Hancock County 4-H is gearing up for the Hancock County Fair. Youth development educator Cassie Anderson said that they have had some livestock interviews already.
Anderson added that they will be getting the youth building prepped leading up to the fair as well. She said there will be over 40 displays.
The fair will kick off on August 28 this year.
(ONN) – A Republican lawmaker in Ohio is proposing using seized fentanyl to carry out executions that have been put on hold, while state officials seek a new execution method.
According to the Columbus Dispatch, Rep. Scott Wiggam, of Wooster, intends to introduce a bill to allow the state’s condemned to be executed with illegal fentanyl that has been seized by police.
Wiggam says he’s seeking co-sponsors for the bill, which would employ a synthetic opioid that has killed thousands of Ohioans in accidental overdoses.
A death-penalty expert calls it unworkable, saying that federal law prohibits illegal use and possession of fentanyl.
The Findlay Municipal Court will be holding its 2nd Annual Safe Surrender Day in October.
People who have a bench warrant for their arrest, no matter the reason, can get the warrant released on Thursday, October 3rd from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Officials say all you need to do is show up at Findlay Municipal Court and meet with court staff.
The Public Defender’s Office, City of Findlay Prosecutor’s Office and other agencies will be on hand on that day to help get any bench warrants addressed and released.
Last year, the Findlay Municipal Court helped 76 people get a total of 104 bench warrants released.
Findlay Municipal Court is at 318 Dorney Plaza, Room 206.
Get more information here, or by calling the Findlay Municipal Court Clerk’s office at 419-424-7141.
(ONN) – The Ohio State University has filed for a trademark for the word “The.”
Online records from the United States Patent and Trademark office show it was filed last week.
The goal is to use the word “The” on items like shirts and hats.
This could mean a new brand of “The” clothing.
A man who drove into a pond while fleeing from police has been indicted by a Hancock County grand jury.
The Courier is reporting that Danny Ray Scarberry Jr. has been charged with failure to comply with an order or signal from a police officer, a 3rd-degree felony.
The 52-year-old ended up in a pond at Birch Run Golf Course in North Baltimore on August 6th after allegedly fleeing from state troopers when they tried to pull him over.
Scarberry previously was indicted in connection with a 2015 aggravated robbery at a restaurant in Findlay.
Get the full story at The Courier.com.
Alt said that while every donation counts they are still in need of more blood amidst this year’s shortage. She added that people will have another chance to donate this Friday at StoneBridge Church from 1-7 p.m.
Lammers explained that they wanted to expand because there currently aren’t many options for ride services in the county.
Lammers said that they will go live on Thursday, operating from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. You can reach the Wyandot office at 419-731-0019.
According to a post on the department’s Facebook page, a scammer is calling residents asking donations on behalf of the police department.
Findlay PD reports that they are not calling residents to collect donations and that the suspect is lying. They urge you to hang up if you receive the call and to not send the callers any money.
The Findlay Police Department has hired a new police officer.
Nicholas Price was sworn in by Mayor Christina Muryn on Monday.
The 22-year-old Price is a graduate of North Union High School in Richwood, Ohio.
He’s working towards a degree at Bowling Green State University.
He has served in the U.S. Army Reserves since 2016.
Price will attend the Ohio State Highway Patrol Academy to obtain his Ohio Peace Officer Certification.
Upon graduating from the academy, he’ll join the Findlay Police Department’s patrol division.
A new organization is helping people turn their lives around in Hancock County.
Welcome To A New Life goes into the Hancock County Jail and meets with inmates and offers them help in living a crime-free, drug-free life.
“We have learned that they have little respect for themselves, they think they are unrespected in this community,” said Puck Rowe, of the group’s co-founders.
“However, they want a new life. They don’t want that image and they want to move forward.”
He says everyone makes mistakes and everyone deserves some help.
“We need to help them feel more positive about themselves and the only way we can do that is by working through mentors and with the help of everyone involved.”
He says the program will help lessen the overcrowding at the jail and at the same time put people on a path to becoming a productive member of society.
He says, while the program has had its success stories and failures since it began in November 2018, it’s garnering positive feedback from people in the Hancock County criminal justice system like judges and parole officers. Sheriff Michael Heldman is on the group’s board.
Rowe says the program needs more mentors to help it become a sustaining success.
Stan Kujawa is the group’s other co-founder.
Learn more about the program, its founders, and how you can be a part of it here.