4-22-25 TUESDAY MORNING NEWS

Todd Walker reports
Men found dead in Findlay now ID'd
Ada Police assist U.S. Marshals with arrest
ODOT seeks input on two major projects in Auglaize County
AEP warns of rate increase

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
The identities of two men found dead in an apartment
in Finlay early Sunday morning have now been released. Finley
Police say that fifty two year old Richard Gudierraz Junior
and sixty one year old Ernesto Mendoza Junior were found
in an apartment at seven o eight North Main Street.
The cause of their death is being investigated by the
Lucas County Corner and that incident remains under investigation. Meanwhile,

(00:24):
yesterday in Ada, the Ada Police Department assisted the US
Marshall's Service arresting Craig Southerly. The arrest warrant was served
at five point thirty Liberty Street. That area was notified
and evacuated during the arrest as a precaution. Southerly was
arrested without incident. He is currently being held in the
Lucas County Correctional Center. O. Dott District seven is seeking

(00:48):
public comment regarding a couple of big projects in Auglas County.
One is the interchange improvement at I seventy five and
US thirty three in Wapakanetta. The current preferred alternative from
ODOT is a single lane roundabout at the northbound IS
seventy five to US thirty three ramp intersection construction. They're
expected to begin in spring of twenty seven. The other

(01:10):
project is in the city of Saint Mary's. It would
fully reconstruct Spring Street from Main Street to the Saint
Mary's River Bridge. It would also convert Front Street to
southbound only between Spring and South in order to add
reverse angle parking. That project is also expected to begin
in the spring of twenty seven. For public input, citizens

(01:31):
can go to Transportation dot Ohio dot gov slash projects.
Comments should be submitted by the end of May. State
lawmakers are trying to develop a new tax credit that
could help the more than one million Ohioans who care
for a loved one at home. Ohio's Bring Caswell reports.

Speaker 2 (01:49):
Ohio Congressman Mike Carey introduced a new bill that would
help those who are working but also taking care of mom, dad,
and other relatives at home. Introduce the Credit for Care
Act last year, but it didn't go anywhere, so he
another Republican and two Democrats are trying again this year.
If it becomes law, the bill would provide qualified working
family caregivers a tax credit of up to five thousand dollars.

(02:12):
According to AARP one point five million Ohio winds care
for a family member at home. They provide nearly seventeen
billion dollars in unpaid care and their average out of
pocket expense is seventy two hundred dollars per year.

Speaker 1 (02:24):
That's the one NS bring Casswell reporting. Pope Francis's body
will lie in state in the Saint Peter's Basilica at
the Vatican, and starting tomorrow they're the faithful can't pay
their respects to the late pontiff, who died Monday at
the age of eighty eight. The Vatican announced that Francis's
funeral will be held Saturday before he is taken to

(02:44):
the Basilica of Saint Mary Major for entombment. Meanwhile, President
Trump suggested recently he hopes Russia and Ukraine will come
to an agreement very soon on ending the war in Ukraine.
Fox's Madeline Ravera reports from Washington.

Speaker 3 (03:00):
The President and Secretary of State Mark or Rubio have
signaled the US may be willing to take a pass
and move on from negotiations if there is no progress,
and in a shift, Russian President Vladimir Putin says he
may be open to the possibility of bilateral talks with
Ukraine for the first time in years. Putin's saying we
have always talked about this, that we have a positive

(03:21):
attitude towards any peace initiatives. We hope that representatives of
the key regime will feel the same way. Ukrainian President
Vladimir Zelenski says, we are ready to move forward as
constructively as possible, just as we have done before, to
achieve an unconditional cease fire.

Speaker 1 (03:37):
That's Fox's Madeline Rovera are reporting representatives from the US,
the Ukraine, and Europe are expected to hold more peace
talks in London tomorrow. And to those of you who
get your power through aep ohio could be getting a
letter in the mail saying the cost of your electricity
will be going up. The company says the cost of

(03:58):
electricity will incre starting in June. That's because of the
need for increased energy generation as power demand has exceeded supply.
For houses that use nine hundred kilowa hours per month,
you can expect your bill to go up eighteen dollars
per month. That's the news you need this morning. More
available at our website thanks to Citizens National Bank. Stay

(04:22):
with US, weather traffic and sports yet ahead on this
Tuesday edition of Lima's Morning News. On eleven fifty Wima