Wood County Sheriff’s Office has identified 18 year old Nicholas C. Hackworth of Fostoria as one of four adults charged in connection to a string of arsons throughout the area late last month.  Nine suspects, four adults and five juveniles were arrested.  Detective Sgt. Rod Smith of the Wood County Sheriff’s Office has also named three Port Clinton residents as the other adult suspects facing arson charges:  24 year old Todd A. Bollett, 21 year old Bret Phillabaum, and 19 year old Santana M. Diliberto.  The fires occurred between March 22 and 27 in Fostoria and Risingsun.

The Fostoria Rotary honored six area teachers with the Gold Apple Award to honor outstanding teachers from Fostoria City and St. Wendelin schools.  Golden Apple Award winners were Steve Kauffman, Fostoria band director; and Teresa Stosio, St. Wendelin Catholic School second- grade teacher.  Also recognized with Red Apple Awards for being a runner-up finalist were Lori Miller, a sixth grade teach at Fostoria Intermediate Elementary, Barbie Curlis, a preschool teacher from Longfellow School, Ryan Whipple, Longfellow School Kindergarten teacher, and Marlene Gillig, a Fostoria Junior Senior High math teacher.

29 year old Jeremy E. Sherbrook of Findlay pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of aggravated robbery for stealing from Som Carryout and a Mobil gas station, and to one count of robbery for attempting to hold up a Marathon gas station.  Sherbrook was sentenced to five years in prison on a robbery sharge, plus five years for each aggravated robbery charges.  The two five-year sentences for aggravated robbery will be served at the same time, after Sherbrook serves five years for robbery.

Former Ohio State University marching band director John Waters has been hired by Heidelberg University as its new director of bands…He will also be the new assistant professor of music education.  Ohio State fired Waters in July 2014 after it determined that he ignored a “sexualized culture” in the student band, which included members marching in their underwear, performing sexually-themed stunts and distributing a songbook filled with profane lyrics.  Waters later filed lawsuits challenging his dismissal.