Two of Cheri Brooks’ family members have pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking…  Brooks’ son, Scottie Emmons and her husband Kevin Brooks Sr. were arraigned by video before Judge Reginald Routson yesterday afternoon on drug trafficking charges.  All three were arrested last week on warrants following their recently unsealed secret indictments.  Both defendants were release on their own recognizance bond.  A pretrial hearing for all three defendants was set for June 5.

Evelyn Marker, former executive director of ProMedica Fostoria Community Hospital Foundation, has been named interim executive director of the United Way of Fostoria.  Marker is a current member of the United Way board and replaces Ashley Stahl who resigned last month.  Marker will also be leading the search for a new executive director while overseeing day-to-day operations of the organization.
 

Findlay City Council could be seeing an ordinance before them at the next council meeting to create a five person board that would decide if a resident’s water should be turned off for violating junk laws.  Four of the board members would be appointed by the mayor and the fifth by the council president pro tempore who is currently Ron Monday.  In the event the board does decide to shut off water service, the resident will have 30 days to appeal the ruling.

Fostoria St. Wendelin girls basketball standout Kamryn Troike has committed to play basketball at Kent State University.  Troike cannot sign a letter of intent until November made her decision on Wednesday.  The 6-4 junior averaged 21 points and 13 rebounds this past year and shared Associated Press Division Four Player of the Year honors.

The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office has launched a new service to help citizens with internet transactions.  The Office is now offering the use of its lobby for exchanges between buyers and sellers in agreements made through on-line sales.  Many times purchases are made on-line where the buyer and seller do not know each other.  By offering the use of the Sheriff’s Office lobby, buyers and sellers can be assured of safety to all involved.  The service is now offered twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

Chopin Hall and Hancock County Job and Family Services have partnered to bring a satellite office for Ohio Means Jobs Hancock County to Findlay.  Starting Monday, Ohio Means Jobs Hancock County will have office hours two and a half days a week at the Family Center to assist people find jobs and better paying jobs and alert people to job training opportunities.  Then, in August, a representative from the Hancock County Jobs and Family Services Family Stability Unit will be in the same office two and a half days a week to provide assistance to families in financial need, such as applying for food assistance and Medicaid.  All services will be free.

The State of Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway has filed a lawsuit against Marathon Petroleum this week in federal court in Louisville.  Conway alleges that Marathon operates under anti-competitive practices in the state.  Gas prices in Northern Kentucky were 20 to 30 cents higher than the rest of the state and 25 cents hire in cities of comparable size to Louisville.  Marathon disputes Conway's allegations and will defend the lawsuit in court.