David Patch

Toledo

Staff Writer and Commuting Columnist at The Toledo Blade

Road construction and commuting columnist for The Blade newspaper.

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Articles

Two weak tornadoes confirmed from Ottawa County storms

1 week ago | toledoblade.com | David Patch

Strong thunderstorms that raked northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan Wednesday dropped two weak tornadoes in Ottawa County, the National Weather Service office in Cleveland reported. The first touched down at 7:43 p.m. just north of State Rt. 163 near Elliston-Trowbridge Road and developed an estimated peak wind speed of 80 mph during its 0.54 mile trip to the east-northeast. It had a maximum width of 10 yards and damaged trees and a grain bin.
Ohio Supreme Court declines to hear Sylvania school bus case

1 week ago | toledoblade.com | David Patch

The Ohio Supreme Court has declined to hear a Sylvania family’s appeal of lower courts’ rejection of its claim that the Sylvania Board of Education’s hub-and-spoke bus service is unconstitutional. With Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy and Justice Patrick Fischer dissenting, the state high court let stand a Feb.
Man who held wife hostage, tried to shoot neighbor pleads guilty to multiple counts

1 week ago | toledoblade.com | David Patch

A Toledo man who held his wife captive in their home, then tried to kill a neighbor with whom the wife took refuge after escaping pleaded guilty Monday afternoon to attempted murder and abduction. Michiel Robinson, 43, of the 1300 block of West Alexis Road, faces up to 21 years in prison when Lucas County Common Pleas Judge Lindsay Navarre sentences him June 30.
Road Warrior: I-475 paving progresses, but new interchange's opening delayed again

1 week ago | toledoblade.com | David Patch

With the southbound side seemingly complete, final paving on northbound I-475/U.S. 23 in the work zone between U.S. 24 and Angola Road was under way late last week. Work started on the left half of the roadway. After it shifts to the right half, nighttime ramp closings will occur at the U.S. 24, Salisbury/Dussel, and Airport Highway interchanges, but only one interchange will be closed at a time.
Man, 19, gets 42 years for shootings including drive-by that wounded toddler

2 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | David Patch

Ethan Smith waited not even a day after pleading guilty to charges that he shot at a car from which he had stolen a gun to go looking for a former friend who had become a rival for a woman’s affections. And when his first attempt on June 7, 2024, to kill that rival — identified in court only by the name Christian — failed, he tried again about three months later. But that drive-by shooting Sept.
City gets state grant to support Clean Toledo drop-offs

2 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | David Patch

A $100,000 grant to the city of Toledo for household waste collection and $147,000 awards to Bowling Green and Fostoria for recycling programs are among more than $5.9 million in grants the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday.
New wave of text scams claims to come from motor-vehicle agencies

2 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | David Patch

Text-message scammers have started a new campaign posing as the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles demanding payment for delinquent traffic tickets, the BMV reported. The message tells recipients they must remit payment immediately to avoid suspension of their driver’s licenses and provides a fraudulent address link, the agency said. The message is a phishing scam designed to persuade victims to hand over their personal or financial information to criminals, it warned.
Man gets 30 years for East Toledo beating death

2 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | David Patch

A 22-year-old man who beat a 57-year-old to death in East Toledo in October, allegedly with assistance, was sent to prison Monday for 30 years after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter and other charges. Ronnie Kanavel, of the 800 block of Norwood Street, had been charged with aggravated murder for the Oct. 22 death of Curtis Douglas “Doug” Marshall, who police responding to his home in the 200 block of Licking Street found unresponsive after an assault.
Road Warrior: Final paving marks home stretch for Broadway reconstruction

2 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | David Patch

The Broadway Street reconstruction slog is just about over. The city’s contractor officially began paving the roadway’s final surface between Stebbins Street and Western Avenue. This phase of construction is scheduled to run through the end of this week, although weather could be a wild card.
Man accused of setting his child's mother on fire pleads not guilty to attempted murder

3 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | David Patch

A man who was serving probation for domestic violence is now charged with attempted murder after, authorities say, he doused the mother of his child with gasoline and lit her on fire. Delvon Stone, 33, of the 1900 block of Barrows Street, also is charged with first-degree aggravated arson, second-degree felonious assault, third-degree domestic violence, and fourth-degree strangulation.