on Saturday, turning St. Clair Street into a winter wonderland with more than 200,000 twinkling lights.

The dogs pictured above are newly available for adoption at Lucas County Canine Care & Control, 410 S. Erie St., Toledo. Listed are the name, breed, sex, and impound number. For information, call 419-213-2800. For a complete list of dogs available for adoption, go to lucascountydogs.petfinder.com.

Births

It’s one of Toledo’s most beloved holiday traditions, as well as its cheesiest (in a good way).

Crowds lined the streets Saturday for the 31st annual Blade Holiday Parade. Take a look at some of the sights in our photo gallery.