1/25/18 – 6:45 A.M.
A two-car crash injured one person in Findlay Wednesday afternoon. The Findlay Police Department says the collision took place on Broad Avenue near Rawson Park around 5:20 p.m.
16-year-old Jackson Schmits of Findlay was driving south when he slid left of center and hit a car driven by 70-year-old Andrea Wilson. Hanco Ambulance took Schmits to Blanchard Valley Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
1/25/18 – 5:29 A.M.
Slick roads were a factor in a two-car crash on Western Avenue in Findlay Wednesday afternoon. The Findlay Police Department reports the crash happened around 5:10 p.m. near River Street.
16-year-old Parker Setterman was driving south on Western when he lost control and slid into the northbound lanes, hitting a car driven by 36-year-old Sarah Moyer of Findlay.
Hanco Ambulance took Moyer to Blanchard Valley Hospital for treatment of a neck injury. Officer cited Setterman for operating a vehicle without reasonable control.
1/25/18 – 5:23 A.M.
Fostoria residents talked about the ongoing opioid crisis Wednesday night. The H.O.P.E organization held their first meeting, focusing on the role prescription painkillers play in getting people hooked. The Review-Times reports Orman Hall of the Heroin Response Project told the group opioids are still overprescribed. He added it amounts to around “70 doses per person” in the U.S.
Hall said people get hooked on legal painkillers but then turn to illegal drugs like heroin once their prescription runs out. He called for an end to overprescribing opioids. Hall also said doctors can’t abandon patients after they receive an opioid prescription.
Those on hand for the meeting also discussed ways they can help in the community. One suggestion included starting an open fund to help pay for treatment of area residents. The group also talked about starting a drug court to help people with drug convictions get clean.
1/25/18 – 5:07 A.M.
Putnam County Sheriff’s deputies no longer have to take inmates from the county jail to their arraignment hearings. The Putnam County Sentinel reports the municipal court started using a video arraignment system late last week.
Sheriff Brian Siefker says the system will cut down on the manpower it takes to transport inmates to and from the court. He added it sometimes takes two corrections officers to escort an inmate.
IT director Joe Burkhart tells the newspaper other counties housing inmates in Putnam County can also use the system, saving them transportation costs.
MORE: Putnam County Sentinel
01/24/18 – 10 P.M.
Stantec Engineering held a meeting to talk about the future of the benching project for the Blanchard River. Stantec’s Adam Hoff said they hope to start clearing trees for the first phase soon.
Hoff explained that they need to clear the trees soon to protect endangered bat species. Afterward Stantec will be able to apply for the proper permits to start construction later this year.
Hoff said that if all goes according to plan the project could be finished by the fall of 2019. The project is supposed to drop the 100 year flood by almost a foot.
01/24/18 – 5:31 P.M.
A Findlay Native orchestrated an elaborate wine-heist from Goldman Sachs president David Solomon. The Weekly Standard reports that Findlay born Nickolas Meyer allegedly stole $1.2 million worth of wine. Meyer was working as Solomon’s personal assistant under the alias Nicolas De-Meyer at the time of the 2016 theft.
Meyer sold the rare vintage wine under another alias, Mark Miller, to an out of state dealer. He then traveled the world while being tracked by the FBI until his arrest in Los Angeles. He is being taken to the Southern District of New York by a federal marshal.
01/24/18 – 5:05 P.M.
The Findlay reservoirs stood at 83% capacity at the end of December. Water Treatment Plant superintendent Jason Phillips explained that they wait on the river quality to fill it.
Phillips added that having high water quality helps make managing it easier.
He added that higher quality water going into the reservoir will mean higher quality water coming out of the treatment plant.
1/24/18 – 12:19 P.M.
A local auto parts store has a new owner. Industry magazine Collision Week reports Painter’s Supply and Equipment Company of Taylor, Michigan bought Dick’s Auto Supply in late December.
PSE CEO Patrick Mayette tells the magazine, “we’re excited to welcome the Dick’s Auto Supply team to Painters Supply and Equipment.” He added “we are committed to delivering the highest quality products, superior service, and value added programs to all of our new customers.
Dick’s Auto Supply opened in Findlay in 1968.
MORE: Collision Week
1/24/18 – 7:15 A.M.
Plans are in the works for a new medical clinic in Carey. The Courier reports Blanchard Valley Health Systems wants to build a facility near the U.S. 23 and State Route 15 interchange. The Carey Planning Commission recommended a lot split and zoning designation for 15 acres during a Tuesday meeting.
The new clinic would replace an existing facility owned by BVHS on West South Street, which is landlocked in a residential neighborhood.
Carey Village Council members will vote on the recommendation at a future meeting.
MORE: The Courier
1/24/18 – 6:55 A.M.
A Fostoria man will spend six years in prison for his connection to two overdose deaths in December of 2016. The Advertiser-Tribune reports Seneca County Common Pleas Court Judge Michael Kelbley sentenced 37-year-old Joseph Worth Tuesday. Worth pleaded guilty to two counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of aggravated trafficking in drugs, and aggravated possession of drugs among other charges.
Worth supplied heroin laced with carfentanil to two men in Tiffin. Carfentanil is a powerful synthetic painkiller.
MORE: Advertiser-Tribune