TOLEDO,OH – (WTOL) Former Toledo Fire Inspector Kevin Wolever was fired by the city Tuesday.  Wolever is accused of shooting at several Toledo area fire stations, wounding one person, and leaving a propane cylinder and charcoal outside another station. According to records released Tuesday, Wolever violated sick time rules in April and August of 2011, but [...]

FOX Toledo has learned Wolever admitted he went to a strip club one day last month and went home to take a four-hour nap another day instead of performing his taxpayer-funded duties as a city fire inspector.According to a Sept. 21 memo, fire department administrators had started formal disciplinary proceedings against Wolever. That same day, [...]

About a week before Kevin Wolever was put on administrative leave, he told fire department administrators he went to a strip club instead of completing a fire inspection, according to city records.The 32-year-old fire inspector’s disciplinary file was released to The Blade Monday, only hours after Mr. Wolever, the son of retired Fire Chief Mike [...]

The woman walked to the driver’s side of the car and asked the officer what he was doing “cruising around the neighborhood” that early in the morning.The officer replied that he was going to work early. She responded that she was, too, and grabbed the officer’s groin.She then asked him if he was a cop, [...]

Pole dancing has gained popularity as an exercise form, moving from strip clubs to fitness clubs, as women learned of the physical benefits of the dance. Through conditioning and strengthening, the workout increases core and general body strength by using the body itself as resistance.Before taking their places on the poles, the women at Studio [...]

There were no reported injuries. The businesses in the area had been closed for the night, Chief Gregory said.Fire crews arrived at 4:28 a.m. and saw heavy smoke coming from the single-story structure.One fire crew attacked the blaze, at which time the second alarm was immediately sounded because of the size of the complex, according [...]

… Those are solvents,” Jackson said. “You know how machines sometimes get gummed up with grease? The solvents are used to wash the machines and get the grease out of the way so they can continue to operate smoothly.”Jackson said the pump and treat system is effective at cleaning the groundwater before it reaches the [...]

The roofs over Platinum Showgirls strip club and Alexis Diner had collapsed and the buildings were a total loss, fire investigators said.The $500,000 fire damage estimate did not include contents of the destroyed buildings, according to the fire report.The Loonar Station, a tobacco accessories and gift shop, sustained partial damage, said David Hahn, father of [...]

Gary Martin, deputy chief of operations for the Toledo Fire Department, walks past a burned-out Platinum Showgirls on Tuesday morning as Toledo firefighters pour water on smoldering embers at the strip club and surrounding businesses.
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James “Paul” Martin, 86, of Attica, died Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, at Ohio Veterans Home in Sandusky.He was born July 10, 1925, in Bellevue, to Bert and Alice (Covert) Martin. He married C. Adelphia Williams June 8, 1947, in Attica, and she survives in Attica.Other survivors include his daughters, Diane Martin Straub of Tiffin and [...]

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