The deadline is fast approaching for farmers to file a Notice of Loss and request more time to harvest.

The United States Department of Agriculture says that the late-maturing crop and wet and wintry weather conditions this fall extended the harvest across the midwest.

The USDA reminds farmers that they should contact their crop insurance agent to file any notices before the corn and soybean deadline of December 10.

More on the USDA’s Risk Management Agency website.

Findlay High School was put under a lockdown this afternoon after a student showed off an airsoft gun during open lunch.

Superintendent Ed Kurt explained that they received the report of a student with a weapon while they were out at lunch.

FHS administration and security immediately put the school under a lockdown and notified police.

Kurt said that the investigation showed that the airsoft gun was shown off-campus during lunch and was never brought to campus.

The lockdown has been lifted and there is no threat to the school.

The Interstate 75 interchange at County Road 99 just north of Findlay will be seeing some improvements.

The Ohio Department of Transportation says a project to improve the intersection was awarded initial funding by the Transportation Review Advisory Committee (TRAC).

The $400,000 initial investment will allow the development phase of the project to move forward.

ODOT says assessment of intersections along the County Road 99 corridor from Main Street to Technology Drive are also included in the project.

Work on the project, which is being developed with the partnership of the City of Findlay, is tentatively scheduled to begin in 2023.

The Ohio Department of Transportation’s Transportation Review Advisory Council, known as TRAC, approved the final funding list when it met recently in Columbus.

ODOT will be investing an additional $398 million into major-new projects over the next four years.

This investment is a direct result of the transportation budget approved by the Ohio General Assembly and signed into law by Governor DeWine in April.

ODOT’s major project to widen and reconfigure I-75 through Findlay that’s been ongoing for quite some time is set for completion by late summer 2020.

(ONN) – One of Ohio’s most decorated veterans has died.

Don Jakeway, of Johnstown, passed away Saturday at the age of 96.

Jakeway was a World War II Army veteran who was part of the 82nd Airborne Division and took part in combat in Normandy, Holland and the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium.

Jakeway wrote a book titled “Paratroopers Do Or Die!”

Among his commendations for his stellar military career were a Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Presidential unit citation and combat infantry badge.

Jakeway was inducted into the Ohio Military Hall of Fame in 2018.

Services are pending.

(ONN) – A former Ohio lawmaker, who is heading back to prison after pleading guilty to mail fraud, says he did nothing wrong and will seek a Presidential pardon.

Democratic former State Representative Clayton Luckie, who is black, told the Dayton Daily News pardoning him would be a good way for President Trump to show he cares about the minority community.

Luckie was sentenced on November 15th to four months in prison.

Authorities say Luckie offered his firm as a front for another company to win work intended for disadvantaged businesses and submitted false invoices for thousands of dollars to the City of Dayton.

Luckie left prison in 2016 after serving three years for convictions on charges that included election falsification.

The Findlay Police Department says two people led officers on a vehicle pursuit after stealing from a department store.

Police responded to Kohl’s on Tiffin Avenue around 9:30 Saturday night on the report of a theft in progress.

Responding officers located the suspect’s vehicle on Tiffin Avenue and tried to stop it, but it sped up to speeds of 60 miles per hour.

Police say the vehicle cut off another vehicle and turned north onto G street.

Police say they pursued the vehicle on Walnut Street and through an alley onto Lynn Street before the driver turned off their lights and pulled into the back yard of an address in the 500 block of G Street.

Officers conducted a felony stop on the vehicle and arrested two people, Ontra L. Brooks, 51, and Kyra Bennett, 30, both of Lima.

Each was booked at the Hancock County Jail.