An accident on 475 had traffic backed up for miles. It happened around 8:30 on eastbound 475 just east of Secor Road. The accident involved an SUV and a dump truck and blocked 2 lanes of traffic for quite a while. Crews say traffic was backed up past Talmadge Road. Officials aren't sure what caused the accident and continue to investigate.
Ohio state troopers are looking into what caused a semi-truck to plow into a house last night. It happened in the 1900 block of West Main Street in Woodville Township. Police say Nermin Mujezinovic's, 28, truck hit a utility pole and a house on West Main Street. Mujezinovic was taken to Mercy Saint Vincent Medical Center with serious injuries. Fortunately, no one in the house was injured.
Cedar Point announced its new ride for 2010 called "Shoot the Rapids". On the website you'll find interviews, computer animation, construction photos and facts about the new ride. It will cost $10.5 million to build, making it Cedar Point's most expensive water ride ever.
The Toledo Walleye and Bullfrogs have sold more than 2200 season tickets already for the upcoming season. This ranks the Walleye fourth out of 20 teams in the ECHL in number of tickets sold. The team opens its inaugural season on October 16 in the new Lucas County arena. For ticket information, call 419-725-WALL.
You can get involved in the primary election and earn a little extra cash! The Lucas County board of elections needs experienced Republican poll workers for the September 15 election. Pay is $120 plus pay for training. You must be available for about an hour at 6 p.m on September 14 and from 6 a.m to 9 p.m on election day. If interested, call 419-213-2036.
If you want to run for mayor or council in Monroe, Michigan, the filing deadline is noon tomorrow! You don't have to declare a party because all posts are nonpartisan. Since there's no primary for city races, anyone who files will be on the November ballot. You can get nominating forms at city hall.
The move of Dana Corporation headquarters from Toledo to Maumee is nearly complete. Dana's Dorr Street building was its headquarters for the past 39 years. The last of the 175 employees working there are moving out. Most will now work at the Dana campus in Maumee. Some finance employees will work at Dana in Holland. The move clears the way for Healthcare REIT to move into the Dorr Street facility once renovations there are done.
Accused of abusing his five-week-old baby, a Toledo father is a step closer to trial.A grand jury has indicted Shawn Smith Sr., 21, on a charge of felonious assault. Police say Smith abused the baby at his home on Champlain last week and the child had a fracture on the right side of his skull and bleeding on the brain. Smith is due back in court for his arraignment next week.
A father who served time for child endangering is now out of prison. Gilbert Rangle was sentenced to four years last October, but has now been granted early release. Investigators say Rangle and Rosemary Spade neglected their six-month-old son to the point of hospitalization. Rangle now has to serve four months at the correctional treatment facility, then enter a work-release program and serve four years community control. Spade is still locked up.
Scandal-tarnished former New York governor Eliot Spitzer is in the classroom. Spitzer is now teaching "law and public policy" to junior and senior undergraduate students at the historic "City College" in Manhattan. One school official said the former governor's "practical experience" made him an attractive hire. Spitzer resigned in March of last year in the wake of a federal investigation that revealed he had used a prostitution service.
A memoir by the late Senator Ted Kennedy will soon hit bookshelves. In it, Kennedy wrote of the "terrible decisions" he made after the 1969 car accident on Chappaquiddick Island. Kennedy drove off a bridge into a pond. He swam to safety leaving his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne in the car. Kennedy wrote that he was never romantically involved with Kopechne and was haunted by that night for his entire life. The memoir, titled "True Compass", is set to be published September 14.
Health officials down in Columbus confirmed today that a pregnant woman died from the H1N1 virus. They say the 20 year old delivered her baby before she died this morning and that the baby is doing well. The city's public health commissioner says this proves just how vital it is for pregnant women to get the swine flu vaccine. A total of 3 people have now died in the state from the H1N1 virus.
Michael Jackson's family is preparing to bury the singer in a southern California mausoleum filled with legendary entertainers. Tonight's private service at Forest Lawn Glendale comes a month after the public memorial was held for Jackson. Other Hollywood stars buried at the cemetery include Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and WC Fields. Authorities have labeled Jackson's sedative-induced death a homicide, but no charges have been filed.
In southern California, the sprawling wildfire there has been burning now for 8 days. Helicopters have dumped 1.7 million gallons of water while airplanes have dropped 670,000 gallons of retardant. The fire is about 38-percent contained right now. So far, the blaze has destroyed 64 homes, burned 3 people and left 2 firefighters dead.
A Florida judge has sealed a police report about an Ohio teen who ran away to Orlando after converting from Islam to Christianity. A judge is holding a hearing today on whether Rifqa Bary, 17, should return to Ohio or stay in Florida. The teen ran away back in July saying she feared being killed for changing religions.
A Lucas County company is getting some federal money to help reduce its diesel emissions. Miller Brothers Construction will receive over $155,000 for 2 engine re-powers for construction equipment. Ohio received the highest award possible for an individual state, just under $5 million. The state says these projects will help reduce premature deaths, asthma attacks and other breathing problems.
