BRB Run Club hosting backpack giveaway, free skating and rock climbing
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - They’re trading in their running shoes for roller skates. “It’s amazing to have such a supportive community and be part of such a supportive community to be able to do things like this,” said Travon Watson. He and Jason Young are the founders of BRB Run Club.
Driver in fatal Trail crash released on recognizance bond after not-guilty pleas
A driver accused of causing a fatal crash by running a red light on the Anthony Wayne Trail was released on his own recognizance Thursday after pleading not guilty to two charges in Lucas County Common Pleas Court. Desmond L. Dohbit, 32, of Maumee, is charged with third-degree aggravated vehicular homicide and...
Son on life support after shooting
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A family is facing an unimaginable decision. They are deciding whether to remove a loved one from life support after he was shot last month. The man’s sister is speaking out. “He is more like a six-year-old in the mind,” said the victim’s sister....
Toledo Police Department considers pilot program as officers prepare to move out of substation
Toledo Police Chief Michael Troendle gave members of Toledo City Council a look at what the police presence in West Toledo could look like as the department prepares to move out of the D. Michael Collins Northwest Neighborhood Station. The update comes about a month after Toledo City Council adopted a resolution...
Lucas County OVI Task Force to conduct sobriety checkpoints Friday
TOLEDO, Ohio — The Lucas County Sheriff's Office has announced the locations of two sobriety checkpoints scheduled for Friday night. The checkpoints will be located at 5650 W. Central Ave. and 2854 N. Holland Sylvania Road and in operation from 8 p.m. Friday through 2 a.m. Saturday, according to the Lucas County...
Neighbors concerned about animals left inside west Toledo home they say is abandoned
TOLEDO, Ohio — Residents in west Toledo are sharing their concerns about a house they say is abandoned, all except for the dogs and cats that were left inside. "Nobody seems to care or want to help," one neighbor of the home on Loxley Road told WTOL 11. The...
Toledo bar owner pushes back after judge shutters business for one year following deadly...
TOLEDO, Ohio — The owner of a Toledo bar shut down after a fatal shooting says the punishment is misplaced, and he’s now appealing to city council for support. Sean Love, owner of Agenda Bar, learned last week that a Lucas County judge upgraded a temporary restraining order into a full closure order. The ruling keeps...
Agenda Sports Bar owner speaks out after judge orders bar to close for a...
The owner of Agenda Sports Bar and Grill says he feels targeted after his establishment was ordered to close for one year. “Being a Black bar or just being targeted, I mean I can’t say why the punishment was so hard,” Sean Love, the bar’s owner, told members of Toledo City Council. “Even if it was a conversation...
Police searching for missing person in Ohio
OHIO — Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a woman missing from west Toledo. According to the Toledo Police Department, Yahumara Melzak, 38, was last seen on June 1 in the 5100 block of Talmadge Road. She is described as 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighing 150 pounds, with brown hair and […] The post...
Holland woman killed in morning crash
A Holland woman died in an single-vehicle crash Thursday morning. Around 5:25 a.m., Daisha M. Tisdale, 29, was southbound on Holland-Sylvania Road when she failed to stop for a red traffic light at Garden Road in Springfield Township, according to the Toledo post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Her car then went...