Sophia Perricone

Toledo

Anchor and Reporter at WTOL-TV (Toledo, OH)

•🇮🇹🇮🇳 • emmy-award winning journalist• anchor/reporter @wtol11toledo • opinions are my own

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'You're loved, you're here': Michigan man provides sanctuary for senior shelter dogs to spend final years

4 days ago | 10tv.com | Sophia Perricone

OTTAWA LAKE, Mich. — At Dirty Paws Agape Haven in southeast Michigan, Tom Pappas is living out his dream. On 19 acres of land in Ottawa Lake, his family's home is also home to more than 20 senior dogs living out their glory days. Pappas networks with dog shelters across the Midwest to adopt their oldest residents and give them a place to spend their final years. He only takes them in if he has enough room at the time.
'You're loved, you're here': Michigan man provides sanctuary for senior shelter dogs to spend final years

6 days ago | whas11.com | Sophia Perricone

OTTAWA LAKE, Mich. — At Dirty Paws Agape Haven in southeast Michigan, Tom Pappas is living out his dream. On 19 acres of land in Ottawa Lake, his family's home is also home to more than 20 senior dogs living out their glory days. Pappas networks with dog shelters across the Midwest to adopt their oldest residents and give them a place to spend their final years. He only takes them in if he has enough room at the time.
'You're loved, you're here': Michigan man provides sanctuary for senior shelter dogs to spend final years

1 week ago | wtol.com | Sophia Perricone

OTTAWA LAKE, Mich. — At Dirty Paws Agape Haven in southeast Michigan, Tom Pappas is living out his dream. On 19 acres of land in Ottawa Lake, his family's home is also home to more than 20 senior dogs living out their glory days. Pappas networks with dog shelters across the Midwest to adopt their oldest residents and give them a place to spend their final years. He only takes them in if he has enough room at the time.
Toledo fire department to roll out two new heavy rescue vehicles

1 week ago | wtol.com | Sophia Perricone

TOLEDO, Ohio — The Toledo Fire & Rescue Department is rolling out new wheels that are different from its typical engines. The two heavy rescues the department has received are designed to work through unique situations that standard trucks can't. "You have engine companies, who their job is to supply water to the fire through hose and pumps. Then, we have ladder companies who utilize ladders or master streams to bring water or rescue operations on the fire ground.
Voters to decide on funding, future of Marblehead Police Department

1 week ago | wtol.com | Sophia Perricone

MARBLEHEAD, Ohio — The future of Marblehead's police department relies on a levy on the May 6 ballot. "This is a 5-year, 1.5-mill levy, and the equivalent of a $100,000 home would pay $52.50 or somewhere around there annually," said Marblehead Village city council member Matthew Kovach. In November, a more expensive, 2-mill levy failed. If passed this time around, it would fund salaries to hire and keep officers in an already-small department.
CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Toledo man credits active lifestyle and Apple Watch for saving his life

2 weeks ago | wtol.com | Sophia Perricone

TOLEDO, Ohio — A Toledo man is crediting his Apple Watch and active lifestyle for helping save his life after he suffered a stroke during a workout. Last July, Derick Gant was in the middle of his daily jump rope routine when the unexpected happened. “I was having an amazing day,” Gant said. Wanting to push himself a bit further, Gant jumped for more than a minute without stopping. “I actually did it. I went about 1 minute and 15 seconds,” he said. But moments later, he collapsed.
Blighted lot will soon bloom into pocket park in north Toledo

2 weeks ago | wtol.com | Sophia Perricone

TOLEDO, Ohio — A plot of land at the corner of Stickney Ave. and Michigan Street in north Toledo has sat vacant for at least 15 years with overgrown weeds and a dying tree. North Toledo Coalition community leader Alfonso Narvaez says it's time for change. "It adds a sense of forgottenness to the community," he said. "People think that the city doesn't care about the community, or owners don't care about their property." Narvaez and the coalition are hoping to turn the eyesore into an asset.
Meet the candidates: How Toledo's mayoral candidates plan to fight crime and a declining population

2 weeks ago | wtol.com | Sophia Perricone

TOLEDO, Ohio — Come November, Toledo voters will decide if they want a new mayor or reelect the current one, Wade Kapszukiewicz. Before that, though, there is a May 6 primary where voters will narrow down the current three choices — Kapszukiewicz, Roberto Torres and Harold Harris — to two. "Really, what I'm focused on is just continuing the progress that Toledo has made over the last several years," said democratic Mayor Kapszukiewicz. The incumbent mayor has served two terms.
Michigan woman breaks record at Mercy Health Glass City Marathon

2 weeks ago | wtol.com | Sophia Perricone

TOLEDO, Ohio — Thousands of runners filled the streets of Toledo on Sunday morning for the 48th Mercy Health Glass City Marathon. One of those runners broke a record and now holds a new title. Michigander Alyssa McElheny raced to break the elite women's marathon course record. "That was definitely one of the goals coming in," said McElheny. The last record was set at just over two hours and 40 minutes in 2023 by Rachel Hannah.
"Mixed feelings, mixed emotions": Fire destroys home where body of 13-year-old Kei'Mani Latigue was found

3 weeks ago | wtol.com | Sophia Perricone

TOLEDO, Ohio — The site of a horrific crime in east Toledo is now a pile of rubble. On Saturday morning, Toledo Fire and Rescue were called to a fire at 1101 Miami Street, the abandoned home where 13-year-old Kei'Mani Latigue's body was found on March 28. Kei'mani had been reported missing just a week before. According to court documents, her father, Darnell Jones-Ogletree, confessed to killing Kei'mani at the now-destroyed home.

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