Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is remaining optimistic that the Ohio State Buckeyes football team will take the field this fall.

Sources reported over the weekend that DeWine had renewed his season tickets to Buckeyes home games at Ohio Stadium.

DeWine commented on the chances of the Buckeyes playing this year and said he thinks the Big Ten will figure out a way to have games, but it’s too early to know if fans will be sitting in the seats or watching the game on TV.

As it currently stands, the Buckeyes are scheduled to host in-state rival Bowling Green at the Horseshoe on September 5th.

A man’s behind bars after allegedly assaulting someone with a golf club in Findlay.

Police say they were dispatched to a business in the 800 block of West Trenton Avenue on Saturday afternoon on the report of the assault.

Officers located the suspect, later identified as Robert L. Lopez, in the 700 block of West Trenton with the golf club in hand.

Police say the 38-year-old Lopez put the golf club down but then started reaching into his pockets.

Police say the suspect refused to remove his hands from his pockets and was taken to the ground, subdued and taken into custody.

Police say the suspect sustained a head injury and was taken to Blanchard Valley Hospital for treatment.

He was treated and released and then transported to the Hancock County Justice Center where he was booked on a charge of felonious assault.

Police say the victim of the assault sustained an obvious head injury and refused treatment.

The Findlay Police Department says a pregnant woman was taken to Blanchard Valley Hospital as a precaution after rear-ending a vehicle on Tiffin Avenue.

It happened at around 4:30 Saturday afternoon in the 1600 block of Tiffin Avenue.

Police say Alexandra P. Oliver, 22, of Findlay, was eastbound when she crashed into the back of another eastbound vehicle that was stopped in traffic.

Police say Oliver was not wearing a seat belt and her stomach struck the steering wheel.

Police say Oliver was taken to BVH as a precaution.

She was ticketed for speeding and an assured clear distance ahead violation.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is reminding everyone to keep an eye out for motorcycles as the weather warms up.

“As the weather gets warmer and as people come out from being cooped up from the stay at home order you are going to see a lot more motorcycles out there,” said Lt. Matt Crow, Commander of the Findlay Post.

He’s urging motorcyclists to ride trained and sober and other drivers to be aware and take a few extra seconds to watch out for motorcycles.

In 2019 in Ohio, there were 3,585 traffic crashes involving motorcycles that resulted in 165 deaths and 3,245 injuries.

Overall, 79 percent of motorcycle-involved crashes resulted in at least one injury or death.

There was a fatal motorcycle crash north of McComb on May 3rd.

May is National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month.

Ohio law requires helmets for riders under 18 and drivers with less than one year of motorcycle experience.

Passengers on motorcycles must also wear a helmet when the driver is required to do so.

(ONN) – There are still plenty of businesses and locations in Ohio that have not been put on a restart timeline.

While restaurants, salons, and other businesses now have an opening date, we’re still waiting on gyms, daycares, BMV offices, playgrounds and more.

But, that could change come Monday.

Governor DeWine says he plans to make an announcement on daycares after the weekend.

Almost all of them have been closed since March 26th.

The ones that did stay open, had to have a temporary pandemic child care license.

Awakening Minds Art has announced the closing of their studio on Main Street in downtown Findlay.

They say when the pandemic hit they lost all of their income streams and just like countless other organizations has had to make some very tough decisions.

While their studio is closing, they will still be providing most of their services offsite at their home offices and vehicles.

“This is not new to us, this is how Awakening Minds Art started,” said founder and executive director Sarah Crisp.

“Driving to facilities and agencies and making it work that way, so we’re going back to the basics.”

Crisp said eliminating the overhead of their studio allows them to better weather the economic storm the pandemic has created.

She says fundraising is still critical and that’s the only way they’ll survive.

“For more than 11 years, our organization has changed lives through the arts. We are counting on you to help us continue our legacy.”

And she reiterates, that even though their studio is closing, they will still be providing many services, in nursing homes, schools when they start back up, at agencies and at dayhab facilities.

“Our very mission-focused programming will continue as it did before.”

(ONN) – Only about half of the more than 1 million unemployed Ohioans have received unemployment benefits.

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services says they’re still playing catch up.

The agency’s Kim Hall hopes to bring on an additional 150 employees soon but says they need 4,000 more to handle all the calls.

“We know that that’s no excuse and we continue to work at it every day,” Hall said.

In the meantime, she says people can help by limiting the number of follow-up calls and looking for answers on the website first, before calling.

Findlay City Schools says Jefferson Primary has been certified as a Leader in Me Lighthouse School by FranklinCovey Education, joining Chamberlin Hill Intermediate.

The district says only around 300 schools worldwide have met this prestigious benchmark.

The Lighthouse Certification is a highly-regarded standard set by FranklinCovey that is attainable by every Leader in Me school.

FranklinCovey visited Jefferson to evaluate the environment, culture, and language at Jefferson.

The program, which is not taught as a curriculum but rather incorporated in all classroom activities, is based on Dr. Stephen Covey’s bestseller, “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.”

Findlay City Schools is thankful to Raise the Bar – Hancock County, who partnered with the district to make the Leader in Me program possible.

Raise the Bar – Hancock County is congratulating Findlay’s Jefferson Primary for achieving the designation.

The organization says the Raise the Bar – Hancock County cradle-to-career model, leadership skills are a pillar in the long-term growth of the local workforce.

Currently, there are 10 schools in various implementation stages of The Leader in Me with a goal to be fully implemented (county-wide) by 2025.

Safety forces from Findlay and across Hancock County spelled out Thank You with their vehicles at The Cube to thank the 180th Fighter Wing from Toledo for doing flybys of Ohio cities to thank frontline workers and boost public morale during the pandemic.

“We had about every law enforcement, fire and EMS in the county come out,” said Brandon Andrews, captain with the Liberty Township Fire Department.

He came up with the idea to create a thank you that the pilots would be able to see from the sky as they flew over.

“For being put together in less than 24 hours it was great.”

The jets did a couple of passes around Findlay.

In their first pass they emerged from the east and flew directly over The Cube as you can see in the video below.

Findlay, and the entire state of Ohio for that matter, will be under a Freeze Warning as temperatures plummet late Friday into Saturday.

The National Weather Service says the Freeze Warning will be in effect from Friday night at 11 until Saturday morning at 11.

Forecasters say temperatures could drop as low as 26 degrees.

Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation while possibly damaging unprotected outdoor plumbing.

Friday’s forecast is calling for cloudy skies and high of 48, and there’s a chance for a little snow Friday night into Saturday morning as temperatures drop into the 20s.

Saturday is looking to be partly sunny with a high around 50.