10/11/18 – 6:52 A.M.
The child hit by a train Tuesday night in McComb suffered non-life threatening injuries. The McComb Police Department says emergency crews responded to the East Main Street crossing just before 7 p.m. They took the child to Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay for treatment.
No other details are available yet and the incident remains under investigation.
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10/11/18 – 6:42 A.M.
Police in Fostoria continue to investigate a Tuesday night shooting. Officers responded to a home at 303 East Lytle Street around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. Police Chief Keith Loreno says the suspect shot a man in the leg. The Fostoria Fire Division’s EMS squad took the man to ProMedica Fostoria Community Hospital for treatment. A woman in the home wasn’t hurt.
Police are still searching for the suspect. Loreno says it doesn’t appear this was a random shooting.
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10/11/18 – 6:35 A.M.
A jury has reached verdicts in two Road 5 cases in Putnam County. The Lima News reports the jury found that William and Mary Kay Weis and Mark and Patricia Maag were only entitled to the amount the county offered them for their land in the first place. The Weis family will get $10,000 and the Maag family will get more than $6,700.
The families sued after the county used eminent domain to seize the land needed to widen Road 5 south of Leipsic. They claimed the commissioners violated sunshine laws and didn’t offer the proper amount for the land.
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10/11/18 – 4:58 A.M.
A Findlay man is facing a felony burglary charge. The Hancock County grand jury indicted 43-year-old Ryan Peterson a count of aggravated burglary on Tuesday.
Investigators say Peterson broke into a home on Allen Avenue on October 4 with an intent to cause harm to someone living there.
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10/11/18 – 4:52 A.M.
Police arrested an Ottawa teenager Tuesday for allegedly making a threat against students at Continental High School. Continental Police Chief Arnie Hardy says the 13-year-old had a note that said he was going to harm Continental students with a weapon.
A Putnam County medical facility reported the threat. Officers from Ottawa and Continental went to the teen’s home where they found the note.
Authorities are not publicly identifying the teenager involved in the case.
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10/11/18 – 4:46 A.M.
A Lucas County man has avoided a rape charge in Hancock County. 21-year-old Joseph Hines of Whitehouse pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated assault as part of a plea deal Wednesday. He faces 18 months in prison.
The charge stems from an incident that happened in September of 2017 in Liberty Township. The new charge says Hines was “under the influence of sudden passion or in a sudden fit of rage” brought on by “serious provocation” from the victim.
The prosecution and the defense both said that an assault charge didn’t fit the circumstances of the incident. However, they agreed it was in the best interests of the woman and Hines, as well as their families.
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10/11/18 – 4:37 A.M.
Investigators returned to the area along I-75 Wednesday where they found a body last week. Troopers with the State Highway Patrol and the Bureau of Criminal Investigation searched an area near the southbound side of the interstate around State Route 698.
Lt. Matt Crow of the State Patrol says investigators found unspecified evidence in the area. He added there’s no word on if it relates to the discovery of 39-year-old David Carter of Melvindale, Michigan.
Crow says troopers have been searching the area along the interstate for any additional evidence.
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10/10/18 – 6:15 P.M.
October is National Disability Employment Month and Blanchard Valley Center is speaking out. Community Outreach Coordinator Sheri Fleegle explained that people with disabilities have much to offer.
Fleegle said that jobs also benefit disabled employees.
Fleegle explained that BVC helps coach people and offers job skill training to get them into jobs. They also have many community partners willing to hire people with a disability.
10/10/18 – 4:02 P.M.
The Findlay Area Human Resources Association met with representatives of Corporate Intelligence Consultants to talk about workplace violence. Mark Putnam talked to the group about the issue.
Putnam said that the presentations from CIC usually take around 2 hours. He added that it is important to make sure that companies have a plan in place so employees know what to do.
10/10/18 – 10:56 A.M.
Bridge Home Health and Hospice is hosting its 30th annual “Living Through Loss” educational series. October’s presentation will focus on the myths and misconceptions of grief. It will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Marathon Auditorium at Blanchard Valley Hospital next Monday.
The presentations will also cover facing the holidays after a loss, understanding depression and grief, and reinvesting in life. Each monthly presentation is free and open to the public. You can learn more or get a program brochure by calling 419-423-5351 or emailing bridge@bvhealthsystem.org.