06/18/18 – 6:13 P.M.
National Lime and Stone is celebrating 115 years of business this year. Chairman and CEO Paul Palmer said that the company had strong roots going into the Great Recession.
Palmer explained that since then they continued expanding operations and growing the company. Palmer explained that growth is very important to the company.
He added that they have seen growth into Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
6/18/18 – 7:41 A.M.
You might notice some low-flying airplanes around Fostoria over the next few weeks. That’s because the Ohio Department of Agriculture will be treating for Gypsy Moths in the area. According to the agency, around 75 acres southeast of the city will get the treatment.
The ODA says the treatment they are using is an organic, biodegradable formulation made entirely of food grade materials. It has the consistency of hand cream. It’s designed to disrupt the mating habits of the Gypsy Moth.
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6/18/18 – 7:30 A.M.
Local gas prices continue to fall. OhioGasPrices.com reports the average price for a gallon of regular is $2.54 in Findlay today. That’s a 17 cent decline since last Monday. Prices haven’t been this low since late April.
The statewide average is $2.69 per gallon. That’s down 10 cents over the last week.
The average price in Putnam County is also $2.69 per gallon, a six-cent decline over the last seven days.
6/18/18 – 7:23 A.M.
The former assistant superintendent for Findlay City Schools is now the superintendent of the Allen County Educational Service Center. Craig Kupferberg signed a three-year deal with the organization recently. He’ll start with the organization on August 1.
Kupferberg served as the principal at Findlay High School twice. He was also the principal at Cory-Rawson High School from 1994 to 2003.
Most recently, Kupferberg ran for the State Senate seat held by Robert McColley of Napoleon. McColley ended up winning the race with Kupferberg carrying Hancock County.
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6/18/18 – 7:13 A.M.
The Hancock County prosecutor has dismissed aggravated robbery and complicity to rape charges against a Lima man. The move comes after an Allen County judge sentenced 21-year-old Cory Jackson to 30 years to life in prison for an Allen County murder.
The incidents in Hancock County incidents allegedly happened in January of 2017. The Lima News reports a jury convicted Jackson for the 2016 murder of Amari Gooding in downtown Lima earlier this year. A judge sentenced him in April.
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6/18/18 – 6:54 A.M.
The committee that supported a 1.2-mill, 10-year property tax for the Hancock County Department of Job and Family Services spent a little more than $17,000 to support the effort. Campaign finance reports show the committee raised just over $21,000.
The levy ended up failing. Only 41 percent of the ballots cast were in favor of the measure.
Candidates or campaign committees that spent or received $1,000 or more had to file pre-election and post-election campaign finance reports. Friday was the deadline to file post-election reports with Hancock County Board of Elections.
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6/18/18 – 6:47 A.M.
The Republican primary race for the 83rd Ohio House seat was an expensive one. The Courier reports the candidates spent more than $250,000. That doesn’t include money from political action committees.
Post-election reports from the Jon Cross campaign report spending nearly $78,000. The campaign reported spending more than $139,000 before the primary, bringing the total to nearly $217,000.
Cheryl Buckland’s campaign reported spending a total of around $45,800 for the entire campaign.
Cross took 56 percent of the vote in the race to move on to the general election.
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6/18/18 – 5:31 A.M.
Road work continues in Findlay this week. You’ll see closures and lane restrictions in several locations. Fishlock Avenue remains closed between Sandusky Street and Blanchard Avenue for road reconstruction.
The city is reducing Southbound South Main Street to one lane during working hours this week between Lima and Sixth streets.
Elsewhere North Blanchard Street is still restricted to one southbound lane between Trenton and Melrose for paving work.
Crews are also still installing a new storm sewer line in the area of East Foulke Avenue. You’ll continue to see closures near the railroad tracks on Allen, Midland, and Garfield avenues as well as George Street.
6/18/18 – 5:23 A.M.
One new road project will pop up in Hancock County this week. ODOT says crews are closing State Route 37 south of Mount Blanchard between County Road 156 and Township Road 150. The closure will last five days for the replacement of two culverts.
Elsewhere many other road projects continue in the county. State Route 330 over State Route 15 near Vanlue remains closed. Crews are replacing the bridge deck there. The project will also cause some lane restrictions on Route 15.
State Route 103 between County Roads 9 and 65 remains closed for a culvert replacement. The work is taking place between Jenera and Arlington.
ODOT says crews are still restricting I-75 to one lane at times on the interstate between State Route 103 and Bentley Road in Bluffton. The restriction is for a bridge repair project over Riley Creek. Variable speed limit signs are also in place in the area.
U.S. 224 between Road 276 and Road 23 in West Independence remains closed for a bridge overlay project.
6/18/18 – 5:05 A.M.
Putnam County Sheriff’s deputies detained a person near Leipsic early this morning after they fired two shots near a deputy. The sheriff’s office says a deputy went to 4384 Road H just after 12:30 a.m. to perform a welfare check on the person living there. The deputy went to the front door, and a person inside the house fired a shot.
The deputy retreated and called for help. The person fired a second shot a short time later. The shots did not hit anyone. Around six minutes after the second shot the person left the home unarmed. Deputies detained the suspect without further incident.
The suspect said they didn’t know who was at the door and didn’t want to harm law enforcement. Family members took the person for an evaluation.
The incident remains under investigation. The sheriff’s office is not publicly identifying the person who lived in the home.