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Police: Suspect steals cash from register while checking out, flees from Dundee Walgreens
DUNDEE, Mich. (WTVG) - Police are investigating a robbery at a Walgreens in Dundee Tuesday morning. The incident occurred on June 11 at 10:57 a.m. According to the victim and other witnesses, the suspect presented an item for purchase at the cash register and once the cashier opened the register, the suspect pushed the cashier away, grabbed an undetermined amount of cash and ran to the parking lot.
Community donates equipment to 13-year-old Toledo entrepreneur after his lawnmower was stolen
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A young Toledo entrepreneur is back in business Tuesday thanks to community members who rallied to get him new equipment after his own was stolen. Tre’Shawn Pittard was just 11-years-old when he started his landscaping business. After 13 Action News first told his story, someone donated him a brand new lawnmower and his equipment haul grew from there. Now two years later, his neighborhood fell quiet from the roar of the lawnmower after he says someone stole one of his lawnmowers, another was broken, and another needed oil and gas. His mother said Tre’Shawn continued getting requests for lawn service, but was left without a way to cut the grass.
Mayflies emerge to annoy Toledoans — and get them talking
Rising from Lake Erie, thousands of winged beasts emerge each year to splat on the windshields of passing motorists. “This is my biggest enemy in summertime,” Imad "Mack" Amrou, owner of Point Stop carryout, said of the annual mayfly invasion. “They call them June bugs here, ’cause they stay all the way to the end of June. “Their life span is 24 hours,” he said. “They're very annoying.” And any Point Place resident or person in proximity to the water could fill books with tales of how annoying mayflies are.
USDA acknowledging Toledo urban farmer’s success
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - if you live in Toledo, you have probably driven past it several times. It is farmland right in the middle of the city. The man with a mission is Thomas Jackson. “Let me beautify my neighborhood, redevelop my neighborhood, grow the food that’s going to change...
Father’s Day Fishing Rodeo comes to Sleepy Hollow Park
Young anglers will have the opportunity to compete in a fishing rodeo this weekend at Sleepy Hollow Park, 4035 Dorr St. On Saturday, the Department of Parks and Youth Services will host a fishing competition to celebrate Father’s Day weekend. Competitors must be between the ages of 5 and 16, and must provide their own bait and equipment. The fishing rodeo runs from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.. Registration opens at 8:30 a.m. The angler in each age group that lands the largest fish will receive a prize.
Local man, team to row 70+ miles to raise awareness for Alzheimer’s
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - For the sixth year, a local man and his team will row over 70 miles during the summer solstice to help raise awareness for Alzheimer’s disease. According to the Alzheimer’s Association of Northwest Ohio, Rowing to Remember was created by Chris Heerdegen to honor his father and grandfather who both lost their lives to Alzheimer’s. This year, it will take place on June 21 and June 22 at Forest View Lanes located at 2345 W. Dean Road in Temperance.
Organization addressing homelessness receives $2 million grant
Two Ohio-based organizations addressing homelessness received a $2 million federal grant to bolster their responses to youth homelessness this week. The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded the funds with the hope of creating support systems for youth experiencing homelessness. The Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio, in partnership with Toledo Lucas County Homelessness Board, was one of 38 awardees across the country. The homelessness board plans to focus its efforts and new funds on addressing racial inequity in youth homelessness as well as the overrepresentation of LGBTQ+ youth. Further, the organization plans to create a youth action board made up of people who have experienced homelessness firsthand to guide policy changes. “With support from HUD’s Youth Homelessness System Improvement grant, we are well-equipped to work with partners throughout Lucas County and Ohio to further collaboration and accelerate solutions to end youth homelessness,” said TLCHB Executive Director Michael Hart.
Gunfire hits person sitting in vehicle in west Toledo parking lot
TOLEDO, Ohio — One person was injured and taken to the hospital after a shooting in a west Toledo parking lot early Sunday. According to a Toledo police report, officers responded to the 1200 block of Alexis Road at approximately 1:15 a.m., where they located a woman with a gunshot wound to her left arm. Police spoke with the victim, who said she was in her vehicle in the parking lot of The Palace Bar when she was shot.
6 shot in Toledo in separate weekend incidents
Six people were shot in Toledo over the weekend, according to police. Around 6:40 p.m. Friday, police responded to the 330 block of Elm Street on a ShotSpotter alert. A short time later, Christian Hejnicki, 20, arrived at Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center seeking treatment for a gunshot wound. He told police he was in his parked vehicle on Elm Street when a truck pulled up and fired multiple shots. He drove himself to the hospital. Early Saturday morning two people were shot in the parking lot of Chasers, 3529 Dorr St. Police arrived at 2:17 a.m. to find Tobin Triplett, Jr., 23, and Ja’Niya Coffey, 19, with gunshot wounds. Mr. Triplett was arrested and taken to ProMedica Toledo Hospital for treatment. Ms. Coffey was taken to University of Toledo Medical Center in critical condition.
Man pleads guilty to murder in 2023 shooting death of 17-year-old
TOLEDO, Ohio — A man pleaded guilty Tuesday to murder in the 2023 shooting death of a 17-year-old in west Toledo. Edward Griffin, 20, was convicted in Lucas County Common Pleas Court for shooting and killing Mark Wortham outside of a home on Amsterdam Road near Richards Road on April 21, 2023.
OSU lands $4.9M federal grant to train 'climate-ready' workforce along Lake Erie shoreline
The Biden Administration is spending $60 million to provide more climate-adaptation training to students living in nine ecosystems, including the western Lake Erie shoreline between Toledo and Cleveland. Ohio State University is getting $4.85 million of Inflation Reduction Act money to make first-ever “climate-ready” training affordable for the next generation of Great Lakes hydrologists, shoreline engineers, water treatment plant operators, and other jobs that have a focus on anything from chronic algal blooms to fluctuating water levels. Lorrayne Miralha, an OSU assistant professor of watershed modeling and data analytics, said she was thinking of algae-related nutrients and runoff when her team put together a proposal for the funding. “Our goal is to train at least 100 climate-ready workers,” she said, adding that she expects to begin training this August.
Are mayfly swarms getting bigger every year?
OREGON, Ohio — This month, mayflies are still buzzing around the lakeshore of Lake Erie sticking to whatever they can find. The insects are known for their short lifespans and massive swarms. But are those swarms getting bigger and bigger every year?. It can be difficult to track the...
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