The Racing Report: Push truck drivers
The Racing Report is a five-part photo essay shot at short tracks in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania that will run in Farm and Dairy through the summer. The second installation sees photojournalist Matthew Chasney riding along with the driver of a push truck driver. Jeremy Durnwald has run more...
Judge gives Abke maximum sentence for abusing 4-H proteges
BOWLING GREEN — A former member of the Wood County Fair Board received a maximum 17-year prison term Thursday from a Wood County judge for sexually preying on several 4-H participants. Before pronouncing his sentence for Brock Abke, 31, of Troy Township, common pleas Judge Joel Kuhlman said, “we’re probably very lucky”
Toledo hit-and-run leaves motorcyclist with lasting emotional scars
A Toledo motorcyclist says the emotional toll of a hit-and-run crash has been harder than the physical injuries he suffered.
Maumee River restoration project will improve life for people and wildlife
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A major restoration effort in the Maumee River is in the home stretch. The focus of the multi-million-dollar Audubon Islands Habitat Restoration project was to restore shoreline and in-water habitat. The Audubon islands State Nature Preserve is in the middle of the Maumee River. It’s made...
Big Boy locomotive, train to revisit northwest Ohio early next week
The Big Boy is on its way back toward northwest Ohio. Union Pacific 4014, the Big Boy steam locomotive that attracted tens of thousands of onlookers when its train passed through Paulding, Putnam, Hancock, Seneca, and Sandusky counties in early June, will make a daylong stop in Fostoria on Tuesday as part of its return
Fumes prompt Hazmat response at Toledo health center; Eight people treated, TFRD says
Fire officials say the building will remain closed until they determine exactly what caused the incident and it's safe for people to return.
Toledo Police begin planning cultural competency training after viral teen encounters
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - The Toledo Police Department is working to develop a new cultural competency training program following community backlash over two separate encounters with teenagers that were captured on video earlier this year. In April, an officer took a teen to the ground twice after stopping a group...
Cyclosporiasis cases rise in Lucas, Wood counties; Perrysburg Farmers Market shoppers weigh concerns
PERRYSBURG, Ohio (WTVG) — Cases of cyclosporiasis continue to climb in Lucas and Wood counties and parts of southeast Michigan, prompting questions among shoppers and vendors at the Perrysburg Farmers Market. Vendor says sales have not dropped. Jack Silvestri, a vendor at Silvestri Market, said he has been selling...
Federal Cuts End 30 Years of SNAP-Ed Programming in Michigan
ADRIAN — MSU Extension instructional designer Amy Shovels told the Lenawee County Board of Commissioners that federal funding for SNAP education has been eliminated. Shovels said her team is working to preserve 30 years of nutrition and physical-activity programming built through the SNAP-Ed brand. She outlined five fr
Assorted restaurants in Ottawa County face critical violations
The Ottawa County Health Department's Sanitation Division reported critical violations during food inspections between June 1 and June 30. The Forge , 451 Catawba Road, Put-in-Bay. Violation: Menus missing reminder asterisk to remind patrons about health illnesses related to raw and undercooked animal-derived foods. Fr
