Michigan police say a mother of five put her four-year-old daughter inside a heated oven and burned another child's eyes with a metal object. The woman's husband says his wife is a good mother but suffers from a mental illness she's had for 20 years. The woman's children are now in state custody.
The freezing death of a Michigan man prompts emergency action. State regulators have moved to further restrict utility shutoffs in the winter and stop utilities from installing devices that limit electricity or natural gas. Last month a 93-year-old Bay City man died after a power-limiting device shorted out and wasn't reset. The new rules only apply to regulated companies such as Detroit Edison and Consumers Energy.
The military says U.S. troops won't be forced to wear improved body armor until manufacturers cut the weight of new protective plates. The army plans to buy 120,000 sets of advanced bullet-blocking plates this year. Service officials say the plates will be available if commanders need them.
The drive to ban red light cameras in Toledo is gaining momentum. Organizers named two co-chairs and announced the launch of their website this week. There red light camera information can be accessed and petitions and instruction sheets can also be downloaded. An organizational meeting is tonight at 7 at Delaney's Lounge on west Alexis. For more information go to http://wedemandavote.com/toledo/
The pilot of a Cessna ran out of gas and decided to land on a highway in Utah. The pilot says it was his only option. Once on the ground, the pilot and his passenger pushed the plane to the side of the road. Thankfully, no injuries were reported.
A Massachusetts high school says more than 200 students are out sick with the flu. The principal at Bishop Feehan High School says the school would be forced to close if more than 35 percent of the students were ill. So far, only 25 percent and four teachers have come down with the bug. The school hopes to stop the spread next week with a flu clinic for healthy students.
A rare accident at a ski area in Wisconsin. Last night a ten-year-old snowboarder fell off a chair lift. A ski patrol cadet says he told the boy not to rock his chair because he could fall, and that's exactly what happened. The boy, who was wearing a helmet, fell 35 feet. Witnesses say the boy was conscious and crying. He was airlifted to a nearby hospital as a precaution.
Niki McCoy, a Sylvania Northview graduate and the starting forward for the Bowling Green women's basketball team, has been suspended indefinitely. The 22-year-old McCoy was arrested by BG police yesterday morning for OVI, driving under suspension and for having an open liquor container in the vehicle. McCoy will go before a judge February 9th.
According to a State Highway Safety Agency survey auto fatalities declined in Ohio and 39 other states last year, which is an early sign that traffic deaths could dip to their lowest levels in four decades. The Governors Highway Safety Association says vehicle deaths dropped in 40 states and the District of Columbia out of 44 states surveyed. The average decline was 10.7 percent.
Honor Flight Northwest Ohio and The Chocolate Shoppe have teamed up to bring you a sweet way to raise funds. Just stop by the Chocolate Shoppe at River Place in Perrysburg from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and 20 percent of the sales from in-stock items will be donated to Honor Flight. A portion of online sales will also be donated. The Honor Flight takes veterans to Washington D.C. so they can visit the war memorials built in their honor.
A new report out of Cuyahoga County shows Ohio has lost 262,383 jobs since 2000. To put that in perspective, that nearly equals the total number of residents in the city of Toledo. According to the report, most of the losses have been in manufacturing.
Some huge star power is coming to Michigan. Actors George Clooney and Hilary Swank are set to shoot films in the state. Clooney stars in "Up in the Air," part of which is expected to be filmed at Detroit Metropolitan Airport later this month. Swank stars in "Betty Anne Waters," and its producers got Livingston County commission approval to film outside the historic county courthouse in Howell.
Two Temperance men are behind bars accused of stealing DVD's from a local video store. Rossford police say 24-year-old Douglas Case and 27-year-old Kyle Caldwell swiped $800 worth of videos from the Blockbuster on Dixie Highway in Rossford. The two men fled in a vehicle and were arrested a short time later. Both men are being held in the Wood County Justice Center.
GM ended its jobs bank this week, a move that affects hundreds of local workers. It's part of the conditions of the federal loan GM received. The program gives laid-off union workers most of their pay and benefits. A GM spokeswoman says about 1,600 people are in the program nationwide; 637 of them work at the Toledo Powertrain Plant. No workers at the Powertrain plant in Defiance are part of the jobs bank Workers who were in the jobs bank now have to file for unemployment. They'll get about 72 percent of their salaries through unemployment benefits and GM subsidies. Chrysler and Ford have also ended their jobs banks.
Four northwest Ohio fire departments are part of a more than $1.4 million grant to help with their rescue efforts. Yesterday Senator George Voinovich announced Perrysburg Township fire department will get nearly $130,000 in grant money. The McComb volunteer fire department in Hancock County will get more than a quarter-million dollars. Richfield Township and Columbus Grove are also receiving grant money.
A lost wedding day memento has been returned to its rightful owner. An Ohio woman lost her wedding ring while traveling through northern Kentucky on New Year's Day. The bauble was valued at $24,000. A Michigan woman happened to find the ring while freshening up at a welcome center. At first, the woman thought the ring was a piece of costume jewelry, but after having the ring assessed she found out its true worth. With coordination help from workers at the center, the women exchanged e-mails addresses and the ring has since been returned.
Rescue crews in Kentucky pulled a horse to safety after it fell into a frozen pond. Officials say the horse fell through the ice and then got stuck in the mud at the bottom of the pond. Firefighters brought in a large harness and plywood to help hoist the animal out of the water. He's expected to make a full recovery.
