5/17/19 – 5:05 A.M.
Repair work on a water line has caused a boil water advisory in Findlay. The Water Distribution Department says the advisory is affecting homes in the 100 and 200 blocks of Olive Street. A home at 2446 Marion Drive is also included.
Homes in the affected area should boil their water for at least a minute before using it.
List of homes affected:
Olive Street: 130, 131, 135, 140, 141, 204, 208, 216, 222, 228, 236, 244, 250
Marion Drive: 2446
5/17/19 – 4:58 A.M.
Traffic deaths have spiked in Hancock County this year. Crashes in the county have killed 14 people so far in 2019. That’s compared to 11 in all of 2018. The State Highway Patrol says no other county is so far ahead of its year-to-date fatality total. Through May of last year, only three people had died in traffic-related crashes.
Sheriff Mike Heldman says there isn’t a trend or bad intersection he can point to as the cause of the spike. Heldman says “that’s kind of the strange part of it.” He adds that drivers need to pay more attention, especially once the planting season gets underway and there is farm machinery on area roads.
Earlier this year the State Patrol said unsafe speeds and failure to yield incidents were increasing. The patrol also cited a lack of seat belt use by people killed in crashes.
05/16/19 – 7:15 P.M.
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown joined us on WFIN to talk about tariffs and U.S. Trade. He said that he agreed with President Trump’s use of tariffs at first.
He added that he thinks it’s gone too far though.
Brown said that the U.S. should target China and not apply tariffs to our allies as well. He said that this will lead to more hardships for farmers and the economy if it continues.
Despite this, he said that he still holds hope that they will see success and find policies that help American workers.
05/16/19 – 6 P.M.
There was a small fire in downtown Findlay Thursday afternoon. The fire was in a small structure in the alley beside Scrambler Maries. Firefighters didn’t take long to get the fire under control and it didn’t spread to any of the buildings.
Residents saw heavy black smoke coming from the alley causing some concern. The investigation into the fire continues.
05/16/19 – 4:35 P.M.
State Treasurer Robert Sprague stopped in Findlay Thursday to talk to people handling public investments. He talked to the group about programs available to them. like the Ohio Market Access Program.
Sprague said that this can lead to lower interest rates for public entities.
He also talked about the Results Ohio Program. This allows public and private entities to get paid by the state for successful programs.
He said that this will remove the guesswork and save money with programs scale-able across the state. He said that he hopes this can lead to solutions in the opioid epidemic and the Lake Erie algae issues.
05/16/19 – 2:32 P.M.
Two men were killed and one was injured in a crash in Delaware Township this morning. The Hancock County County Sheriff’s Office reports that the accident happened around 7:21 a.m. at the intersection of County Roads 157 and 156. 42-year-old Nate Arnold of Mt. Blanchard failed to stop at the stop sign and was struck by 48-year-old Rick Renz of Fostoria.
Arnold and his passenger, 29-year-old Brandon Stevens of Forest, were pronounced dead at the scene. They were not wearing their seatbelts.
A relative took Renz to Blanchard Valley Hospital.
5/16/19 – 10:26 A.M.
Hancock County is buying another flood-prone building for demolition. The Hancock County Commissioners approved a resolution to buy a home at 930 Fox Street for $31,000 during their Thursday meeting. They’ll use grant money designated for flood mitigation to pay for the property.
The home sits at the corner of Fox and Frazier streets west of the University of Findlay. When Howard Run floods it often damages the house.
5/16/19 – 5:17 A.M.
The Findlay Police Department is hosting its annual bicycle rodeo this weekend. The bike safety event takes place from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. Saturday at the Marathon Center for the Performing Arts.
The bike rodeo is open to kids in first through sixth grades. They should bring their bikes and helmets if they have them.
The event will also have pizza, entertainment, and prizes.
5/16/19 – 5:11 A.M.
A jury in Seneca County convicted a Fostoria man on drug and weapons charges this week. The Review-Times reports the jury convicted 33-year-old Frisco Parks on two counts of aggravated trafficking in drugs and a count of possessing a weapon under disability. They found him not guilty on a possessing criminal tools charge.
Assistant Seneca County Prosecutor Stephanie Kiser told the jury that authorities found two different strengths of oxycodone pills and a gun in Parks’ home.
Parks will learn his sentence today.
MORE: Review-Times
5/16/19 – 5:03 A.M.
Putnam County will spray ditches in the western part of the county to control the growth of weeds and brush this year. The Putnam County Sentinel reports the spraying program will start next week. The county treats ditches in the western half of the county in odd-numbered years.
Putnam County Engineer Michael Lenhart tells the newspaper the spray program is a low-cost way to manage unwanted weeds along ditches.
Farmers with fields next to the ditches need to make sure they follow easements at the top of the banks. There isn’t compensation available for crops planted in the easement that get damaged from the spraying effort.
MORE: Putnam County Sentinel