Former City of Findlay computer services director Justin Weddington entered guilty a plea in Hancock County Common Pleas Court to charges stemming from an August traffic accident.   Weddington was charged with two counts of aggravated vehicular assault and operating a vehicle under the influence.  He was driving with a suspended license when he was involved in the August accident where three Findlay residents were injured.  After the August accident, Weddington was put on paid leave by the city and was later fired.

The owner of the former Victory Inn and Suites on Wooster Street in Bowling Green has been denied the permit to build a new extended stay motel on the same property.  The owner has now filed an appeal.  Last year, the Victory Inn hotel was investigated several times, and the city of Bowling Green tried to get the owners to comply with health codes.  Eventually, more complaints surfaced, and the owners were fined. The hotel was eventually shut down and demolished.  City officials have said the fact that it was previously a problem with keeping the hotel up to code was not a factor in why the request was denied.

18-year-old Izaha Akins who impersonated a state senator and spoke to students at Mohawk High School back in December is now headed to prison.  Akins was sentenced to 90 days at the Wyandot County Jail for impersonating a peace officer.  Back in December, Akins claimed to be state Senator David Burke's replacement during a visit to school.  During sentencing, Akins was given credit for 53 days already served, so he will now only have to serve just over a month in jail.  In addition to the time served, Akins was also ordered to pay $138 in restitution to Reineke Family Dealerships, who he fooled into providing him a car and driver for his visit to the school. 

The Bowling Green State University Board of Trustees approved a collective bargaining agreement with the BGSU faculty.  The current contract — the first between BGSU and the Faculty Association – is set to expire June 30.  Faculty will receive 3hree-percent annual increases in pay for faculty over a period of three years and academic reconfiguration without faculty loss.

According to Corps officials, the Army Corps of Engineers is continuing to work on the Blanchard River flood control plan, and new computer modeling of river flooding looks promising.  However, an estimated $300,000 will be needed to finish the $9 million flood study, the corps says.  Using new computer modeling can make the economically viable.  Recently, under a plan proposed by Findlay Mayor Lydia Mihalik to the county commissioners in March, local officials would abandon the corps report and federal funding, and instead rely on local and state funding to build the channel.