1-6-25 MONDAY MORNING NEWS

Todd Walker reports
Findlay teen shot to death in Toledo
Holgate man found dead in Toledo
Justilien trial pushed back
Husted to take Vance's Senate seat 
Ford enjoyed strong sales in 2024
Cortez to be sworn in as Hancock Sheriff today

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
A Findlay teen was found shot to death in an
alley in Toledo last night. Toledo police a eighteen year
old Jaden Mangus had been shot in an alley in
the five hundred block of Congress Street in South Toledo.
It happened last night just after six pm. He later
died at UTMC. According to Finley City Schools, Mangus was

(00:20):
a student at Findlay High School. Then n spoke with
Mangus's family, who said he had just turned eighteen on Saturday.
After spending the weekend with his mother. He was expected
to move into his first apartment today. Meanwhile, a trip
to Toledo also proved deadly for a man from Henry County.
The body of fifty one year old John Oakley of

(00:42):
Holgate was found over the weekend in South Toledo. He
had been missing since December twenty ninth. His family says
he had been at the Hollywood Casino, Toledo. The cause
of death has not been revealed. A murder trial in
Lima has been postponed. The trial for Jervans Justillian was
set to begin next week on Tuesday, but last week

(01:05):
Judge Jeffrey Reid allowed a motion for continuance submitted by
Justillion's defense. A new trial date has not yet been set.
The delay is so a DNA expert can look at evidence.
Justillian is charged with the murder of twenty six year
old chrisland August on March thirteenth of last year in
American Township. The US Senate seat being vacated by Vice

(01:27):
President elect JD. Vance is reportedly going to Lieutenant Governor
John Housted if he wants it. Sources tell the Cincinnati
Enquirer that Houston is Governor Mike Dwine's top choice to
replace Vance. A spokesman for the governor said there are
no updates relating to the pick. Others being considered include
Ohio Republican Party Chair Jane Timkin, Ohio Secretary of State

(01:51):
Frank L. Rose, and Congressman Mike Carey. With the new year,
a new minimum wage in Ohio. As of January first,
the lowest rate for non tipped employees will increase from
ten dollars forty five cents to ten dollars and seventy cents.
Compensation for tipped employees is going from five to twenty
five to five thirty five an hour. Representatives from one

(02:16):
fair wage say they are still at work trying to
place a measure before voters next November that would set
Ohio's minimum wage at fifteen dollars per hour for both
tipped and non tipped employees. It was a strong year
for Ford Motor Company. Ford reported a four point two
percent sales growth for twenty twenty four, its best rate

(02:37):
of growth since twenty nineteen. Ford sold over two million
vehicles and beat estimates from Cox Automotives forecast. The company
also reported its highest electric vehicle sales numbers, with thirty
five percent growth in that category. We're learning more about
the man behind the New Year's truck attack in New Orleans.

(02:57):
He did a lot of homework before carrying out that attack.
Foxes actually Stromyer as.

Speaker 2 (03:02):
More, the FBI is releasing new video and details about
the mancus of carrying out a deadly New Year's Day
attack in New Orleans. Officials now say he visited the
city twice beforehand and used smart glasses to record video
of the area He later targeted. The forty two year
old Army veteran, who pledged allegiance to ISIS, drove a
pickup truck into scores of people on Bourbon Street. Fourteen

(03:25):
people were killed. At least thirty five others were hurt.
President Biden and the First Lady will meet with survivors
and victims' families in New Orleans.

Speaker 1 (03:33):
That's Foxes, actually Stromyer reporting. The City of New Orleans
mayor says they're working to protect the city as they
prepare to host Marti Gras in the upcoming Super Bowl.
And Hancott County will have a new sheriff later today
as Michael Heldman is retiring. He's been sheriff since nineteen
ninety seven. Mike Cortes won the election and will be

(03:55):
sworn in as the new sheriff today. That's the news
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