[WFIN] – Parents and students made their way to the University of Findlay for move-in day on Thursday. Sherri and Joel Edelbrock said it was their first time helping their daughter move in…

Parents and family get to be involved in the orientation process until the Arch Ceremony on Friday. Students will take part in orientation and service projects throughout the rest of the weekend before classes start.

 

[WFIN] – An accident on I-75 involving an ice cream van closed the interstate and created a lengthy backup Wednesday.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol Findlay Post reports that the accident happened around 5:15 p.m. just south of Findlay.

60-year-old Juliet Walker was driving the van in the right southbound lane when she changed lanes without signaling and struck 31-year-old Kevin Cieplowski.

Walker spun out into the median and overturned several times. She came to a halt on her left side in the northbound lanes. Cieplowski and a volunteer firefighter removed Walker from the vehicle and she was taken to Blanchard Valley Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Troopers cited Walker for failure to show due regard when changing lanes.

[WFIN] – The Findlay Fire Department hired five new firefighters this week. Findlay Fire Chief Josh Eberle said the new firefighters will replace some openings and prepare for retirements.

Eberle added they don’t like to rely on overtime.

He added that he is excited to have the new firefighters and that they will start training them to make sure they are ready to serve.

[WFIN] – A Findlay woman was sentenced this morning for biting off part of another woman’s ear.

The Courier reports that 24-year-old Danielle Basinger pleaded no contest last may to aggravated assault. She will spend 45 days in jail and will have to pay restitution for the cost of two reconstructive surgeries.

You can read more on thecourier.com

The Findlay Police Department is investigating an attempted burglary that resulted in shots being fired.

The police department says officers responded to the area of Elm Street and Lima Avenue at 11:39 Wednesday night to investigate a call of shots fired.

Upon arrival, officers learned that the incident happened at a residence in the 400 block of Elm Street.

The resident told police that a suspect forced his way in through the front door, fired some shots and then took off.

No one was injured by the gunfire.

Police say a possible suspect has been identified.

Anyone with information on the incident is urged to contact the Findlay Police Department at 419-424-7150

(ONN) – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost says no misuse has occurred with the state’s facial-recognition system.

Yost released the results of an internal review saying there were no instances of mass-surveillance and the system is operated lawfully.

Yost did revoke access to the technology to over four-thousand law enforcement officers until they can be properly trained on its use.

According to the report, the system has been used by Ohio law enforcement over ten-thousand times since 2017.

A woman was injured when she stopped on a roadway to check on a truck on the side of the road and was involved in a crash.

The crash happened on the US 68 eastbound on-ramp from SR 15 to US 68 in Eagle Township at 9:18 Wednesday night.

The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office says Rebekah Wrightington, 58, of Findlay, stopped in the center of the eastbound ramp of US 68 to check on the welfare of a commercial truck on the side of the road.

A pickup truck then crashed into her SUV.

The sheriff’s office says Wrightington was injured and taken to Blanchard Valley Hospital.

The man driving the pickup and a juvenile passenger were not injured.

Wrightington was cited for Prohibition Against Parking on Highways.

A big piece of the Interstate 75 reconstruction project through Findlay started to come together on Wednesday.

WFIN News was on hand for the beam setting on the bridge that will carry traffic on SR15/US68 over the future new Lima Avenue.

And good news for people who rely on that stretch of Lima Avenue to get around.

“We anticipate having Lima Avenue opened up by the end of the year,” said Project Engineer Ryan Bair.

He says that new interchange is also expected to be open by the end of this year, although there won’t be full access to I-75 as construction continues.

The Ohio Department of Transportation recently announced that the Interstate 75 reconstruction and widening project is now 70 percent done, and is slated for completion in late 2020.

[WFIN] – University of Findlay pharmacy students worked with associate professor Dr. Rahul Khupse to develop a drug to fight cancer.

The drug the class is developing will be an oral compound that targets glioblastomas, which is the most aggressive form of cancer in the brain.

If successful, the medication would remove the need for risky medical procedures. The work will continue in the next year by beginning cell trials.

[WFIN] – The agribusiness community took a hit this spring and many businesses are backing off support of the youth livestock auction at the Hancock County Fair. The Findlay-Hancock County Chamber Agribusiness Committee is taking donations to help out.

Membership and program manager Doug Jenkins said that the kids use the money raised at the auction to pay for more livestock or even save for college.

Jenkins said they will have someone at the auction representing the Chamber Agribusiness Committee.

You can learn more and donate here.