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Tuesday, May 01, 2007

May 1, 2007 -- Findlay High School students will return to class after a level one lockdown yesterday, Army Sergeant Norman Tollett died last week in Baghdad, British Prime Minister Tony Blair celebrates his tenth anniversary in office and more...

Students at Findlay High School will return to class as normal this morning after a level one lockdown during classes yesterday. Findlay's principal says a student overheard a classmate promising violence "worse than Virginia Tech." Under a level one-lockdown, students must stay in their classrooms during each class period. Students are allowed to change classes when the bell rings and have a normal lunch period. School officials questioned the suspect. She denied making the threat.

A man was stabbed in the back during a robbery in the Old South End last night. Police say the man was taken to St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center but the injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. The victim told police the robbery actually happened on Wauseon and he then drove himself to a house on Prouty for help.

A young child is in the hospital recovering from a two-story fall. It happened around 4:00 yesterday afternoon in the 500 block of North Orchard Street. Fire officials say the child fell from a second-story window onto the cement of a next-door neighbor's property. The child was taken to St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center and is expected to be okay.

The father of an Elyria soldier says his son has been killed in Iraq. David Tollett says his 30-year-old son, Army Sergeant Norman Tollett, died last week in Baghdad. Tollett joined the military in August of 2003 and was stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina in the 82nd airborne division.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair celebrates his tenth anniversary in office today. He has been the most successful Labour party leader in British history, winning three consecutive elections. However, there has been public disapproval over the war in Iraq and a recent scandal over the reported sale of political honors. Blair is expected to resign later this month.

It has been almost a year since summer storms slammed Crawford Avenue. Now, the city of Toledo is offering to buy some of those flooded homes. The city has applied to the federal government for a grant to purchase a half-dozen homes damaged so badly, repairs are not practical. Leaders hope to hear back sometime this week. If homeowners approve the offer, the city would tear down the houses and turn the area into green space.

Glass City leaders call it the Brain Drain. Toledo is losing young graduates to other cities with more lucrative job opportunities, but now, Lucas County Commissioner Ben Konop is inviting students from 14 area high schools to his Brain Gain seminar. It is the end of a two-month tour in which Konop challenged high school seniors to draft a document outlining their concerns in the community. The Brain Gain plan is called a "roadmap for the 21st century." Konop plans to present that information to Lucas County's other elected officials.

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