Carli Petrus
Multimedia Journalist
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Carli Petrus is a multimedia journalist for 13abc Action News. She joined the team in the spring of 2022. Carli grew up in Northeast Ohio, but she is excited to continue learning about the Northwest side of the state.
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By Carli Petrus
“I don’t think people realize just the danger water presents. It actually is still the leading cause of accidental death among children."
Updated: May. 31, 2023 at 5:55 AM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
"My exchange program was going to only last a year and then I was going to come back. No one was expecting that to happen. The only reason I'm here for two years is because of the war."
Updated: May. 30, 2023 at 5:28 AM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
"It can be frustrating sometimes because you gotta take, you know, an extra 20 minutes to get to work or something like that."
Updated: May. 29, 2023 at 12:30 PM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
Whether these people really need help with funeral expenses or not, their means of making money, according to city officials, is dangerous. Causing safety issues for drivers and themselves.
Updated: May. 26, 2023 at 12:49 PM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
“It’s not fair to my dog. It’s not fair to my kids and so now we keep them all cooped up in the back to feel safe."
Updated: May. 25, 2023 at 7:41 AM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
"When I was checked they noticed a few things and they asked me if I would be interested in making an appointment which I did, and I was diagnosed with carcinoma."
Updated: May. 23, 2023 at 6:12 AM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
"He was just such an amazing person. I want him to continue to be remembered for the person he was not just the badge he wore.”
Updated: May. 18, 2023 at 11:39 PM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
It’s recognized as the largest student-run clinic in U.S.
Updated: May. 18, 2023 at 7:03 AM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
“Without this transportation, I wouldn’t be able to go anywhere."
Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 5:55 AM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
"I was scared. I was screaming for help."
Updated: May. 11, 2023 at 6:01 AM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
“I have a lot of loved ones that suffer from mental illness and it’s virtually impossible to tackle it by yourself."
Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 7:03 PM EDT
|By Meghan Daniels and Carli Petrus
The debate over school choice has been reignited, as the ‘backpack bill’ reemerges in Columbus.
Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 5:51 AM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
"We presented three very exciting projects that addressed different parts of food insecurity."
Updated: May. 8, 2023 at 4:50 PM EDT
|By Kristian Brown, Ethan Watts, Lissa Guyton, Josh Croup, Alexis Means, Meghan Daniels, Christina Williams, Sophie Bates, Tony Geftos, Shaun Hegarty and Carli Petrus
From Lake Erie to the Mighty Maumee, water impacts us all. The 13abc Action News team shows us how in this hour-long special.
Wife of Ben Morrissey speaking out for the first time since his death in BP Husky Refinery Explosion
Updated: May. 7, 2023 at 9:57 PM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
“It’s just like what are the odds of just the two brothers being close together and an accident happening and both of their lives being gone."
Updated: May. 7, 2023 at 9:54 PM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
"When you hit water that cold, especially right now, you can’t breathe let alone hardly swim.”
Updated: May. 3, 2023 at 7:16 AM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
“He loved the community no matter what you were or who you were."
Updated: Apr. 28, 2023 at 6:07 PM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
“It hurts. You guys need to do more and pay more attention to mental health,”
Updated: Apr. 19, 2023 at 5:51 AM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
Gaines tied for 5th in the nation in 2022 to a transgender athlete competing in the women’s events.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2023 at 6:31 AM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
“There are many firefighters, current and retired that have suffered cancer diagnoses directly related to this job."
Updated: Apr. 16, 2023 at 11:45 PM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
"I feel like her health would decline if she did leave, and she’s kind of a staple in our little community.”
Updated: Apr. 16, 2023 at 7:05 PM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
A pregnancy center in Bowling Green was vandalized by someone overnight on April 15.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2023 at 11:45 PM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
“She wasn’t just somebody off the streets. Tina was somebody’s mom, daughter, sister, aunt."
Updated: Apr. 14, 2023 at 6:57 AM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
"It’s no telling how long this has been going on and it’s not fair, it’s not okay.”
Updated: Apr. 13, 2023 at 11:28 PM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
A mother suspects one of her child's teachers is assaulting him at school, claiming the latest incident drew blood. She wants answers from police and the school
Updated: Apr. 11, 2023 at 7:18 AM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
It’s estimated hundreds of people turned out for Monday night’s regularly scheduled Anthony Wayne school board meeting to hear what members of the board had to say about its new bathroom policy.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2023 at 7:12 PM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
“Despite having as many organizations and businesses as we do, understand that accessibility isn’t always easy for everybody."
Updated: Apr. 9, 2023 at 11:47 PM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
“It has given me a whole different meaning of having a meal."
Updated: Apr. 8, 2023 at 11:33 PM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
"It was all scary because I couldn’t find none of the kids actually.”
Updated: Apr. 4, 2023 at 7:29 AM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
“We need to know what premium you’re willing to agree to."
Updated: Apr. 3, 2023 at 12:45 PM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
“I can’t say thank you enough for our family and for our kids."
Updated: Mar. 31, 2023 at 8:31 AM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
“It truly is an honor to be recognized for what you dedicate your life to."
Updated: Mar. 28, 2023 at 12:59 PM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
“It’s really a shift in the mindset of how we look at our roadways and traffic crashes. It started in Europe and has been adopted throughout the United States."
Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 6:36 AM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
“Seeing everybody come in for the last time was really hard."
Updated: Mar. 24, 2023 at 3:44 PM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
“I just hope that I can have consistent treatment someplace I don’t have to travel across town.”
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 12:39 PM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
Some rules include a rental registry, defining when the chief building official has the right to enter a property, and regulating ceiling heights if someone is living in a basement space.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 9:20 AM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
“So he called and they said you need to reset your password and he said no I’ve never had a password because I’ve never filed for unemployment before.”
Updated: Mar. 18, 2023 at 11:15 PM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
"I’m really happy to be a Toledoan today. I really am."
Updated: Mar. 18, 2023 at 10:23 PM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
“You never know what to expect.”
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 3:43 PM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
“The thing that’s left is to get justice for Jamie."
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 11:35 PM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
The family of Jamie Rodriguez is calling for justice as the alleged reckless driver who killed the young mother is out on an SOR bond.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 6:30 AM EDT
|By Carli Petrus
“Parents are the most influential people in their kid’s lives and it’s not an easy job."
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 11:32 AM EST
|By Carli Petrus
Local student to play Carnegie Hall
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 5:56 AM EST
|By Carli Petrus
“It really is kind of this double strain that you’re putting on your body.”
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 12:10 AM EST
|By Carli Petrus
“Just to have someone say yes we can help you I can’t tell you how tremendous that feels."
Updated: Mar. 5, 2023 at 11:58 PM EST
|By Carli Petrus
You just see your work go up in flames and there’s nothing you can do.”
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 7:19 AM EST
|By Carli Petrus
"It’s just been very complicated in every way you can think of.”
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 12:42 AM EST
|By Carli Petrus
“I’m like let me just throw this away and well now I’m finding out that you actually physically had to opt out of it on that letter."
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 6:47 AM EST
|By Carli Petrus
“I would normally not even be home. So, that car could have been sitting here til 5, 6 o’clock and that little girl would have been sitting in the car."
Updated: Feb. 26, 2023 at 12:05 AM EST
|By Carli Petrus
“She just didn’t seem like she was done."