Driver cited after crashing into train, temporarily closing Toledo avenues
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - N. Detroit and W. Sylvania Avenues are reopened after being closed for two hours early Thursday morning when police say a car hit a train. According to TPD, officers responded to 4400 N. Detroit for reports of a vehicle hitting a train around 4 a.m. The...
Family seniority: Toledo police, fire badges No. 1 share kinship
The Toledo Police Department’s Officer Melissa Stephens received badge No. 1 last week, becoming TPD’s most senior officer and joining her nephew, Kamal Parker, who holds Toledo Fire’s badge No. 1. Officer Stephens has been an officer at Toledo Police Department for nearly 32 years and graduated from the police...
Cakewalkin’ band bids adieu to longstanding member, spreads ashes at Packo’s
Toledo’s iconic Cakewalkin’ Jass Band paid its respects to one of its most beloved musicians Wednesday night by gathering for a private memorial service at — where else? — the Original Tony Packo’s Restaurant in East Toledo. About 25 people, mostly past and current band members, came to have a meal together, look at...
Organizations, individuals stepping up to help those losing SNAP
Jeremy Roehrig put out a call Monday on Facebook for families needing help with food or gas to privately message him. The owner of the Lawn Ranger Yards & More in Defiance, Mr. Roehrig wanted to do his part to help people in need. With the looming suspension of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP,...
As SNAP benefits halt, here are some food pantries, free meals in Monroe County
With Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits expiring on Nov. 1, many in Monroe County will need food assistance. According to the Green Book Report of Key Program Statistics Sept. 2025 issued by the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services, in Monroe County there are 16,198 recipients of the food...
Central City Ministry (CCM), the Diocese of Toledo’s, Queen of Apostles Catholic School
La Prensa, Inc. tours “The oldest continually-operating school in Toledo, Ohio, Queen of Apostles (often remembered under its previous name of Immaculate Conception)” that has served Toledo since 1876 (for more information visit https://ccmt419.org/discover-qoa). Queen of Apostles is located at 235 Courtland Ave., in...
Tenants at historic Hillcrest Apartments embrace ghostly neighbors
TOLEDO, Ohio — The historic downtown Toledo Hillcrest Apartments were built nearly a century ago. The apartment building is located on 16th Street near Madison Avenue. Coincidentally, it is also located on top of where a cemetery used to be. Keri Balas, a Hillcrest tenant, explained a haunting experience...
Bedford teacher resigns after parent complaint over social media contact with student
MONROE COUNTY, Mich. — A Bedford Senior High School teacher has resigned following a parent's concern that he contacted a student through social media, according to the district's superintendent, Carl Shultz. Shultz confirmed that Spanish teacher Ben Ku resigned on his own Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, after the district...
Flooding covers two parking lots in Maumee
MAUMEE, Ohio — The parking lots of two neighboring businesses on Conant Street in Maumee have flooded late Wednesday afternoon. The cause of the flooding, which includes the AutoZone and Inside Out Home Recreation, is not clear at this time. The AutoZone was also the site of a flooding...
Whitehouse grandfather builds backyard haunted house for his grandkids
WHITEHOUSE, Ohio — When you love your family, you’ll do just about anything for them. For Scott Thompson of Whitehouse, that meant turning his backyard into a haunted house, built entirely for his grandkids. With stacks of wooden pallets, a few skeletons and a big imagination, Thompson spent...
