The Bowling Green State University Board of Trustees gave the university administration authority to work with the FCC on possible sale of the station’s spectrum.  Several trustees made it clear they expect the public to have ample opportunity to weigh in on the station’s future.  The FCC is conducting a two-stage spectrum auction sometime next year to try to free up additional space for the burgeoning wireless market.  Stations will have three ways to participate. The most drastic would be for a station to sell its spectrum and give up its license.

A group of activists has filed an appeal to try to compel a Cleveland municipal judge to issue arrest warrants for two white police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a black 12-year-old boy with a pellet gun. The appeal says the judge is required by state law to issue warrants after he ruled last week that there was enough evidence to charge the officer who shot Tamir Rice with murder, and the officer's partner with other crimes.

The Sunny Landfill 32^nd Annual East-West All-Star game presented by the Fostoria Athletic Boosters kicks off Saturday at Fostoria Memorial Stadium at 7pm.  This year’s contest features 69 players from 29 different schools that are in the Blanchard Valley Conference, Sandusky River League, Northern 10, Northern Buckeye Conference and Three Rivers Athletic Conference.  The East will be coached by Steve Reser of Gibsonburg and the West by Riverdale’s Mark Frey.  The game can be heard on Mix 96.7 WBVI and 1430 WFOB.

The Blanchard River Stream Enhancement Project, a collaborative effort by Hancock and five other counties, has agreed to invest an additional $941,500 in clearing the river of about 8,902 dead ash trees.  The vote was split, 10 to 4.  The “no” votes came from commissioners in Hardin, Putnam and Wyandot counties, who questioned the method of assessment.  The main concern is the additional cost for removing about 342 trees from the banks of the river in Findlay.  Each tree removed in Findlay will cost about $250, as opposed to $100 to take a tree down in rural areas.
 

The Republican-dominated state Senate has approved a $71.3 billion, two-year operating budget. The spending blueprint cleared the Senate last night after a last-minute decision to remove an abortion clinic restriction to win Democratic support. The sweeping proposal would increase tobacco taxes, boost higher-education funding and eliminate state taxes for certain small business income.

Heather Foos, Zachariah Zender and Cody Young, all of Tiffin and Juan Williams of Fostoria pled not guilty to varying drug related charges in Seneca County Common Pleas Court Thursday afternoon.  The four were among 32 people indicted on about 60 drug related charges from a recent drug bust by the Seneca County Metric Unit.