Thursday, May 23 2013 11:03 PM EDT2013-05-24 03:03:13 GMT
A Perrysburg Township packaging plant is closing this summer, affecting 126 employees at the location. We're told an agreement allowing Diamond Crystal Brands to sell Splenda sweetener will expire at
A Perrysburg Township packaging plant is closing this summer, affecting 126 employees at the location.
Friday, May 24 2013 8:53 AM EDT2013-05-24 12:53:50 GMT
High pressure will move in overnight tonight which will keep the clouds away and allow the winds to go calm. This will lead to unseasonably cold air Saturday morning. Lows are expected to be in the upper
A late season frost is expected Memorial Day weekend for parts of Ohio.
Thursday, May 23 2013 11:34 PM EDT2013-05-24 03:34:48 GMT
13abc and the Red Cross are teaming up for our Road to Recovery Phone Bank to provide information about helping the victims of the Oklahoma tornado and other disasters. Volunteers will be at the station
13abc and Red Cross teamed up for our Road to Recovery Phone Bank Thursday to provide information about helping the victims of the Oklahoma tornado and other disasters.
Thursday, May 23 2013 11:10 PM EDT2013-05-24 03:10:04 GMT
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - The Washington State Patrol says the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River at Mount Vernon has collapsed, dumping vehicles and people into the water. Trooper Mark Francis
The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River at Mount Vernon collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol said.
Thursday, May 23 2013 9:57 PM EDT2013-05-24 01:57:54 GMT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A proposed constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana and certain uses of hemp has cleared Ohio's ballot board. The panel's approval Thursday sends the issue into its
A proposed constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana and certain uses of hemp has cleared Ohio's ballot board.
Thursday, May 23 2013 8:40 PM EDT2013-05-24 00:40:05 GMT
PHOENIX (AP) - The jury in Jodi Arias' trial was dismissed Thursday after failing to reach a unanimous decision on whether the woman they convicted of murdering her one-time boyfriend should be sentenced
The jury in Jodi Arias' trial was dismissed Thursday after failing to reach a unanimous decision on whether the woman they convicted of murdering her one-time boyfriend should be sentenced to life or death in a case that has captured headlines worldwide with its sex, lies, violence.
Thursday, May 23 2013 8:38 PM EDT2013-05-24 00:38:38 GMT
(ABC News) -- The Boy Scouts of America today voted to lift its longtime national ban on admitting openly gay Scouts but will continue to exclude openly gay adults from leadership roles. The vote
The Boy Scouts of America today voted to lift its longtime national ban on admitting openly gay Scouts but will continue to exclude openly gay adults from leadership roles.
Thursday, May 23 2013 8:02 PM EDT2013-05-24 00:02:06 GMT
The 27-year-old woman who was on the ground staring into the barrel of a shotgun says Toledo police officers saved her life. Valarie Williams tells 13 ABC's Christine Long that it is nothing short of
The 27-year-old woman who was on the ground staring into the barrel of a shotgun says Toledo police officers saved her life. As a man stood over her pointing a shotgun to her face, Valerie Williams says, "It was like an angel came because the cops pulled up."
EVENING NEWS HEADLINES - JANUARY 14. 2013
SUSPECTED BANK ROBBER CAUGHT
A man is in custody after police say he confessed to two local bank robberies. The latest happened around 2:30 this afternoon at the Key Bank on Talmadge. Officer say the suspect handed the teller a note demanding cash. He took off but they caught up with him. Police identified him as 53-year-old Richard King of Petersburg, Michigan. Police say he confessed to today's robbery and one January 10th at Fifth Third Bank on Secor.
WALBRIDGE MAYOR FORFEITS SEAT
The mayor of Walbridge is forfeiting his seat. Dan Wilczynski is giving up the job he's had since 2003. According to the Ohio Revised Code, a mayor has to attend 60% of city council meetings during the two year term. Council claims the mayor didn't meet that requirement.
WALK-IN FLU SHOT CLINIC
The Toledo-Lucas County Health Department has decided to host a series of walk-in flu clinics this week because of an outbreak of flu in the area and nationwide. The walk-in flu clinics at the Health Department's main office on North Erie run from 4pm to 6pm Tuesday and Wednesday. The vaccine costs $25 for adults.
AEP OPPOSITION
(AP) - American Electric Power is facing opposition from around the state to the utility's request to make its Ohio customers pick up a $62 million tab for repairs from last summer's severe storms. The request filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio late last year is one of the largest ever in the state.
NEW HOFFA THEORY
(AP) - A man convicted of crimes as a reputed Mafia captain claims missing Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa is buried in suburban Detroit. Tony Zerilli was in prison when Hoffa disappeared from a Detroit-area restaurant in 1975. But he tells Detroit television station WDIV that he was told about the whereabouts of Hoffa's remains after his release.
NEW YORK GUN CONTROL
(AP) - New York lawmakers are ready to become first in the nation to tighten gun control laws following last month's school shooting in Connecticut. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says a tough proposal is ready to become law. Provisions include a tighter assault weapon ban and restrictions on ammunition and the sale and storage of guns. In Washington, a task force has presented gun safety recommendations to President Barack Obama.
DEBT CEILING
(AP) - President Barack Obama has warned congressional Republicans that they cannot "collect a ransom in exchange for not crashing the American economy." Obama said at a news conference that he's willing to discuss deficit reduction but said Congress must pay for debts it has already racked up. Republicans want to link deficit reduction and increasing the debt ceiling.
LANCE ARMSTRONG CONFESSION?
(AP) - A person with knowledge of Lance Armstrong's interview with Oprah Winfrey tells The Associated Press that the cyclist admitted to doping. The interview is to be broadcast Thursday on Winfrey's network. Armstrong was stripped of all seven Tour de France titles last year after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency released a report that said Armstrong's cycling team had what it called: "The most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen."
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