Fostoria St. Wendelin senior Kamryn Troike has again been named as Ohio’s Division IV co-Player of the Year.  She has led the Lady Mohawks to the state semi-finals for the second year in a row.  Troike has scored over 2,000 points in her career and averaged 25.4 points, 12.3 rebounds and 5 blocked shots per game this year.  Sharing the honors with Troike are Hannibal River’s Jensen Caretti and Deja Winters of Richmond Heights.
 

Prosecutors say they broke up a crime ring in Wood County, indicting five people for several crimes over several counties last year.  Five people from various areas around the state are responsible for thefts of items ranging from ATVs, catalytic converters, generators and much more.  The crimes happened over multiple counties including Wood, Lucas, Seneca, Ottawa and Hancock.  Wood County Prosecutor Paul Dobson says that Ohio law states that a person can be prosecuted in any jurisdiction where any element of the offense happened.

The Seneca County Joint Justice Center’s price has gone up.  The cost went from 2014 price of $10 million to $13.5 million.  Tom Potts, president of Silling Associates, the project's architect, told commissioners, city officials and judges the $10 million estimate provided by Burgess and Niple two years ago did not include several required parts of the project, including a heating, ventilating and air conditioning unit for the facility and work to restore the soil to make it appropriate to build on.

Bowling Green officials will meet with county commissioners today to ask whether they’re willing to put money toward rebuilding the Interstate 75 interchanges at Wooster Street.  According to Bowling Green Mayor Dick Edwards, the $5.1 million project will improve an area rated poorly for safety and also carry economic development incentives.  Separate from plans to study improvements to the Wooster Street corridor, the Ohio Department of Transportation will build several roundabouts to more efficiently move traffic on and off the highway, beginning in 2017.  Bowling Green’s current share of the cost is about $2.65 million.

The Village of Arlington has ended the village-wide spring trash pickup day.  Each spring, residents could place unwanted items at the curb to be hauled away.  Both the cost and mess left behind were reasons behind the decision.  In recent years, the village has spent around $10,000 for a trash hauling service to dispose of the items.