A Findlay man is heading to prison for robbing a gas station.
The Courier is reporting that Kip A. Wright was sentenced to 8 to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to a charge of aggravated robbery.
In June, the 28-year-old entered the Exxon on Fostoria Avenue, struck an employee in the face with a gun and robbed the place.
Get more at The Courier.com.
It’ll be a special day for dozens of area veterans as they take part in the second Flag City Honor Flight of the year.
77 veterans and their guardians from the Findlay area are flying to Washington D.C. on Tuesday to visit the war memorials there.
Once in our nation’s capital, the veterans will by bus to the WWII, Korean, and Vietnam memorials and observe the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
The return flight will arrive in Toledo at Grand Aire Hangar at approximately 9:45 pm.
A welcome home ceremony with family members will follow. The public is welcome to attend.
The caravan should arrive back in Findlay around midnight.
The trip is absolutely free for the veterans.
The trip is made possible by the generous donations of several individuals, organizations and local businesses.
With the successful June flight, more than 1,000 veterans have flown on Honor Flight through the Flag City hub of the National Honor Flight Network since 2010.
A mental health patient fled from Blanchard Valley Hospital, prompting the lockdown of a school.
The Findlay Police Department says officers responded to the hospital a little before 1 o’clock Monday afternoon in reference to a male fleeing during a mental health screening.
The male ran in a southwest direction, prompting a lockdown of Chamberlain Hill Elementary School.
The person was later located by another agency and taken to the hospital where he fled again, running in a southwest direction and he has not been located.
The male was wearing a hospital gown and had dark paint on his face.
Police say there have been no threats or threatening actions to the general public.
Anyone who believes they may have seen the person should contact the authorities.
He’s a white male, standing about five feet eleven and weighing 150 pounds with brown hair.
Police did not release the male’s name.
(WFIN) – Part of a Findlay Street will be closed until Tuesday.
The City of Findlay reports that part of East Main Cross between Osborn Avenue and Huron Road is closed for street repairs.
The city expects the road to reopen at 4 p.m. on Tuesday.
(WFIN) – Lincoln Elementary in Findlay has a new therapy dog to interact with students.
Rebecca Wank teaches at Lincoln and explained Truman is a popular 3-year-old Yellow Lab that helps kids when they need it…
Wank explained that Truman came to them from Assistance Dogs for Achieving Independence (ADAI) for a minimal fee and they provide support and care for Truman.
She added that students are involved in maintaining the therapy dog program to help them learn leadership traits.
Truman is available to the students outside of class as well depending on the needs of the children and what is happening in their lives outside of school.
A Hancock County resident has joined Ohio’s “Saved by the Belt” club after his seat belt saved him from being seriously injured or killed in a crash.
The highway patrol says the crash that Matthew J. Witte, of Rawson, was involved in happened in May in Liberty Township on County Road 84.
“Matthew is living testimony to the effectiveness of safety belts,” said Lt. Matt Crow, Findlay Post Commander, after presenting Matthew with a “Saved by the Belt” certificate signed by the director of the Ohio Department of Public Safety.
“Everyone needs to buckle up, every trip, every time.”
In 2018, 419 people were killed in traffic crashes where a safety belt was available but not being used.
The “Saved by the Belt” Club is a joint effort by the Ohio Department of Public Safety and more than 400 Ohio law enforcement agencies.
This club recognizes people who have benefited from their decision to wear a safety belt.
Witte also received a “Saved by the Belt” license plate bracket.
President Trump was in Wapakoneta on Sunday, where he toured a new plant being opened by Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt.
“We proudly declare that Pratt Industries and this great, great state of Ohio is open for business,” Trump said.
Trump was joined by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to discuss plans to increase job creation in the U.S. and Ohio.
Wapakoneta’s Pratt Industries turns recycled paper into cardboard – a business Trump says is slated to employee hundreds.
Some University of Findlay students won the Community Chalk A Walk contest over the weekend with their sidewalk drawing of a misunderstood creature that befriends a cat.
“We just kind of tried to design a story around him, and show him interacting with this animal that he’s enamored by and finds a friend in.”
The students said they decided to go with sort of a Halloween theme with Halloween approaching.
The students won $100 with their chalk drawing, which is at the southeast corner of Main Street and Crawford Street.
The contest is put on annually by the Findlay Art League.
An inmate who failed to return from his court-ordered work release in Putnam County last week has been located.
The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office says 48-year-old David J. Cole was taken into custody on Sunday.
He was taken to the Putnam County Adult Detention Facility where he’s awaiting a court appearance.
The sheriff’s office says on Tuesday night Cole failed to report back to the Putnam County Adult Detention Facility from his court-ordered work release at Raw Steel in Leipsic.
(WFIN) – A Dunkirk man says he is lucky to be alive after a semi plowed through his house and throwing him out of the house.
Jerry Smith said that he was right there when the semi came crashing in on Friday…
“The funny thing is if I wouldn’t have had to go to the bathroom- I was going to the couch to turn the TV on. The couch is over there, underneath the front of that semi. So, that wouldn’t have ended well”.
Jerry was taken to St. Rita’s by LifeFlight. He said that even doctors and nurses said he’s lucky to be walking around.
“They gave me a full CAT scan at St. Rita’s. They did blood work. They told me to go buy a lottery ticket.”
Jerry was taken to St. Rita’s by LifeFlight.
Neighbors and friends helped Smith reclaim items that were thrown from his house alongside him.
There’s no immediate word on the condition of the truck driver.
At the end of our chat with Jerry, we asked him if he was going to get that lotto ticket. He chuckled and said the gas station looked closed.
Below is a video to show the extent of the damage. More here.