Residents like new sidewalks, upset with turf restoration results
When sidewalks were repaired in her front yard earlier this year by the city of Toledo as part of the sidewalk rehabilitation program, Angie Petersen was pleased by the work. “They look great,” she said as she gazed down the new sidewalks in front of her house on 113th Street in Point Place. “Except for that,” she adde
Belmon ends up with 20 years for driver’s fatal shooting
A man whose trial conviction for murder was overturned on appeal pleaded guilty to reduced charges Thursday morning for a fatal South Toledo shooting that killed a Byrne Road motorist in 2022. Cedrick Belmon, Jr., 21, then received an agreed-upon 20-year prison sentence for first-degree involuntary manslaughter and sec
Toledo property manager calls for help and action to combat homelessness
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Toledo property manager Chris Eischen is stuck between a rock and a hard place. He’s in the process of taking over the Davis Building on North Michigan Street downtown, a spot that over 40 businesses call home. “My heart ... is in a place of...
Kaptur released from rehab facility after car crash
U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur has been released from a local rehabilitation facility and is now home following a car crash that hospitalized her and her campaign manager. Her office confirmed that she was released from the Rehabilitation Hospital of Northwest Ohio earlier this week and has returned to her South Toledo home. “
Toledo couple says city won’t reimburse them after hitting manhole on Manhattan Avenue
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - For Carson Kovach and Susan Johnson, the last few blocks home from a trip Sunday afternoon came with a costly surprise. Kovach said they were driving near Doyle and Manhattan when their front tire went over a manhole cover. “It bounced up from our front tire,...
Religious Offerings: Temperance church to install new pastor
■ St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Temperance welcomes a new pastor on Sunday. The Rev. Michael Wentzel will be installed as pastor of St. Luke’s at 3 p.m. at the church, 1690 W. Sterns Rd., Temperance. A welcome reception will follow the service. Pastor Wentzel is dedicated to pastoral care in serving the church and the
Summit closure this weekend kicks off broader street transformation
Until the late 1990s, Summit Street north of Cherry Street was a primary route linking downtown Toledo to I-280 at the Craig Memorial Bridge, and its importance once extended even farther through Point Place into Michigan. But its five-lane width through Toledo’s Vistula neighborhood became anachronistic with Greenbelt
Waterville receives construction project updates
WATERVILLE – Orange is a common color in Waterville these days – and that’s a trend that will continue into next year, with construction on roadways, the Roche de Boeuf Interurban Bridge, Meijer, Circle K and other areas either planned or currently in the works. During the...
Toledo woman charged with OVI after shuttle bus carrying 26 BGSU students hit on...
NORTHWOOD, Ohio (WTVG) - A Toledo woman driving a shuttle bus carrying 26 Bowling Green State University students is facing an OVI charge after troopers say her bus was hit from behind by another vehicle on I-75. The crash happened Aug. 18 at about 4:10 p.m. on I-75 North between Miami Street and Wales Road in Northwoo
Former Ohio representative sues Lucas County probate court judge over campaign ads
A former Ohio state representative has filed a lawsuit accusing Lucas County Probate Court Judge Jack Puffenberger of using taxpayer dollars to boost his son’s campaign to succeed him on the bench.

















