Overnight crash in Toledo leaves pedestrian with life-threatening injuries
TOLEDO, Ohio — An overnight crash in west Toledo has left a pedestrian hospitalized Sunday. The crash happened shortly after midnight in the 5000 block of Monroe Street. According to Toledo police, a pedestrian was walking northbound across Monroe Street when they were hit by a vehicle heading eastbound.
Fremont man killed in single-vehicle crash Saturday
FREMONT, Ohio — The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash that happened Saturday night on State Route 53. According to the OSHP's Fremont Post, Mark Franks, 66, of Fremont, was driving southwest on State Route 53 near milepost 12 at around 8:36 p.m. Saturday when the vehicle traveled off the west...
The Lost History of Michigan’s Alt US 24 Highway Explained
US 24 is one of Michigan's best known highways. Known as Telegraph Road for much of its run north from the Ohio state line, there's an alternate routing of US 24 that has largely been lost to history. The competing US 24 designations go back to the highways history. 👇🏼BELOW:...
CAUGHT ON CAM: Restaurant staff spring into action, save woman in cardiac arrest
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Danny’s Cafe workers were facing a life or death situation when a customer went into cardiac arrest on Friday. The employees received their CPR certifications just one day before the incident. Staff members began CPR, grabbed the AED, and called 911. The group followed protocol,...
The budget follies continue – but it’s all Ohioans who’ll pay the freight: Thomas...
The state’s pending 2025-27 budget is now getting a comb-out in the Ohio Senate, whose GOP masters will in time unveil their caucus’s policy brainstorms. Details of those ideas won’t surface for a while. Meanwhile, though, the Ohioans who’ll be expected to pay the tab – that’d...
Michigan City Now Named Drunkest in the State
Michiganders love their beer. Alcohol consumption isn't as taboo in the Midwest as it is in other parts of the country, such as the Southeast. Still, Michigan doesn't seem to drink from the water hose either. Meaning, there are other neighboring states that drink much more than your average Michigander. States like...
Ohio woman faces trial Monday, accused of drugging, killing men
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — A woman is scheduled to stand trial Monday, facing serious allegations of drugging and killing men across Central Ohio. Rebecca Auborn is accused of using fentanyl to drug men after they paid her for sex, subsequently robbing them. Authorities have linked her to the deaths of at least four men.
Freep: Ex-Kilpatrick Chief of Staff Christine Beatty Owes City of Detroit $78,000 But Hasn’t...
Christine Beatty, the former mayoral chief of staff who lied in court about having an affair with her boss, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, owes the city about $78,000 from a criminal conviction and hasn't paid a dime in a decade, the Detroit Free Press reports. The lack of payments comes...
Boom to Bust: Adrian Mall’s Demolition Countdown in Adrian, MI
When Adrian Mall first opened its doors in 1970, it reshaped Adrian, Michigan. For years, this enclosed center drew shoppers from all over Lenawee County with the promise of Sears, Woolworth, and soon after, JCPenney. Things shifted quietly over time, but the early days were filled with optimism – a...
Statehouse budgeting maneuvers that aim to keep the people in the dark are wrong....
Life has bigger mysteries, but there is one that’s peculiar to Ohio that masks which General Assembly members slip special-interest amendments into the state’s mammoth operating budget every other spring. (Now pending: House Bill 96, to authorize Ohio to spend billions of dollars for the two years beginning July 1.)