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The man who was fatally shot by a Mercy Health Police officer Saturday sustained multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Lucas County coroner. Christian Strassburg, 35, was shot by police in the parking lot of Mercy Health St. Charles Hospital in Oregon. He was shot just after 4:30 p.m., Oregon police said, and he di

Surrounded by chaos, a local pediatric nurse found herself fighting to keep a wounded teen alive. “‘Please don’t let me die,’ he kept saying to me, ‘Please don’t let me die, ma’am,’” recalled Cierra Wells, a registered nurse at Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center. What had started as a day off to enjoy a neighborho

After yet another postponement, construction of a roundabout at Monclova and Albon roads in Monclova Township is now scheduled to start June 15. With the Lucas County Engineer’s Office blaming late relocation of Toledo Edison poles for delaying the project well past its original late-April start, I paid the site a visi

Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of the Diocese of Toledo on Sunday added his voice to a growing chorus of community leaders who have spoken out against the violence at the Old West End Festival on Saturday. “I join the people of our community and the entire Diocese of Toledo in praying for all who were injured, for their famil

Several residential streets will close for all traffic except local access on Monday with the start of reconstruction projects. Elmview Drive will close between Gracewood Road and Castleton Avenue, and Wayne Street will close between Western and Airline avenues, both for three months. Hoops Drive will close between Sud

Vendors who showed up at a Sylvania market on Sunday, the day after 12 people were shot at the Old West End Festival, said the incident did not spoil their plans. “It sits in the back of my mind,” said Olivia Extine, owner of Wild Flower Stitched embroidery in Temperance, who was a vendor at a Sip and Play Summer Marke

Residents of Toledo’s Old West End neighborhood reeled after two separate incidents involving shootings and kidnappings, one of them fatal, along with a spate of burglaries at homes throughout the historic district. It was 1996, and the community struggled to come to grips with what was happening. Residents had already

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - The City of Toledo has seen 16 mass shootings over the last decade. Below you can find a breakdown of those cases, along with an interactive map of where each shooting occurred. June 6, 2026 - At least 12 shot. Incident: Toledo Police say at least...

OHIO — A man is in critical condition after being shot Sunday night near a liquor store in Toledo, according to police. The shooting occurred around 10:30 p.m. near the Beer Dock on North Huron Street. Toledo police said the victim was shot at least once in the stomach. After being wounded, the man staggered […] The p

Two downtown Sylvania businesses are closing their doors as owners say ongoing construction has added to an already challenging environment. Katie Gilliland, owner of Finch & Fern Book Co., 5641 Main St., announced last week that she plans to close her storefront when her lease expires July 25. “I am cut off from most