COLUMBUS__On January 13, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced that 28 colleges and universities in Ohio will receive a total of $7.5 million in funding for security projects that enhance the safety of students and staff.
The grant awards are part of the FY2025-26 Campus Safety Grant Program, which was funded with support from the Ohio legislature in House Bill 2 of the 135th General Assembly. The Ohio School Safety Center, which is a division of the Ohio Department of Public Safety, reviewed the campus safety grant applications in consultation with the Ohio Department of Higher Education.
It is being recommended that Rhodes State College in Allen County receive $145,000.
Girl Scouts of Western Ohio has kicked off the 2025 Girl Scout Cookie season, "a time when Girl Scouts everywhere build their entrepreneurial skills as they find new and inventive ways to sell cookies, unboxing brighter futures for themselves."
Girl Scout Cookie season runs through March 16. Watch for girls taking orders this month, and visit gswo.org/findcookies/ to sign up for notifications. Cookie booths begin February 14.
Lima, OH -– Big Brothers Big Sisters of West Central Ohio, Inc. has issued an open invitation to its Awards & Appreciation Dinner on February 14 from 6:00-9:00 p.m. The "Igniting the Path: Illuminating Futures Together" event will be held at Old Barn Restaurant & Grill.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife has collected and submitted samples from multiple dead wild birds to test for the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Ohio. While awaiting test results from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory, the Division of Wildlife is considering reports of dead birds in Auglaize, Erie, Huron, Lucas, Mercer, Montgomery, Richland, Sandusky, and Warren counties as presumed positive for HPAI.
Among appointments made on December 19 by Governor Mike DeWine:
Sam D. Bassitt of Lima (Allen Co.) has been reappointed to the James A. Rhodes State College Board of Trustees for a term beginning December 19, 2024, and ending August 31, 2027.
Matthew LaFontaine of Findlay (Hancock Co.) has been reappointed to the Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council for a term beginning January 1, 2025, and ending December 31, 2027.
