The search is continuing for missing fourteen year old Madalyn Hiser of Tiffin. Friends, family and volunteers have been searching neighborhoods and passing out flyers. Madalyn’s mother, Keesha Hiser, has been in contact with Tiffin police who are also searching for the missing teen. Madalyn was last seen wearing a yellow Pikachu hoodie, jeans and black Converse canvas, high-top sneakers. She has black, shoulder-length hair with layers, and it is blue at the ends. Anyone with information about Madalyn's whereabouts is asked to contact the Tiffin Police Department.
The Blanchard Valley Center in Findlay is planning to hire an assistant superintendent. The Hancock County Board of Developmental Disabilities announced the plans in anticipation of Superintendent Connie Ament’s retirement. The board plans to hire the assistant superintendent soon on a full-time basis to allow for on-the-job training.
The Ohio Senate approved legislation sponsored by Senator Cliff Hite of Findaly that would limit state testing time in Ohio schools. Senate Bill 3 caps the time students must spend on state- or district-mandated testing at 2 percent, and caps the time spent on practice and diagnostic tests used for preparation at 1 percent. The bill also eliminates certain requirements for diagnostic testing, as well as the fall administration of the third-grade reading tests.
Senate Bill 1 which legislators hope will help curb the growth of toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie is headed to the Governor. The Clean Lake Erie Act would stop farmers in northwestern Ohio from spreading manure on frozen and rain-soaked fields. It also would bring an end to the dumping of dredged sediment in the lake within five years. Both are thought to be contributing to the growth of algae in the lake. Governor Kasich's office says he plans to sign the bill into law sometime next week. It will then go into effect 90 days later.
Bruce Baumhower, president of United Auto Workers Local 12 in Toledo that represents Jeep workers in Toledo, says he's confident that the city and state have put together a package that will convince Fiat Chrysler not to move Jeep Wrangler production. A decision from Fiat Chrysler is expected within weeks.
An Arcadia man and a Findlay juvenile were arrested late Wednesday after Findlay police investigated two separate robberies along Tiffin Avenue. Twenty one year old Joe Vera III of Arcadia was charged with aggravated robbery and is in the Hancock County Jail. A 14-year-old Findlay male was sent to the Wood County Juvenile Detention Center in Bowling Green on two counts of aggravated robbery. The two suspects held up a person in the parking lot of Kroger and took a cell phone. Then the two suspects attempted to steal a vehicle in the parking lot of the Circle K. A knife was used in both crimes.
The Ohio House passed the Heartbeat Bill yesterday banning most abortions after the first detectable heartbeat. The Republican-controlled House approved the bill 55-40 in its third vote on it in as many sessions. Advocates now have the rest of the two-year session to lobby the bill’s opponents in the Senate.
Ohio House members today could vote on a measure cracking down on low-performing charter schools in the state. The measure also imposes new accountability standards on charter school sponsors. The bill comes after a study found charter schools' performance has been mediocre.
