The Ohio State Highway Patrol has released video of when troopers located an abducted child on the Ohio Turnpike last weekend.
In the video below, you can hear the troopers calming down the little girl by giving her a teddy bear, called Teddy the Trooper.
The child was abducted from Colorado by her non-custodial mother, who was taken into custody.
Troopers from the Swanton Post pulled conducted the traffic stop on the Ohio Turnpike in Williams County on Saturday night.
Watch the heartfelt moment when troopers from the Swanton Post made contact with an abducted child on the Ohio Turnpike. The 5-year-old girl, from Colorado, was located with her non-custodial mother. More on the story at https://t.co/vI7uSZqVbCpic.twitter.com/z5YcDVmNos
UPDATE – Cross said on Friday that his test did come back positive, and he’ll be resting and recovering at home.
State Representative Jon Cross (R-Kenton) is isolating and awaiting the results of a COVID test.
Cross says his wife has tested positive and he likely has it also.
Cross says he’s had a light fever, body aches, fatigue and he lost his sense of smell.
Cross has been very critical of the governor’s handling of the pandemic, in particular business closures and curfews.
He tells WFIN News that his bout with COVID won’t change his stance at all.
Cross said he believes people may get confused about his debate on masks.
“I’m perfectly fine with a business, if they require a mask that’s great. If we’re adults in a room together and we’re wearing masks that’s great,” Cross said.
“It’s the principle of not having the government mandating mask-wearing. It’s the process that I was always challenging.”
Hundreds of people picked up a variety of nutritious foods at different distribution events in Hancock County on Thursday.
Ron Rooker, the director of Chopin Hall in Findlay, says there’s been an uptick in people seeking food assistance since the pandemic began and the need continues to grow as the pandemic drags on.
We spoke with Ron at one of the two food distributions that were held at the Hancock County Fairgrounds on Thursday. You can get more of our conversation with him in the video below.
A total of five distribution events were held in Hancock County on Thursday.
Ron says the events combined helped out an estimated 600 to 700 families.
CHOPIN Hall, the West Ohio Food Bank and Hancock County officials joined together to hold the Mobile Food Pantries.
Blanchard Valley Health System will be holding an online update about its response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The event will be held via Facebook Live on Friday at 2 p.m. and is titled “Our Response to the Rising COVID-19 Cases in the Community – Part III”
BVHS President and CEO Scott Malaney and Dr. William Kose, vice president of special projects, will discuss the organizations planning of operations and processes to ensure the safety and care of patients as the pandemic continues.
Malaney and Kose will be taking questions from the community.
Questions may be submitted ahead of time by emailing community@bvhealthsystem.org or by sending a direct message to the BVHS Facebook page.
The event can be viewed on the BVHS Facebook page by clicking here.
Anyone needing assistance with viewing the event can call 419-423-5551.
It will also be posted to the BVHS website once it has ended.
Deb Wickerham will be stepping down as the Executive Director/Flight Director of Flag City Honor Flight.
She will still serve in an advisory role.
“Flag City Honor Flight is part of me and will always be part of me,” Wickerham told WFIN News.
“I’m just so glad that there are good people who can take it on from now. We have good people on the board and a great team.”
Deb says she feels very comfortable that Flag City Honor Flight will continue to do well in serving Veterans as best they can.
Wickerham started Flag City Honor Flight in 2010 and they’ve grown to become the Honor Flight hub for, not only northwest Ohio, but also southeast Michigan and some of northeast Indiana.
She says they’ve taken more than 1,200 Veterans to Washington D.C. to visit the war memorials.
Deb says they were planning to have a big ten-year celebration this year but then the pandemic happened.
She says they’ll celebrate their ten-year anniversary and start up the trips again when it’s safe to do so.
Deb is stepping down at the end of the year.
Current President, Bob Weinberg, will take over as Flight Director.
The position of Executive Director will not be filled. The board and committees will take over those responsibilities.
Deb points out that she will still serve in an advisory role and she thanks everyone who has helped make Flag City Honor Flight such a success.
Deb says it was a full-time job and now she’ll have more time to spend with family and her two grandkids who live in Arizona.
