The University of Findlay’s October Fridays at Findlay lecture series will be focused on agriculture, Ohio’s largest industry.
“Changes and Challenges in Ag Business Today” will be presented virtually from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Friday, October 30th.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
Panelists Ken Vaupel, CEO of Alfagreen Supreme, and Paul Kalmbach, Jr., President of Kalmbach Feeds, will share their insight into the changes and challenges in the ag industry today.
The University of Findlay says this virtual session is sure to offer excellent insight into the Ohio agriculture industry, business changes and challenges, and how the current market has impacted agriculture as a whole.
To register for the lecture and for more information click here.
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That’s the message state officials work to convey yearlong, and especially on National Move Over Awareness Day on Monday.
The Ohio Department of Transportation, The Ohio State Highway Patrol and other agencies are reminding drivers of the state’s Move Over Law, which requires drivers to move over for all roadside workers and vehicles with flashing lights.
If you can’t move over, you need to slow down.
Last year on Ohio’s roads, drivers failing to move over struck road construction equipment more than 600 times, tow trucks 341 times, snowplows more than 200 times and law enforcement vehicles more than 1,000 times,
There have been 3,541 work zone related crashes this year in Ohio, resulting in 17 fatalities and 951 injuries.
There have also been more than 500 crashes involving law enforcement, construction and utility workers, and tow truck drivers being struck while working along the roadside.
In 2019, the Ohio State Highway Patrol issued 7,829 citations for those failing to move over or slow down.
A survey of Ohio drivers conducted by Brittany Shoots-Reinhard, research assistant professor at The Ohio State University Department of Psychology, found gaps in Ohioans’ knowledge of the state’s Move Over law, especially when it comes to construction crews or tow trucks.
More than 90 percent of survey participants responded that they know that the Move Over law applies to law enforcement and emergency vehicles, compared to 70 percent for construction vehicles, 62 percent for tow trucks and 50 percent for disabled vehicles with flashing lights.
Learn more about that survey and about the Move Over Law by clicking here.
October 19th through the 23rd is National School Bus Safety Week.
Law enforcement officials say this year’s theme, “Red Lights Mean STOP!” serves as a reminder for students, parents, teachers and the community to keep school bus safety in the forefront.
Agencies like the Findlay Police Department, Hancock County Sheriff’s Office and Ohio State Highway Patrol are urging everyone to do their part in keeping students safe.
Parents are urged to talk with their kids about how to act around school buses and drivers are reminded to keep their peeled for children getting on and off of buses.
Findlay Crime prevention officer Brian White says drivers also need to remember to slow down in school zones when children are present.
A driver who fails to stop for a school bus that’s loading or unloading students can be fined up to $500 and have their license suspended for a year.
On a two-lane road drivers going the same direction and opposite direction must stop for a school bus that’s loading or unloading students.
On a four-lane road, only vehicles going the same direction as the school bus must stop.
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Hancock County health officials updated the county’s coronavirus numbers on Friday.
The Friday numbers from Hancock Public Health show that there have been a total of 951 cases since the pandemic started and that 115 cases are active.
Total deaths now stand at 19, an increase of one from Wednesday.
Hancock County health officials say 283 tests are pending, and say that number is that high because of the good turnout at the testing event at the Marion Township House (pictured) on State Route 568 on Wednesday.
For the third day in a row, the number of new single-day COVID-19 cases in Ohio has surpassed 2,000.
Health officials say 2,148 cases were reported statewide on Friday
That brings the statewide totals since the pandemic began to nearly 178,000 cases and 5,054 deaths.
Both Hancock and Putnam Counties are considered a “high incidence” county.
Hancock County is still at level 2, or orange, on the state’s COVID-19 alert map.
Putnam County is still at level 3, or the red level.
The Findlay Police Department says it’s once again receiving calls from people about a certain phone scam.
The police department says the scammer claims to be with the Social Security Administration and tells the potential victim that there is a problem with their account and they need to confirm their information.
The scammer then asks for bank account information or some form of payment to resolve the situation.
The police department reminds people that you should never give out personal information and agencies like the Social Security Administration will not contact you by phone requesting such information.
You can click here for more details on related scams.
The Blanchard Street reconstruction project is starting to come together.
The City of Findlay Engineering Department says the project is more than halfway finished and should be totally completed in November.
The project is reconfiguring Blanchard Street into one lane in either direction, with a dedicated center turn lane and a bike lane on either side of the street, from Sixth Street to Center Street.
The project also includes a multi-use path along a section of Lincoln Street.
Blanchard Street is now open in its new configuration from Sixth Street to Sandusky Street. (pictured)
Work is still underway from Sandusky Street to Tiffin Avenue where crews are working on curbs and ramps.
And Lincoln Street is still closed as it gets resurfaced and the multi-use path is built.
The city says the new configuration will improve safety at 17 intersections along the Blanchard Street corridor and reduce rear-end and T-bone crashes.
