A weekend shooting at Fostoria’s Nye’s Trailer Park has led to the arrest of 36 year old Terrence R. Williamson for attempted murder. Fostoria police responded to a call from the Countyline Street park on Saturday afternoon to find a 36 year old woman shot in the abdomen and a graze injury to her head and her 17 year old daughter shot in the leg. Williamson was apprehended after crashing his vehicle in the area of Baird Road and Ohio 199, north of Fostoria. Police said he had two small children in the vehicle with him.
A drug store chain is set to announce that it will make an antidote for heroin overdoses available at its Ohio stores. The Toledo Blade newspaper reports that CVS pharmacy officials, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and the White House national drug policy director will discuss Monday during a community forum at the University of Toledo how CVS stores will begin carrying naloxone, also known as Narcan. The antidote has becoming increasingly available to the public in recent months as Ohio's heroin and opiate epidemic continues unabated. The drug is administered as an inhaler or with an injection and can reverse the breath suppression effects of opioids.
The Hancock County Sheriff's Office needs your help figuring out who burglarized two homes…Both incidents happened Friday in Orange Township on County Road 304. Residents said a big screen TV, guns and office equipment were stolen from the first home. Several TVs, jewelry and even an XBOX were grabbed at the second. The burglars worked quickly, hitting both houses in just one hour. If you have any information, call the Hancock County Sheriff's Office.
The Hancock Park District is asking Hancock County voters to replace an 0.8mill, eight-year levy on March 15. The replacement levy would generate nearly $1.4 million a year, about the same as the current levy…Funds are used for day-to-day operations at the park district, such as salaries, benefits and utilities. The organization manages a variety of park operations throughout Hancock County. Voters last approved the tax in 2008, effective in 2009. It is the only countywide issue on the March ballot.
