Andrew Bailey

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Digital Content Producer at WTOL-TV (Toledo, OH)

Digital Content Producer @WTOL11Toledo | he/him | @BGSU & @BGFalconMedia alum

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Downtown Toledo restaurant sets tentative reopening date after fire

3 weeks ago | wtol.com | Andrew Bailey

TOLEDO, Ohio — The Ye Olde Durty Bird hopes to reopen for business on May 27 after it temporarily closed due to a fire last weekend. The downtown Toledo restaurant said on social media that recovering from the fire, which set off sprinklers and caused water damage. "This process of recouping after the fire has taken a bit more time than we had originally anticipated.
Motorcyclist seriously injured in Williams County crash; other vehicle fled scene

3 weeks ago | wtol.com | Andrew Bailey

WILLIAMS COUNTY, Ohio — A motorcyclist was hospitalized with serious injuries Thursday night when they crashed after swerving to avoid another vehicle that did not yield at a stop sign in Williams County, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
ODOT planning new interchange for Airport Highway, I-475

3 weeks ago | wtol.com | Andrew Bailey

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio — The Ohio Department of Transportation is planning a diverging diamond interchange for Airport Highway over I-475 in Springfield Township. The project will cost an estimated $36 million and be under construction from the spring of 2028 to the fall of 2029, according to ODOT. Patrick McColley, deputy director of ODOT District 2, says the finished interchange would make the overpass significantly safer.
Bob Kelly, legend of Toledo radio, WRQN, dies

3 weeks ago | wtol.com | Andrew Bailey

TOLEDO, Ohio — Bob Kelly, a widely-heard and widely-beloved voice of Toledo airwaves for five decades, has died, a family spokesperson confirmed on Thursday. He was 84. The spokesperson said Kelly died on his 84th birthday after a 14-year battle with Parkinson's disease. Kelly's voice and face were familiar to generations of people across northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan, as he was on the air from the 1960s up until his retirement in 2011.
Toledo crews available to help if you have water, sinkhole issues during severe weather Thursday night

3 weeks ago | wtol.com | Andrew Bailey

TOLEDO, Ohio — Toledoans are urged to quickly contact the city's Engage Toledo service at 419-936-2020 if the severe weather risk Thursday into Friday causes issues with sinkholes or water. A city spokesperson said in a press release on Thursday that city crews have already been responding to "a high volume of sinkhole reports, along with other water-related emergencies, including water in the basement" after storms the previous night.
Toledo fire: 8 children, 4 adults displaced by house fire

3 weeks ago | wtol.com | Andrew Bailey

TOLEDO, Ohio — Eight children and four adults were displaced by a house fire in central Toledo Tuesday night, according to Toledo Fire & Rescue crews at the scene. There were no injuries sustained in the incident on Elliott Avenue just south of Bancroft Street. TFRD put the affected family in touch with the American Red Cross. The fire started in an upstairs bedroom, and TFRD crews responded around 9 p.m., containing the flames to that location.
Pettisville schools closes community recycling center due to repeated misuse

3 weeks ago | wtol.com | Andrew Bailey

PETTISVILLE, Ohio — Pettisville schools has indefinitely closed its community recycling center effective Tuesday after people have routinely disregarded what can be dropped off at the site. Two thousand pounds of non-recyclable material, drug paraphernalia and even a live animal that then bit a student have been dropped off at the center over the course of the last year, Superintendent Josh Clark said in a social media post.
Testing for radon at Luckey schools shows acceptable levels, Ohio EPA says

3 weeks ago | wtol.com | Andrew Bailey

LUCKEY, Ohio — Radon testing conducted at three Luckey-area schools by state health authorities last week found acceptably low levels of radon on par with the national indoor average, according to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
Ohio EPA: Testing for radon at Eastwood schools shows acceptable levels, no action required

3 weeks ago | wtol.com | Andrew Bailey

LUCKEY, Ohio — Radon testing conducted at three Luckey-area schools by state health authorities last week found acceptably low levels of radon on par with the national indoor average, according to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
Toledo Buffalo Soldiers teaching gun safety classes to local youths

3 weeks ago | wtol.com | Andrew Bailey

TOLEDO, Ohio — The Toledo Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club is working with Toledo Public Schools and the Lucas County Prosecutor's Office to teach gun safety to youths in response to a viral standoff in February between authorities in New Mexico and two children armed with a gun. The soldiers will teach the National Rifle Association's Eddie Eagle GunSafe program to students at Sherman Elementary School in north Toledo on Wednesday, according to club spokesperson Fred LeFebvre.