Tuesday, Dr. Melissa Baumann made her first public appearance at ONU as Lt. Governor Jon Husted accepted the Inaugural Champion of Broadband Award at The Inn Hotel on campus. Baumann will be the 12th president at ONU and will also be the first woman to hold the position. Baumann is from Mansfield, Ohio and received her PhD and Masters of Science Degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Case Western, and a Bachelors Degree from Michigan Tech University. Doctor Baumann arrives to Ada ready to lead Ohio Northern toward a bright future.

35-year-old Amanda Hovanec, 61-year-old Anita Green, and 33-year-old Anthony Theodorou all waived their right to a preliminary hearing in Toledo Federal Court. They are charged with the death of Timothy Hovanec, who was killed by lethal injection of a drug. Now their cases will be bound over to a federal grand jury to determine if new or additional charges will be brought against them.