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TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Money spent to police Lucas County townships was a major sticking point Tuesday as County Commissioners reviewed the sheriff’s budget. At issue is how much that policing costs and how much the communities will be spending. By state law, Ohio sheriffs need to “preserve public...

Oregon Mayor Steven Salander has come under fire for sending an eviction notice to the Oregon Economic Development Foundation when he didn’t have the authority to do so. The notice, sent on Oct. 23, gave the foundation 30 days to leave the building on Navarre Avenue, where it shares space with the senior center and the Eastern Maumee Bay Chamber of Commerce. The mayor said the eviction notice was prompted by the foundation not paying its monthly lease to the city, which owns the building. “Your

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Bowsher High School is about to become the Bowsher Arts and Science Academy. Issue 9 would help fund that transformation and others within the district. Issue 9 is a proposal for a new property tax levy that would generate $22 million annually. Superintendent Romules Durant said the money helps make up for dollars lost due to rising operational costs, state cuts and inflation.

PERRYSBURG, Ohio (WTVG) - A Perrysburg restaurant is hosting a three-day community fundraiser to benefit the family of Clay Township Police Sgt. Jacob Roesler, who was killed in a crash at age 26 while responding to a call on Oct. 16. Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is holding the fundraiser. The restaurant...

Two class-action lawsuits have been filed in response to last week’s massive chemical plume, and questions are being raised about which residents will be left out. Take Joshua Van Buren, 42, of West Toledo. He and his parents live in a house on Georgetown Avenue, near Douglas Road, about five miles from the release site at MC Tank Transport, 1266 Progress Ave. Their home is outside of the three-mile zone where a shelter-in-place order was in effect while the headline-grabbing crisis played out o

One week after a chemical leak at M.C. Tank Transport forced evacuations and shelter-in-place orders across north Toledo, some residents are now focused on another challenge: recovering the money they spent trying to stay safe. For Dayshawn Levey and Nicole Cooper, the costs added up quickly. The Toledo couple lives...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Goose is a handsome, laid-back cat who has been waiting six months for a home. He’s available through Humane Ohio. Once he warms up to his people, he loves to cuddle and follows his foster around the house. He plays with his foster siblings and would likely do well with kids who respect a cat’s boundaries.

A thief has made the public’s ability to understand air quality a little more difficult by snatching one of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s air monitors from the MC Tank Transport site at 1266 Progress Ave. in North Toledo. According to a Toledo Police Department Crime Log entry, the agency’s device — valued at $2,000 — was reported stolen at 9:30 p.m. Sunday. The U.S. EPA is listed as the victim. The monitor is one of several set up across the metro area in the aftermath of the chemi

WATERVILLE – At 70, Robert Ewing still experiences the joy of riding a bike and feeling the wind in his face as he meets fellow members of Maumee Valley Adventurers for weekly 30- to 40-mile rides. But after seeing his son work to overcome challenges from a mild form...

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Officials in northeast Ohio say an employee error caused a chemical reaction that led to a tank rupture at an industrial facility earlier this week. All remaining evacuation orders have been lifted. Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz said Friday that the tank at MC Tank Terminal...