The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office is warning of a possible scam.
The sheriff’s office says the scam involves people receiving a text, email or Facebook message stating that a lost package of theirs from earlier in the year has been found.
And to assume ownership and to take delivery, the person receiving the message would have to click on the provided link.
The sheriff’s office reminds people to always use caution before clicking on any unknown link.
Get more on the possible scam here.
Governor DeWine has announced that school districts will be required to report COVID-19 cases to health officials and parents.
DeWine said the health order will mandate schools to establish a system to notify local health departments and parents in writing if a student or staff member has tested positive for the coronavirus.
The governor stressed that the public report would give as much information as possible while also withholding protected health information that might identify the individual in question.
DeWine said that prompt reporting can help prevent further spread of the virus by keeping all involved informed.
The Findlay Police Department took a robbery suspect into custody during a traffic stop.
Police say A Bo Guedea, 37, of Lima, had been at a residence in the 1000 block of Hurd Avenue for an outdoor gathering at around 1:30 Thursday morning when he went inside and stole a lockbox and other items.
The homeowner saw Guedea leaving and gave chase.
The two got into an altercation and Guedea dropped the lockbox and fled in a white SUV.
Officers located the vehicle and took Guedea into custody after a positive ID was made by the homeowner.
Guedea was taken to the Hancock County Jail where he’s facing robbery charges.
(ONN) – Ohioans, including hundreds from American Electric Power, have headed south to help victims of Hurricane Laura.
They’re leaving their families for at least two weeks to provide help to the gulf coast and restore power to areas that are badly hit.
Ohio Task Force One also took off for the area Wednesday night.
There are about 85 members from the Ohio area.
They’re part of a search and rescue team that will likely be needed now that the hurricane has hit.
Two people were transported to Blanchard Valley Hospital after a crash in Findlay.
The crash happened at 6:22 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Clinton Court and Martin Luther King Parkway.
The Findlay Police Department says Jaame Courtney, 25, of Findlay, was westbound on Clinton Court in a Cadillac STS and pulled out in front of a Hyundai Sonata that was southbound on Martin Luther King Parkway.
A passenger in Courtney’s car, Brittany Smith, was taken to Blanchard Valley Hospital for minor injuries.
The driver of the Hyundai, Priscilla Drake, 22, of Findlay, was taken to Blanchard Valley Hospital for minor injuries.
The police department says Courtney was issued a citation for failure to yield.
A man is facing felony charges after allegedly exchanging gunfire with Hancock County Sheriff’s Office deputies.
Deputies responded to 16091 County Road 8 in Jackson Township a little before 7 o’clock Wednesday night to investigate a domestic dispute.
During their investigation, the sheriff’s office says Dean Lauck, 51, of Arlington, pulled a gun.
The sheriff’s office says gunfire was exchanged between Lauck and deputies and Lauck fled the area.
No one was struck by the gunfire.
The area was searched by K-9s, a helicopter and a drone and Lauck was taken into custody later in the evening.
He was taken to the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office and charged with felonious assault, a first-degree felony.
The public is invited to attend a Raise the Wall ceremony for Habitat for Humanity of Findlay/Hancock County‘s latest project.
Habitat’s Wendy McCormick says the home being constructed at 1410 Logan Avenue is their 2020 Apostle Build and their 45th overall project.
She says Habitat does an all-church Apostle Build once every three years.
Wendy says the home is for Allison Bowyer, who has four kids and is already making plans for her new home.
Allison has prepared for her new home by attending home ownership and Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University classes.
She’s also required to put in 400 hours of sweat equity into building her family’s Habitat house and working at the ReStore.
The Raise the Wall ceremony will be held at 10 o’clock Saturday morning at the site at 1410 Logan Avenue in Findlay’s West Park neighborhood.
Construction is slated for August 29th through September 26th and then the home will be dedicated on October 3rd.
An area business owner says he probably would’ve gone under had it not been for the Paycheck Protection Program.
Chris Bates of Bates Recycling in Cygnet says the program allowed him to keep all of his workers on staff and likely saved his operation.
Congressman Bob Latta says the program was designed with small businesses like Bates Recycling in mind.
The Paycheck Protection Program was part of the CARES Act that passed Congress earlier this year and was geared towards helping small businesses keep employees on the payroll.
Latta says in Ohio’s 5th Congressional District, the program was utilized by more than 6,000 businesses and saved or supported more than 120,000 jobs.
The number of active COVID-19 cases went down in the latest data from Hancock Public Health.
The agency said Wednesday that there were 45 active cases of the virus, which is a drop of 14 from Monday.
Active cases are patients who are currently under quarantine or isolation.
There were 490 total cases as of Wednesday, an increase of eight from Monday.
43 people have been hospitalized from the virus in Hancock County since the beginning of the pandemic and six residents have died from it.
Hancock County is at level 2, or orange, on the state’s COVID-19 alert map.
The Tiffin Drive-In Theater is under new ownership and will be investing $200,000 in two new screens, with other improvements to follow in the next few years.
The Tiffin-Seneca Economic Partnership says the drive-in was recently purchased by Mike Cole, a freelance writer and entrepreneur from Findlay.
Among his planned changes, two new screens are to be built.
One of the screens will be 84-foot-wide and replace the original screen, built when the drive-in was first opened in 1949.
Also, a second, permanent 44-foot-wide screen will be constructed.
Cole says operations should continue as normal for the next few weeks and expects that the new screens will be constructed beginning in early September, during which time the house on State Route 53 will also be removed.
He says other areas of the drive-in will also be getting a facelift over the next 3 to 4 years.
“We are excited to bring the Tiffin Drive-In Theater into the next era and help it to continue to be a unique attraction in Seneca County for many years to come,” Cole said.
Cole said he and his wife were inspired to open a drive-in theater after visiting others.
(picture courtesy of the Tiffin Drive-In Theater)
