Former Liberty-Benton teacher Mark Badertscher, fired in 2013, won an appeal on his termination.  The 3rd District Court of Appeals, Lima, disagreed with the school board’s reasoning for his termination and upheld a ruling by Hancock County Common Pleas Judge Reginald Routson that said Badertscher should be reinstated with back pay.  Badertscher was fired more than two years ago after a student choked another student in his classroom while Badertscher was out of the room.

Cities could lose state money for operating traffic cameras under a change the Ohio House has made to the state budget.  The plan would require communities that use the photo-monitoring devices to enforce traffic laws to file a report with the state auditor accounting for the total fines they've collected since a new law came into effect last month.  Those amounts would then be deducted from their local government fund payments.  If a municipality fails to file its report, the state could withhold its local government payments entirely.

The Fostoria Farmer’s Market is returning.  The market will be located on West Tiffin Street and run for eight Saturdays from May 2 to September 19.  A variety of items ranging from jams and jellies to rugs and jewelry, as well as, vegetables will be available.  The Fostoria Garden Club manages the annual market…

State lawmakers have introduced a bill with bipartisan support that would make it easier for high-performing charter schools to expand while specifically labeling the worst “poor” and forbid “sponsor­hopping” by under-performing charter operators, among many other changes.  Recent studies show that students at Ohio charter schools were lagging behind their public school counterparts

Bowling Green has created emergency detours in the event there is a traffic backup on I-75.  Orange “emergency detour” signs have been placed on streets in an effort to keep heavy traffic out of the downtown area if there is a traffic incident on 75.  The city's plan is designed to fit eight different traffic scenarios that could happen.

The panel commissioned by Governor John Kasich to study police and community relations in Ohio is closing in on a final set of recommendations.  Panel members have suggested things like statewide committees to investigate police-involved shootings and a central database of any officer fired by a department.  Other suggestions would require a central database of use-of-force incidents.  The panel plans to meet today to discuss those final recommendations.

The city of Toledo is asking a judge to bar protesters at a planned neo-Nazi rally there this weekend from carrying guns. City attorneys say the ban is a matter of public safety. A 2005 rally, also involving the National Socialist Movement, sparked a riot with looting and 100 arrests.