Monday’s Memorial Day holiday means schools, government offices and most banks will be closed.
No mail and no trash pickup Monday.
Weather should be nice, for the 5th annual Great American Treasure Hunt.
It’ll be held between 8am and 2pm tomorrow in downtown Norwalk. A few dozen vendors will be on hand, offering items ranging from collectibles to baked goods. Also tomorrow—The Reach Our Youth pancake breakfast, between 8am and noon, at the First Baptist Church. Live music will be featured tomorrow afternoon and evening.
Underway in Port Clinton—The 33nd annual Walleye Festival.
It runs through Monday.
Norwalk Municipal Court has a new judge.
Eric Weisenburger will take over for retired Judge John Ridge. His first day will be next Friday. His appointment was made official yesterday, by Governor John Kasich. Weisenburger’s already on the fall ballot. He’ll face Norwalk attorney T. Douglas Clifford.
It’s a big day for seniors at EHOVE Career Center, and Plymouth High School.
EHOVE’s annual senior recognition will be held this morning, at the Sandusky State Theater.It’ll be split into two sessions—8:30 and 11—to accommodate a large number of attendees. Plymouth seniors will graduate tonight. South Central seniors will receive their diplomas Sunday.
The Sandusky man accused of stabbing and killing his 11-week-old cousin is now in a state-run psychiatric hospital, in Toledo.
19-year-old Denzel Castile was taken there Wednesday, after undergoing a mental health evaluation. He’s facing several charges, connected to the May 16th death of Athena Castile. Candlelight vigils for the infant will be held tonight in Norwalk and Sandusky.
A Cleveland man wanted for human trafficking was arrested yesterday in Sandusky.
The FBI, Sandusky Police and Erie County Deputies converged at the Westwood Estates Mobile Home Park on Venice Road and arrested Jarmearl Montgomery. He’s accused of forcing a teenage girl into sex acts and prostitution. He’s facing several charges.
Signatures will soon be collected statewide to place a medical marijuana law on the ballot.
The Ohio Ballot Board has approved language in the so-called ‘Ohio Cannabis Rights Act.’ That allows supporters to begin circulating petitions. The proposed constitutional amendment will likely go before voters in November of 2014 if supporters can get at least 385-thousand valid signatures.
Statewide sales of new and existing homes were up a whopping 20.5 percent in April, according to information from the Ohio Association of Realtors.
The average sale price increased 3.5 percent, to just over $134,000. In the Firelands area, April home sales were up more than 9 percent, and the average sale price increased by more than 15 percent, to $113,000.
In sports…
The Indians and Red Sox will continue their weekend series at Fenway Park. Gametime tonight is 7:10. Tomorrow and Sunday, it’s 1:35. You can hear all three games on 95.3, WLKR. The Tribe won last night, 12-3.
It’s a cool day for district semi-final baseball. At Heidelberg, Edison and Wynford will resume play at 2pm with the Chargers trailing 4-2 in the third. The game was suspended yesterday because of rain.
Norwalk and Findlay will play at 7:15 tonight at Bowling Green. Perkins and Bowling Green will play at 7 at Archbold.
Sunday is a doubleheader racing day at the Radio Ranch.
At 11am on Kool Gold 1510, we’ll start live coverage of the Indy 500.
At 5pm on K96, it’s NASCAR Sprint Cup racing and the Coca-Cola 600.