Tiffin University has named Curtis Charles as the school’s fifth president.  Charles is succeeding Paul Marion.  A graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Charles is senior associate vice chancellor for institutional transformation at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina.  He is set to being on July 1.

Changes to Ohio’s concealed carry permit laws went into effect yesterday.  The biggest change is the number of hours of needed to be trained went from 12 hours to 8.  Now only six hours of classroom and two hours of range time are required.  And another big change is permits issued by another state will be valid in the state of Ohio, as long as the person is not an Ohio resident.
 

The Tiffin City Board of Education hired Doug Hartenstein as the new principal of Columbian High School.  Hartenstein is currently the principal at Krout 2-3 Elementary School.  He has been with the district since 1992.

Ohioans won’t get drive 75, legally.  The state legislature’s flirtation with a higher speed limit on rural freeways and the Ohio Turnpike came to an end yesterday.  A joint conference committee working out the final $7 billion transportation budget removed the Senate-added proposal.

The first two people have agreed to participate in the Hancock County Common Pleas Court Drug Court program.  Forty-six year old Wendy Martinez and thirty year old Daniel Kirk, both of Findlay, agreed to enter into the program rather than serving time.  The drug court, which was established in December, is a voluntary 12- to 18-month program that offers treatment rather than jail sentences for those who qualify.
 

Ohio House representatives are getting a third chance to approve the Heartbeat bill.  The bill would effectively ban abortions after the first detectable heartbeat.  A floor vote is scheduled for today.  The House passed the same bill two sessions ago, but it died in the Senate.  The measure reached the House floor again last session, but was unexpectedly defeated.

The power outage that began at around 6:30 this morning on the east side of Findlay is affecting approximately 1400 customers.  AEP estimates power will be restored around 10am.

Guggisberg Cheese of Millersburg, Ohio, has won the U.S. Cheese Championship with a 200-pound Swiss wheel.