Toledo family says raw sewage sat in their basement for more than a week...
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A Toledo woman reached out to 13 Action News with photos and video of raw sewage covering her basement, claiming apartment staff told her to clean it herself. More than a week later, she said nobody had shown up to help. Laneda Jones has lived at...
Northwest Ohio Woman Says Facebook Scammer Promised New Home Before She Lost $12,000
TOLEDO, Ohio (WOWO) — A Toledo woman who is deaf is facing homelessness after she says a scammer posing as a representative of the Deaf Services Center convinced her to hand over $12,000 while promising to help her obtain a new home. Deborah Huber was evicted from her Vermaas...
Toledo Man, 30, Critical After Truck Slams Into Tree in Whiteford Township
A 30-year-old Toledo, Ohio, man remained in critical condition yesterday after losing control of his pickup truck and slamming into a tree on a rural road in Monroe County's Whiteford Township. The crash happened just before 3 a.m. as the man drove a gray 2002 Ford F-350 northbound on Whiteford Road, north of Whiteford
Outdoors: Drop a line or two, the water’s fine for fishing this summer
One thing you can almost bank on is Lake Erie ’s water conditions changing up from one year to the next. Which is for sure the case going into this late summer. Last year we suffered everything from hypoxic dead zones with large fish die-offs in the central basin to multiple seiches in the western basin toward the end
‘People do care’: Toledoans share joy through trinket trading
Though times are tough for Courtney Adamczyk, she still wants to spread joy in her neighborhood of North Toledo. Mrs. Adamczyk decided to do that through a trend known as trinket trading, where people fill boxes with toys, card games, stickers, jewelry, seashells, and even personal hygiene products. Her trading box, wh
Developers outline plans for Timbers Town Center
The Shops at Fallen Timbers are a canvas on which Tim Rollins is hoping to paint a masterpiece. “The property has been somewhat neglected over the last 10 years by the guys who owned it out of New York,” said Mr. Rollins, a leader in the Timbers Town Center consortium that purchased the Maumee mall in July. “They haven
4 South Toledo streets to close for projects
Four South Toledo streets will be closed for varying lengths of time this week, the Toledo Department of Transportation announced. Glendale Avenue will be closed between South Glendale Avenue and Princeton Drive for about six days, starting Monday, for a mid-block Safe Routes to School crosswalk project. An eastbound d
Family mourning 13-year-old cheerleader’s sudden loss gets support from kids selling lemonade
LAMBERTVILLE, Mich. (WTVG/Gray News) - As a Michigan family mourns the sudden loss of their 13-year-old daughter, the kids in their neighborhood are supporting them the best way they know how. Lainey Scroggs, 13, was a cheerleader and rising 8th grade student at Bedford Junior High School. She died Wednesday...
Multiple Flock cameras vandalized in Toledo area over the weekend, police say
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Multiple Flock cameras in the Toledo area were cut down or vandalized over the weekend, just days after another similar incident in the city. A Toledo Police spokesperson confirmed to 13 Action News that at least three of the license plate reader cameras were found to be damaged over the weekend.
To the editor: Advocacy for domestic violence victims has been saved … for now
Approximately 2,000 domestic violence cases are prosecuted in Toledo Municipal Court every year. Since my appointment as chief prosecutor in 2023, we have built a successful DV prosecution unit that has been studied and tracked by national experts in the field of criminal justice research to show an increase in convict

















