3/14/17 – 8:49 A.M.
Update – 10:29 A.M.
An Amber Alert in Fulton County has been canceled. Media partner WTOL 11 reports officials found 10-month-old Winston Ramey safe. Authorities say 27-year-old James Christopher Ramey shot and killed the boy’s mother in Delta Ohio early this morning. James Ramey is in custody.
The incident happened in Fulton County around 5 a.m. today.
3/14/17 – 5:36 A.M.
The Carey school district is asking for less money from a “Safe Routes to School” grant. The Courier reports the school board has dropped a plan to build a a multi-use bicycling, walking and jogging path through Memorial Park.
The changes reduce the cost of the safety upgrade project to around $306,000. The board hopes lowering the cost of the work improves the chances of the state approving a grant to help pay for it.
3/14/17 – 5:30 A.M.
McComb council members want to add more security at the village’s park. The Courier reports council talked about adding more security cameras during their Monday meeting. The move comes after a recent break-in and arson at the WaterShed dispensary at the park.
Village Administrator Kevin Siferd is getting quotes for extra cameras near the park’s bathroom and swimming pool.
MORE: The Courier
3/14/17 – 5:20 A.M.
A one car crash killed a Lima woman in southern Putnam County Monday afternoon. The State Highway Patrol reports the crash happened around 4:30 p.m. on State Route 115 near the Putnam and Allen County line.
Keona Madlock was driving north when she lost control of her car and hit a tree. Madlock was not wearing a seatbelt.
The crash closed the highway for around two hours. The State Patrol continues to investigate the incident.
3/14/17 – 5:07 A.M.
The Findlay City School Board got another warning about the potential for lower graduation rates Monday. The Courier reports High School Principal Craig Kupferberg talked more about the state’s new “end-of-course” tests. Kupferberg says around 30 percent of juniors at FHS are in danger of not graduating next year.
Kupferberg says around 3 percent of juniors have already met their graduation requirements. Another 66 percent are “highly likely” to meet graduation requirements.
Kupferberg told the school board he’s frustrated with the state requirements. He added the tests aren’t even about making students better. Susan Therriault is the director of the College and Career Readiness and Success Center at the American Institutes for Research in Washington, D.C. She recently told a group Kupferberg is a part of that standardized testing helps make sure teachers interpret standards the same way. She says the belief is that when graduation hinges on test results, students take the tests seriously.
Kupferberg says, “We’re damaging students so that researchers have data to compare schools and what they’re doing.”
MORE: The Courier
03/13/17 – 11:08 P.M.
Representatives from ODOT held a public meeting to discuss the I-75 projects in Hancock County. A big concern of people there was the noise. Project engineer Chris Hughes said that they will have to work during night hours sometimes.
Hughes added that they will only work at night when it is needed. They will also be putting up noise barriers throughout construction to help.
Hughes added that they will have detours laid out to help keep commuters out of residential areas. The project starts next week on the Harrison Street overpass. The street will be closed for about 9 months. Hughes said that the total project will take about 3 years.
03/13/17 – 4:41 P.M.
A developer will give ownership to Blanchard Valley Port Authority to save money on the construction of apartments in Findlay. The Courier reports Liberty Ridge Properties will give the Port Authority their construction site. This will help them save over $330,000 in sales tax costs. Since the Port Authority is a government body it does not have to pay sales tax.
The port authority has done similar transactions with Marathon Petroleum Corp. and McLane Co. The board members say that the project will help job growth and the economy.
The project is to construct 64 apartments and a clubhouse west of Findlay aside to 26 apartments already built. Construction will start in a few weeks.
03/13/17 – 3:05 P.M.
Northwest Ohio is going to be warm and dry from April to May helping farmers get out in the field. OSU extension educator Ed Lentz said that this will increase yields.
Lentz added that the summer is calling to be hot and dry.
He said that this could be a problem but it’s still too early to tell. Lentz added that out of the past five years, there have been 2 years with a good sized yield.
3/13/17 – 7:12 A.M.
Findlay police arrested a Lima man following a hit-skip crash in the city over the weekend. Officers say 26-year-old Dalton Crowe was driving northbound in the 400 block of North Blanchard Street when he hit an unknown object. Crowe allegedly left the scene, and then drove southbound to Emory Adams park where his truck came to rest in the middle of a soccer field.
Officers took Crowe to Blanchard Valley Hospital for treatment of an injury, and then took him to the Hancock County jail. Crowe faces charges of operating a vehicle while under the influence, operating without reasonable control, and failure to stop after an accident.
3/13/17 – 6:57 A.M.
A two-car crash injured four people in Findlay Saturday night. The police department reports the collision happened at the intersection of Second and South Blanchard streets around 8:45 p.m.
24-year-old Jonathan Higbee of Sherwood was driving east on Second Street when he didn’t stop for a stop sign and hit a car driven by 71-year-old Michael Rozelle of Findlay. EMS crews took Rozelle and his passenger and two passengers in Higbee’s car to Blanchard Valley Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
Police cited Higbee for failure to yield at a stop sign.