4-24-25 THURSDAY MORNING NEWS

Todd Walker reports
Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel vistis Lima
Cridersville Police Chief set to resign
Chlidcare costs exploding
Ohio A.G. Yost warns of 'shrooms in candy bars
Ohio State Fair to get $1M for upgrades

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Lieutenant Governor Jim Trussell was in Lima last night as
he was the keynote speaker for the annual Allen County
Republican Party Lincoln Reagan Dinner. Trushol was dominated to be
Ohio's Lieutenant governor earlier this year, his focus has been
on education and workforce development. To that end, Trussell talked
about schools creating a capable workforce for the state and

(00:23):
that starts with K through twelve all the way through college.

Speaker 2 (00:26):
Let's talk about the K through twelve for a minute,
because I think they are working on really infusing into
their curriculum some of those basic skills that you need
regardless of what it is you're going to do. And
I think they're really also infusing into the curriculum some
career planning, career exposure, career opportunities. On the college side,
We've got to make sure that one of our top goals,

(00:48):
if not our top goal, needs to be what do
we have to do to create the greatest workforce for
Ohio because Ohio has opportunities now that we maybe haven't
had for fifty years.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
Earlier in the day, Tressol toward bgsu's STEM Corridor, including
the Technology Engineering Innovation Center and Bowling Green Flight Center.
The village of Kridersville is looking for a new police chief.
The Liman News reports that Nathan Freed will resign his
position next week. Freed told the Liman News in an
email that the decision was quote difficult, but necessary as

(01:22):
disagreements with the village council about finances and how to
modernize the police department became too difficult to overlook end quote.
Freed left the line of police department two years ago
to become chief in Cridersville. He will be moving on
to a job with the Sydney Police Department. A think
tanks as an Ohio family of four with an infant

(01:42):
and a toddler would need to make at least three
hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year for childcare to
be considered affordable. The on NS Kevin Landers reports the.

Speaker 3 (01:51):
Average cost of an infinite childcare is twelve thousand dollars
a year. According to the Childcare Aware of America report,
running a childcare business isn't cheap either, says Michelle Bieber,
president of the Ohio Association of Childcare Providers.

Speaker 4 (02:04):
Lawmakers are trying to come up with a budget to
address the high cost of childcare. Ohio Governor Mike Dwine
wants to set the eligibility limit to one hundred and
sixty percent of the federal poverty line. That's just over
fifty one thousand dollars. Lawmakers are holding steady at one
hundred and forty five percent.

Speaker 1 (02:19):
That's Kevin Landers reporting. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yeost says
some chocolates being sold here in the state are infused
with psychedelic mushrooms. They look like regular candy bars. Even
the packaging looks legit, but Yost says they can be
found on gas station shelves and in vape shops. The
BCI lab is reporting so far they've collected one hundred

(02:39):
and fifty different items containing shrooms. As efforts continue to
end the Russia Ukraine War, the fighting also goes on.
Russia struck Kiev with a missile and drone attack overnight,
killing at least nine people. Fox says Lucas Tomlinson has
the latest.

Speaker 5 (02:56):
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelinsky has cut shortest trip to South
Africa to return home after the strikes. He said it's
been over forty days since Ukraine agreed to the Trump
administration's proposal for a full cease fire and said this
massive missile and drones strike is just the latest example
of Russia showing it is not one piece. Zelenski said
seventy missiles and one hundred and fifty drones were fired

(03:17):
into Kiev overnight, which took place hours after peace talks
stalled in London. Secretary of State Marco Rubio canceled his
trip to London after Ukraine said it would not accept
US recognition of Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula.

Speaker 1 (03:30):
That's Fox's Lucas Tomlinson. President Trump has accused the Ukrainian
president of extending the war by refusing to give up Crimea,
a concession that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenski has rejected multiple
times over the course of the conflict. Vice President JD.
Vans suggested Wednesday the US would walk away from peace

(03:51):
talks if the two countries don't agree to terms. And
the Ohio Expositions Commission as getting an investment from state
leaders to make improvements for the Ohio State Fair. A
total of one million dollars is going to accessibility and
safety enhancements for the event, including a dozen metal detectors,
two new guest shuttles, perimeter fencing and more. The Ohio

(04:13):
State Fair returns July twenty third. That's the news you
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