City of Toledo says it needs more money for smart water meters; council isn’t...
The city of Toledo has spent about $84 million dollars to swap old water meters to smart meters, but the city needs more money, and Toledo City Council isn’t sold. “I am so tired of this project, really,” Councilman Cerssandra McPherson said. “I did approve of it in the beginning ... but I don’t think we really took...
Pastors call for food pantry donations with SNAP in jeopardy
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - On Sunday and Tuesday evenings outside the Mayores Senior Center, people show up for bags of groceries. It starts with a hot meal inside the center on Aurora Gonzales Drive. That meal is available seven days a week thanks to volunteers from Vision Ministries and Mosaic Ministries, who split up...
Former funeral home has found a new beginning in the afterlife
TOLEDO, Ohio — The former Urbanski's Funeral Home in north Toledo has new owners with new ideas. The building has been reopened as Mortuary Manor, which offers tours throughout the building. You can view a real ice casket, which was used to transport a Civil War veteran back to...
Starbucks workers rally in Bowling Green, demand fair union contract
TOLEDO, Ohio — Starbucks workers in Bowling Green joined a nationwide push Tuesday night, rallying outside the Wooster Street store to demand what they call a fair union contract. Employees and supporters gathered as part of a coordinated effort by Starbucks Workers United, the union representing thousands of...
House under renovation catches fire on Tecumseh St.
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A housefire is being investigated from an incident on Tecumseh St. near Nebraska and North Hawley Tuesday night. According to Toledo Fire & Rescue, just after 11 p.m., crews were called to a house with a front porch that was fully engulfed in flames. The fire...
Former assisted living employee accused of stealing thousands of dollars from blind woman
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A former assisted living facility employee is accused of using a blind, elderly woman’s debit card to buy thousands of dollars worth of items for herself over the course of nearly a year, according to TPD. According to police, Tiesha Hunt, 46, of Toledo was...
1 killed, 2 injured in two-vehicle crash
NEY, Ohio – An Archbold, Ohio, man died Tuesday and a mother and child from Toledo were injured in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of U.S. 127 and State Route 249 in Defiance County’s Washington Township. Cierra Jaquillard, 26, of Toledo, was eastbound on Route 249 at 11:21 a.m. when she failed to yield for...
Lucas County prosecutor asking for more attorneys to prosecute cases
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - The Lucas County Prosecutor has made a request for more lawyers to prosecute some of the most dangerous defendants. The issue is that right now, county leaders are asking departments to keep their budgets flat. The ask comes amid Lucas County budget hearings, which resumed Tuesday.
Mandatory overtime leading to exhaustion, injuries at Jeep plant, union officials say
Union officials representing workers at the Toledo Jeep plant say mandatory overtime is increasing workplace injuries caused by employee exhaustion. Stellantis, Jeep’s parent company, says a fire in Carey, Ohio, at CSP, one of Jeep’s suppliers, prompted the company to begin running the Jeep plant on an accelerated...
Man indicted on 13 charges in fatal shooting of 36-year-old woman in west Toledo
TOLEDO, Ohio — A man is facing more than a dozen charges in the death of a woman who was found shot in west Toledo. Jeffrey Townsend, Jr., 35, was indicted by a Lucas County grand jury on the following counts Tuesday, each of which includes a firearm specification, and three of which - the murder and felonious...

















