Toledo breaks ground on Westgate Village North
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - City officials are breaking ground on the redevelopment of the Westgate shopping center. The former Sears property in West Toledo will now become Westgate Village North. Elder Beerman and Sears closed their stores in the Westgate shopping plaza in 2018 and 2017. The building was leveled...
Toledo City Council looks to bolster public safety, calls on state for help
Toledo City Council is taking a look at its public safety efforts in the aftermath of Saturday’s mass shooting, but many members are also calling on the state for help. “We have to attack this on multiple fronts, no doubt about it,” Councilman Mac Driscoll said. “And an adequately funded public safety force is a piece
CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Third-party Amazon driver steals planter from Holland home
HOLLAND, Ohio (WTVG) - A viral video shows an third-party Amazon driver stealing a hanging planter from a Holland home last week while the owner was at work. Beth Rymer returned home from her shift at Toledo Hospital to find an empty shepherd hook next to her garage door. “I...
Police identify Old West End Festival shooting suspect, seek second gunman
Arrest warrants have been issued for Ka Nye Taylor, 20, for 11 counts of felonious assault in connection with shooting at the Old West End Festival on Saturday. Mr. Taylor is a Black male, 5 feet 11 inches tall, and weighs about 130 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. Investigators have photographs of a second gu
Three runs in seventh lift Grass Lake to quarterfinal win
NOVI -- In a matchup of two teams who collectively have played in the last three Division 3 softball state title games, Grass Lake got the runs it needed without getting hits to beat Whiteford 4-3 in Tuesday’s state quarterfinal. The win sends Grass Lake back to East Lansing,...
Lucas County adds millions to courthouse, Child Study Institute projects
Lucas County is moving forward with a $1 million funding increase for the demolition of the former Child Study Institute and a $5.2 million increase to a county court facade renovation. On Tuesday, county commissioners voted to accept amendments to capital improvement plans, which outline and allocate funding for major
Lucas County commissioners meet for first time since Saturday mass shooting
TOLEDO, Ohio — The Lucas County Board of Commissioners's regular meeting Tuesday morning, their first since Saturday's mass shooting at the Old West End Festival, was a fairly routine one. Commissioners discussed a variety of initiatives, departmental business and county updates, and did not discuss the shooting during
The reason Ohio hasn’t made progress preventing harmful algae blooms
TOLEDO — As former director of the Ohio Sea Grant, Dr. Jeff Reutter has seen Lake Erie transform several times over the past 50 years. He remembers the first time Lake Erie dealt with harmful algae blooms, which started appearing in the lake in the 1960s. Sewage treatment plants were dumping large amounts of phosphorus
Northwood Estates tenants report unresolved maintenance issues
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - For Mirriah Duquet, what was supposed to be a fresh start has become a source of constant frustration. The mother of a three-year-old moved into Northwood Estates last November. She said within her first week, a toilet flooded her home, damaging her belongings. Months later, she said the problems
Mass shooting in ‘Little Chicago’ has Toledo reeling from street gang gunfight
For 150 years Toledo has been known as "Glass City" for its reputation as a global glass-making capital. In recent years Toledo has also been branded as "Little Chicago," for its violent street crime and gang infestation, largely seeded by Chicago's Gangster Disciples and Latin Kings. Tuesday, police in Toledo...

















