The Division I football All-Ohio teams have been announced by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association.
Findlay Trojans quarterback Ryan Montgomery made the First Team Offense as a junior. He was also a finalist for Ohio Mr. Football.
Also making First Team Offense was Findlay wide receiver/tight end Javonte Hill, a senior.
Trojans defensive back Luke Weihrauch made the Third Team Defense.
See the complete Division I All-Ohio teams by clicking here.
(From the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office)
Another scam has been appearing.
This time the callers claim to be Publisher’s Clearing House, wanting to “give” you money, but requesting that you send Amazon gift cards to claim your “prize”.
This is a scam! You should never have to “pay” to receive prizes.
Be vigilant!
The Findlay Police Department says it will be utilizing Facebook to connect with residents about lost items.
“From now on if you have lost anything, for example. A wallet, set of keys or had a bike stolen, send a message. The property officer will check and get back with you via Facebook messenger.”
Get more details in the Facebook post below.
A Hancock County jury found a trucker guilty of deliberately crashing into and ramming vehicles on Interstate 75 in September.
Vladimir Tasciuc, 37, of Illinois, was convicted of two counts of felonious assault, a second-degree felony.
Prosecutors say on the night of September 7th Tasciuc was driving his semi southbound on I-75 near the rest area south of Findlay when he rammed the back of an SUV, sending it into the median, and then rammed a semi multiple times.
When the two semis stopped, authorities said Tasciuc then attacked the other semi driver and responding troopers had to tase him.
In his interview with the Ohio State Highway Patrol the day after the incident, which was played in court, Tasciuc said he thought that there might have been kids in the trailer of the other semi and he referred to himself as St. Vladimir the Pink Nike Shoes.
Tasciuc is being held at the Hancock County Jail and will be sentenced on January 24th.
Prosecutors said it was a miracle that no one was seriously injured in the incident.
When you check out Findlay’s Christmas Tree this year know that the star at the top was made by students at Millstream Career Center a few years back.
In 2021, Mayor Christina Muryn asked the construction, welding and engineering students to create a topper for the tree and says they jumped at the challenge.
Below is our interview with the mayor in 2021.
She says the students came up with two designs and prototypes and she met with them and chose which one will be displayed atop the tree.
She says the students then met with the City of Findlay to go over how the star would be secured and how electricity would be run to it.
The Christmas Tree can be seen in Dorney Plaza right in front of the City of Findlay Municipal Building.
See video of the tree lighting ceremony from the day after Thanksgiving below.
(ONN) – Ohio U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown says the Federal Railroad Administration has selected four routes serving Ohio and other states as priorities for Amtrak expansion.
Senator Brown says the routes are Cleveland-Columbus-Dayton-Cincinnati; Cleveland-Toledo-Detroit; Chicago-Fort Wayne-Columbus-Pittsburgh; and the Cardinal route serving New York City, Washington and Chicago.
The Cardinal line would expand from its current three times per week to a daily schedule.
Brown says Ohio, Amtrak and metropolitan planning organizations will now begin corridor development efforts.
Stu Nicholson, the former executive director of ‘All Aboard Ohio,’ says this expansion puts Ohio in the middle of it.
“All of the sudden we’re looking at a revolution in terms of inner city and interstate travel.”
Wreaths Across America Day is coming up on Saturday, December 16th at 10 a.m.
During the event wreaths are placed at the graves of Veterans and the volunteer placing the wreath speaks the Veteran’s name aloud.
Sherri Garner Brumbaugh, President of Garner Trucking, is coordinator of the Findlay event.
During last year’s Wreaths Across America Day volunteers placed wreaths at the graves of 1,500 Veterans at Maple Grove Cemetery in Findlay, which was an increase of 300 from the previous two years.
300 wreaths were also placed at the graves of Veterans at nearby St. Michael Cemetery.
The mission statement of Wreaths Across America is Remember, Honor, Teach.
REMEMBER our fallen Veterans, HONOR those who serve, and TEACH your children the value of freedom.
(From the Black Heritage Library and Multicultural Center)
Join us for our Hanukkah Celebration on Sunday, December 10 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
All are welcome to join us as we light the menorah, share some Hanukkah history, play dreidel, and share in some fellowship and traditional food items.
This event is proudly sponsored by The Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation and includes donated items from Michaels.
A unique road renaming request was denied by the Hancock County Board of Commissioners.
The commissioners decided against the request from One Energy to have Township Road 215 just north of Findlay renamed ‘Electric Avenue’.
The decision from the commissioners came after several people spoke out against the potential name change at the Tuesday meeting of the Board of Commissioners.
One Energy is an industrial power company that builds modern, on-site power grids and on-site wind turbine installations for large C&I customers such as Whirlpool Corporation, Marathon Petroleum.
(From the Hancock Historical Museum)
The Hancock Historical Museum will host its monthly Brown Bag Lecture, Thursday, December 7th at noon.
Local historian and military history buff Ron Ammons, will speak about the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II, known as the Battle of the Bulge.
The battle lasted for five weeks from 16 December 1944 to 28 January 1945, towards the end of the war in Europe.
Thursday’s lecture is free for museum members, and $3 for nonmembers.
For more information, please call the Hancock Historical Museum at (419) 423-4433, or visit hancockhistoricalmuseum.org.