3/25/19 – 10:13 A.M.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is inviting area residents to become hunter education instructors. The Division of Wildlife says they’ll hold training sessions this summer in Findlay for anyone interested.
The classes will be June 8th and 9th at the Division of Wildlife office off of Lima Avenue. There’s no cost to attend but you do have to get a background check first.
For more information, you can call 419-429-8324.
3/25/19 – 6:53 A.M.
Local gas prices are up as we start a new week. OhioGasPrices.com reports the average price for a gallon of regular is $2.43 in Findlay today. That’s up 14 cents from last Monday. Prices peaked at $2.61 per gallon last Thursday before coming down again.
The statewide average is $2.48 per gallon today. That’s up 13 cents over the last seven days.
Prices in Ottawa have stayed steady at $2.49 per gallon over the last week.
3/25/19 – 6:44 A.M.
Congressman Bob Latta is commenting on the recent filing of the Mueller report. The investigation found no evidence of collusion between President Trump’s campaign and Russia. Latta says, “After an exhaustive investigation, it’s now abundantly clear that there was no collusion between the Russian government and the Trump Campaign. It’s also clear that there was no obstruction of justice and that the Special Counsel was allowed to do its work unimpeded.”
Latta says that since the beginning of the investigation he has said it should take its course. He added that while it took longer than anticipated, the nation now has clarity that there was no collusion during the 2016 election.
Latta adds that “it’s now time to move on for the good of the nation.”
3/25/19 – 5:31 A.M.
The newly appointed members of the Putnam County Board of Health recently elected Matthew Herman as the president of the board. The Putnam County Sentinel reports the move comes just three weeks after the county’s District Advisory Council opted to keep Herman on the board after other members called for his removal.
The decision led to four members of the health board resigning. That led to four new members taking over the vacant seats, and in turn electing Herman as the board president.
MORE: Putnam County Sentinel
3/25/19 – 5:23 A.M.
Two recent traffic stops in Putnam County led to the arrests of undocumented immigrants. The Putnam County Sentinel reports all the people arrested were working at dairy farms in the northern part of the county.
On March 10 deputies pulled over a van near the intersection of State Routes 634 and 613. Deputies took Angela Cortes Cruz and Rafael Gomez into custody after talking to immigration enforcement officers. Two days later deputies made a traffic stop that led to the arrests of Daniel Perez-Gutierrez and Julio Escalante-De Leon.
The sheriff’s office says in both cases the drivers showed a Mexican voter identification card when asked for identification.
MORE: Putnam County Sentinel
3/25/19 – 5:13 A.M.
You’ll see road work on a few Findlay streets this week. One place you could see some traffic delays is in the Tall Timbers area. The city is closing the westbound lanes of Production Drive and the eastbound lanes of Industrial Drive. Traffic going into Tall Timbers will need to use Production Drive. Cars leaving the industrial park will need to use Industrial Drive.
The city’s engineering department says crews will also close Summit Street from Lima Avenue to Lima Street for a waterline replacement. The city is also closing Stanford Parkway from Westfield Drive to River Road for a waterline project.
Curb replacement projects are closing Fox Run Road from Saratoga Drive to Greendale Avenue and on Greendale Avenue from Bright Road to Fox Run Road.
3/25/19 – 5:06 A.M.
Hancock County saw a slight increase in sales tax receipts this month. The auditor’s office shows the county collected more than $1.6 million for March of 2019, compared to $1.5 million during the same time last year. That’s a 2 percent increase.
Year-to-date collections are up as well. Through three months the county has collected more than $4.1 million this year. The first quarter of 2018 saw receipts of $3.9 million.
March collections represent sales made around three months ago. The state collects the tax and then releases them back to the county a few months later.
3/25/19 – 4:59 A.M.
The Findlay Police Department is still looking for the person who got away from them following a police chase early Sunday morning. Investigators say the chase started just after 2:15 a.m. in the 2500 block of South Main Street. The driver took off to the south, turned onto Jackson Township Road 168, and then turned off their headlights.
The police department says officers lost the car and ended their pursuit.
The investigation into the incident continues.
03/22/19 – 6:11 P.M.
Ohio U.S. Congressman Bob Latta made a stop in Findlay Friday. He said that they are working on getting broadband access into rural areas.
Latta said that this will help rural businesses, hospitals, and even farmers. He added Congress is looking at self-driving cars but you won’t be seeing them in mass production soon.
Latta said that the cars still need a lot of testing to make them safe. He added that they are working on legislation to make testing the cars easier to do across state lines.
03/22/19 – 5:23 P.M.
The University of Findlay will be hosting a presentation on chemists and all that they do. The presentation will feature University of Texas at San Antonio’s Dr. Stephen Bach. He will go over how he and others are working on technologies related to mass spectrometry. This technique separates certain compounds from tissue to generate a more diverse sampling for analysis. The results could have implications for treatments of diseases ranging from Alzheimer’s to cancer.
The Presentation will be next Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Room 102 of the Davis Street Building.