Findlay City Schools will be receiving more than $1 million in state funding through Ohio’s K-12 School Safety Grant Program.

945 schools across the state will receive a combined $68 million in grants in the fourth round of the program.

The money will go towards physical safety and security upgrades.

Findlay City Schools will likely use the money to cover some of the cost of the SafeDefend active shooter protection system that was recently installed in district buildings.

The district recently held training on the system and you can get more on that by clicking here.

“When we created the K-12 School Safety Grant Program, we expected that the need for funding would far exceed the amount of money available,” said Governor DeWine.

“But I vowed to go back to the legislature and ask for more. Now, with the generous support of the Ohio General Assembly, I’m proud to announce that every single qualifying school that applied for a grant will receive funding.”

Other Hancock County schools receiving the grant funding in this round are Arcadia, Cory-Rawson and McComb. Click here for the full list.

A one-vehicle rollover crash shut down a portion of Western Avenue in Findlay.

The crash happened at around 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon on Western Avenue near where you can exit or enter State Route 15/U.S. 68.

Responders could be seen talking with the driver of the vehicle and said she will be okay.

The road was closed for a little while as the crash was investigated and the vehicle towed.

Special Olympics Ohio will host the Northwest Ohio Regional Special Olympics Basketball Tournament in Van Buren on Saturday, February 4th and Sunday, February 5th.

Games will take place in the middle and high school gyms beginning at 8:30 a.m.

The Regional Tournament starts Saturday, consisting of 11 games.

Sunday will see 12 games to decide who will play in the championship rounds.

The championship games will be held at the Bowling Green Community Center on Newton Road on February 12th.

Here, Divisions 3, 4, and 5 will complete their competition.

A total of 34 teams from 26 counties in Northwest Ohio will be participating.

The Special Olympics Ohio basketball season runs October through February.

The State Tournament is held during the first quarter of each year.

Teams must qualify for the State Tournament by placing first in their division in an Approved Regional Qualifying Tournament for the given season.

Individual Skills athletes must qualify for State Individual Skills competition by participating in an approved Regional qualifying skills competition during the given season.

Hancock County Special Olympics will have two teams competing at this Regional Tournament, a Division 3 and Division 5 team.

The Division 3 team is comprised of athletes who have a greater understanding of the fundamentals and know how to run game plays while the Division 5 team has the basic understanding of the game and are more focused on fundamentals of the sport.

Hancock County Special Olympics is coordinated by Melanie Williams through the Blanchard Valley Center – Hancock County Board of Developmental Disabilities.

For more information on this event, contact Adam Warnement, Regional Director at Special Olympics Ohio at 567-208-9119.

The Ohio Department of Transportation is letting drivers know about an upcoming ramp closure near Upper Sandusky.

ODOT says the U.S. 30 eastbound exit ramp to U.S. 23 northbound on the northwest side of Upper Sandusky will be closing on Tuesday, February 7^th for approximately one day for repairs.

The detour is to continue eastbound to State Route 199 to U.S. 30 westbound and back to U.S. 23.

Click here for the detour map.

Two brothers from Toledo agreed to a plea deal with the Hancock County Prosecutor’s Office and pleaded guilty in connection with the shooting death of a Findlay man nearly five years ago.

Jeffery Gary, 56, was found shot to death at an address on Fox Street in Findlay on February 11th, 2018.

Rudy Moya, 31, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter with a gun specification and aggravated burglary and was given 17 years behind bars. The 17-year sentence is mandatory and he will not be eligible for early release.

Ishmael Moya, 27, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter with a gun specification and was sentenced to 14 years in prison.  The 3-years for the gun specification is mandatory.

Their mugshots are below.

Investigators at the time of Gary’s death said multiple suspects confronted Gary and shot him.

A third person, Jayden Mark Edwards, 25, was previously sentenced to nine years in prison for his involvement in the death.

A fourth individual, Delfino Edwards, previously pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and aggravated burglary and will is awaiting sentencing.

The Seneca County Sheriff’s Office says a bank in Bettsville was robbed by an armed suspect.

The sheriff’s office says the person in the surveillance picture entered the Old Fort Bank on Thursday morning and robbed it at gunpoint.

The male suspect ran off and was being sought by the authorities.

The sheriff’s office said it was utilizing K9s and the Highway Patrol air unit to search for the suspect.

Residents are advised to check their cameras and if they have anything of interest or have seen anything, contact the Seneca County Sheriff’s Office at 419-447-3456

“This is an ongoing investigation with the Seneca County Sheriff’s Office Detectives and the Federal Bureau of Investigation following up on multiple leads and viewing large amounts of surveillance video footage,” said Sheriff Stevens.

(ONN) – The mayor of a town near Lima is accused of recording teenage girls undressing.

Mayor Phillip Briggs of Spencerville was arraigned in Lima Municipal Court on charges of pandering obscenity involving a minor.

The Allen County Sheriff’s Office says the two girls are his girlfriend’s daughters.

Briggs was being held at the Allen County Jail on a $200,000 bond.

Liberty-Benton Local Schools is seeking feedback from community members that will be used to craft the school district’s strategic plan.

Liberty-Benton families are being asked to take a few minutes to complete an anonymous survey.

The school district says the feedback will be valuable information for the Board of Education as the district creates a strategic plan to carry the district through the next three years.

The survey can be filled out by clicking here, and more information is below.

The Findlay Police Department cited a bicyclist for a right-of-way violation after they were involved in a crash with a car in Findlay.

Police say Candace Drakeford, 49, of Findlay, was traveling westbound on the sidewalk on the south side of West Trenton Avenue on Sunday when she failed to ensure that safe passage could be made and was struck by a car that was making a right turn from Morey Avenue onto West Trenton Avenue.

Police say Drakeford was taken to Blanchard Valley Hospital for suspected minor injuries and was issued a right-of-way citation.

The filing deadline for the May 2^nd primary election was Wednesday.

According to the Hancock County Board of Elections, Findlay Mayor Christina Muryn will have a challenger in the Republican primary as Haydee Sadler filed to run. No Democrats had filed to run for mayor as of the deadline.  Write-in candidates have until February 21st to file.

In other races, Findlay City Council member Dennis Hellman, who represents the Second Ward, is being challenged by Michael Gentry in the Republican primary.

In the Third Ward, incumbent Beth Warnecke is being challenged by fellow Republican Kraig Kutschbach in the primary, and Democrat Shawn Mason also filed to run.

Among the issues that were filed to be on the May 2nd primary ballot were a renewal income tax for Cory Rawson Local School District and a renewal tax levy for Van Buren Local Schools.

There are no countywide issues.

All of this is unofficial until certified by the Hancock County Board of Elections by checking signatures and making sure petitions were filled out correctly.