ASHLAND, Ohio – Bruce McQuillen, a partner in Cross Country’s Coupa practice, will be the featured speaker at Ashland University’s Gordon E. Heffern Lecture on Christian Ethics in Business on Monday, Nov. 20, at the John C. Myers Convocation Center (638 Jefferson St.). Doors open at 11:30 a.m. for the event, with the program staring at 12:05 p.m. It is open to the public, but those interested in attending should RSVP here by Monday, Nov. 6, or email Samantha Coon at scoon@ashland.edu.
McQuillen has 20 years of sourcing and procurement experience, having successfully executed large-scale global transformation projects for Fortune 500 companies. As a partner with Coupa, he is responsible for setting the strategy and enabling his team to help clients capture value with the usage of digital technologies, artificial intelligence, robotics and analytics.
“We are very excited to have Bruce McQuillen on campus speaking at the Heffern Lecture,” stated Dan Fox, dean of the Dauch College of Business and Economics. “With his many professional and leadership accomplishments, this will provide an exceptional educational opportunity for students and leaders in the community.”
Prior to joining CrossCountry, McQuillen led the digital procurement practice at Deloitte where he was a founding member of the SAP Ariba and Coupa practices. He fostered the growth of the practice through proactive collaboration with software companies, forging alliances and promoting co-development initiatives. He has in-depth functional and technical experience in understanding all aspects of the sourcing and procurement lifecycle, from budget to pay, across multiple industries and sectors.
The annual Gordon E. Heffern Lecture on Christian Ethics in Business is an event in which guest speakers share their experiences in applying Christian ethics in the business world. Friends and family of Heffern have created an endowment at AU, which supports the ongoing lecture series, in partnership with the In His Steps Foundation.
Heffern was a former chairman of the board of the Society Corporation (Key Bank) and president/CEO of The Timken Company, as well as a leader in the philanthropic and civic communities.
Thomas Reed of the Ashland University Department of Music will present his annual faculty recital on Sunday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m., in the Elizabeth Pastor Recital Hall at the Center for the Arts (331 College Ave.). The performance is free and open to the public.
Reed, who plays the clarinet and saxophone, will be joined by guest artists Charles Reed (cello) and Kevin Jones (piano). The program will feature compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Nikolai Kapustin and Johannes Brahms.
Reed is a professor of music at AU and received the university’s Excellence in Scholarship award in 2012. He is a member of the Akron Symphony Orchestra and the Ashland Symphony Orchestra, and also has performed frequently with the Cleveland Orchestra. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan, a master’s in saxophone performance from the University of Akron and a doctor of musical arts in clarinet performance from the Ohio State University.
Charles Reed is an active teacher and performer in New York City and is a member of Nuova Pratica, an ensemble that focuses on historical improvisation and composition, and La Forza delle stelle, a period-instrument orchestra based in Montclair, N.J. He holds cello degrees from Oberlin Conservatory and the Eastman School of Music and recently completed a master’s from The Julliard School of Music.
Jones is the director of music at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Cleveland Hts., Ohio. A professional organist and choral conductor, he has held similar positions in Columbus, Ohio, Hartford, Conn., and Pelham, N.Y. Jones graduated from AU and later earned a master’s degree in organ and collaborative piano from the Cleveland Institute of Music.
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and 49 other attorneys general have negotiated a $10 million settlement with payment processor ACI Worldwide stemming from a testing error in 2021 that led to the attempted unauthorized withdrawal of $2.3 billion from the accounts of 477,000 mortgage-holders.
Ohio will receive $342,803 from the settlement.
“The ACI error jeopardized Ohioans’ financial stability and caused undue stress,” Yost said. “This settlement ensures that this company is held responsible for committing an error of this magnitude and that safeguards are put in place to prevent similar incidents in the future.”
The attorneys general investigated and negotiated this case in partnership with the states’ financial regulators, who have reached a separate $10 million settlement with ACI.
ACI Payments, a subsidiary of ACI Worldwide Corp., serves as a payment processor for various third-party clients, including mortgage servicers. Nationstar Mortgage, known publicly as Mr. Cooper, offered ACI’s Speedpay product to its customers so they could electronically schedule and pay a monthly mortgage through the Automated Clearing House (ACH) system.
On April 23, 2021, ACI was conducting a test on the Speedpay platform when it inadvertently submitted live Mr. Cooper consumer data into the ACH system, which prompted ACI to mistakenly attempt to withdraw mortgage payments from hundreds of thousands of Mr. Cooper customers on a day that was neither authorized nor expected.
In many instances, consumers experienced the attempted withdrawal of multiple mortgage payments from their personal bank accounts. Although most of the withdrawals were unsuccessful or later reversed, 1.4 million transactions totaling $2.3 billion were processed, affecting an estimated 477,000 Mr. Cooper customers, including over 13,000 in Ohio.
Some consumers couldn’t access the funds in question, leading to fees for overdrafts or insufficient funds. The affected consumers have received restitution from ACI as part of other related settlements.
The investigation of ACI blamed the 2021 incident on significant deficiencies in the company’s privacy and data-security procedures and the technical infrastructure of the Speedpay platform.
Also, as part of the settlement agreement, ACI is required to take steps to avoid any similar incidents, including using artificially generated data for testing purposes instead of real consumer data. The company must also segregate its testing or development work from its consumer payment systems.
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and 32 of his counterparts announced today that a settlement has been reached with Inmediata over the three-year exposure of the protected health information of 1.5 million consumers.
As part of the settlement, the health-care clearinghouse has agreed to fully revamp its data-security protocols and breach-notification procedures, and to pay $1.4 million to the participating states. Ohio will receive $56,041 of the settlement money.
“Data privacy should be paramount. In the event of a breach, it is the company’s responsibility to promptly notify consumers,” Yost said. “We are actively working to mitigate this issue and safeguard the interests of Ohioans.”
Inmediata, based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, facilitates transactions between health-care providers and insurers throughout the United States.
In January 2019, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights alerted Inmediata that, dating as far back as May 2016, protected health information maintained by the company had been exposed online and indexed by search engines. The breach meant that anyone with internet access could have accessed and potentially downloaded the sensitive patient information.
Despite the alert from the federal government, Inmediata put off notifying the affected consumers for more than three months, and, when the company finally did, in some cases they sent notices to incorrect addresses of patients. In addition, the notices lacked clarity, leaving many consumers confused about why Inmediata had their data and leading some to dismiss the notices as illegitimate.
The settlement resolves allegations made by the attorneys general that Inmediata violated state breach notification laws and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
The violations center on Inmediata’s failure to implement reasonable data security and its neglect of secure-code reviews before the breach and, after learning about the data exposure, its failure to provide timely and comprehensive information about the breach to consumers.
Under the settlement, Inmediata will strengthen its data security and breach-notification practices going forward. This includes implementing a comprehensive information-security program, developing an incident-response plan with specific policies and procedures for notification letters, and undergoing annual third-party security assessments for five years.
Joining Yost in the settlement are the attorneys general of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
If you need assistance as an identity-theft victim or if you suspect a scam or an unfair business practice, contact the Ohio Attorney General’s Office at www.OhioProtects.org or 800-282-0515.
COLUMBUS – The Ohio State Highway Patrol joined forces with members of the 6-State Trooper Project focused on speed, safety belt and OVI enforcement on Interstate 70. The high-visibility campaign ran from Friday, October 6 through Sunday, October 8. and included the Indiana State Police, Pennsylvania State Police and the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
During the initiative, Ohio troopers issued citations for 388 speeding violations, 31 safety belt violations and there were five OVI arrests. In total, among the three states participating in the initiative, 534 citations were issued for speeding, 38 citations for safety belt violations and there were 16 OVI arrests.
The 6-State Trooper Project is a multi-state law enforcement partnership aimed at providing combined and coordinated law enforcement and security services in the areas of highway safety, criminal patrol, and information sharing.
Other members of the 6-State Trooper Project include the Kentucky State Police, Michigan State Police and West Virginia State Police.
Dezden Fultz Age: 33
White / Male / 5’ 8” / 170 lbs. / Brown Hair / Brown Eyes
Wanted by the U.S Marshals and Ohio Department of Corrections for tampering with evidence.
Ties to Mansfield.
Kristen Nickelson Age: 30
White / Female / 5’8” / 160 lbs. / Blond / Blue
Wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service and Richland County Sheriff’s Office on the charge of illegal conveyance.
Ties to the Bucyrus area.
Calvin Brooks Age: 52
Black / Male / 5’8” / 225 lbs. / Black Hair / Brown Eyes
Wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service and Richland County Sheriff’s Office on a probation violation on the original charge of aggravated burglary (F1).
Ties to the Mansfield area.
Gage Trussell (Swoape) Age: 19
White / Male / 6’1’’ / 136 lbs. / Brown Hair / Hazel Eyes
Wanted by the U.S Marshals Service and Richland County Sheriff’s Office on the charge of strangulation.
Ties to the Mansfield area.
Reward money is available for information directly leading to an arrest. Anyone with information concerning any of these fugitives can contact the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force office at 419-774-3565 or the tip line at 1-866-4WANTED (1-866-492-6833) or you can send a web tip at the following webpage http://www.usmarshals.gov/district/oh-n/index.html.
The NOVFTF Akron Division consists of the following federal, state and local agencies:
United States Marshals Service, Mansfield Police Department, Ohio Adult Parole Authority, Richland County Probation, Richland County Sheriff’s Office, Ashland County Sheriff’s Office, Bucyrus Police Department, Galion Police Department, Huron County Sheriff’s Office, Lexington Police Department, Loudonville Police Department, Ohio State Highway Patrol, Ontario Police Department, Plymouth Police Department, Willard Police Department and Crestline Police Department.
Mifflin Township – On Sunday, October 15, 2023, at approximately 9:54 PM, the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Ashland Post responded to a trailer fire on Interstate Route 71 northbound at the Ashland and Richland County line.
The fire involved the right rear tire assembly of a cattle transporter semi-trailer loaded with approximately 37 cattle.
Two of the cattle died as a result of the fire. Interstate Route 71 northbound was reduced to one lane for approximately 4 hours while the scene was cleared.
There were no reported injuries as a result of the fire.
Assisting on scene were the Ashland County Sheriff’s Office, Mifflin Township Fire and EMS, the Ohio Department of Transportation and Aber’s Towing
The Ashland Theatre, Executive Director, Chris Skinner announced today, that on Veteran’s Day, November 11th, all Veterans and one accompanying guest get to enjoy a complimentary showing of “THE GREAT ESCAPE!” Showtime at 2:00pm.
As a way of saying, THANK YOU VETERANS! Not only is the movie free but Popcorn and Beverage will be provided free also, thanks to the Sponsors.
Sponsored by:
American Veterans
Appreciation Events, Inc.
Mayor Matt Miller, City of Ashland
MAKE SURE TO CALL THE THEATRE FOR RESERVATIONS AT 419-281-1515.
Ashland County Sheriff’s Office Deputies, Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Officers, and Loudonville Fire Department & EMS responded to the Mohican State Park “GORGE TRAIL” after a 911 caller stated that a male subject had fallen down the nearly 260 ft. ravine.
Andy Chow, an ODNR spokesperson, confirmed that Ohio Department of Natural Resources Officers are investigating the death of a hiker, at Mohican State Park. ODNR Officers received the call about this tragedy, on Thursday, Oct. 12th, at 11:59 a.m.
“The person was believed to be on the designated trail, and no foul play was suspected,” Commented ODNR spokesperson Andy Chow. “The investigation is ongoing and there is no further information at this time.”
Chow concluded, “ODNR reminds all visitors to stay on trails and follow park safety instructions.”
According to the Ashland County Coroner’s Office, Michael Cassady, 77, of Hilliard, Ohio died from injuries sustained in the fall.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed the following bills into law:
House Bill 35, sponsored by Representatives Bill Seitz (R-Cincinnati) and Jessica E. Miranda (D-Forest Park), enacts the Scout’s Honor Law to eliminate the limitations period for a civil action based on a claim of childhood sexual abuse only for purposes of filing claims against a bankruptcy estate of an organization chartered under federal law; to provide with respect to sex offenders and child-victim offenders who committed their offense prior to January 1, 2008, mechanisms for reclassifying or classifying the offenders in specified circumstances under the SORN Law in effect prior to that date; to subsequently amend section 2305.111 of the Revised Code five years after the effective date of that section to remove the described elimination of the limitations period; and to declare an emergency.
House Bill 61, sponsored by Representatives Jamie Callender (R-Concord) and Dan Troy (D-Willowick), designates November 19th as “James A. Garfield Day.”
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October 18, 2023
ASHLAND, Ohio – Bruce McQuillen, a partner in Cross Country’s Coupa practice, will be the featured speaker at Ashland University’s Gordon E. Heffern Lecture on Christian Ethics in Business on Monday, Nov. 20, at the John C. Myers Convocation Center (638 Jefferson St.). Doors open at 11:30 a.m. for the event, with the program staring at 12:05 p.m. It is open to the public, but those interested in attending should RSVP here by Monday, Nov. 6, or email Samantha Coon at scoon@ashland.edu.
Thomas Reed of the Ashland University Department of Music will present his annual faculty recital on Sunday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m., in the Elizabeth Pastor Recital Hall at the Center for the Arts (331 College Ave.). The performance is free and open to the public.
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and 32 of his counterparts announced today that a 
Mifflin Township – On Sunday, October 15, 2023, at approximately 9:54 PM, the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Ashland Post responded to a trailer fire on Interstate Route 71 northbound at the Ashland and Richland County line.
The fire involved the right rear tire assembly of a cattle transporter semi-trailer loaded with approximately 37 cattle.
Assisting on scene were the Ashland County Sheriff’s Office, Mifflin Township Fire and EMS, the Ohio Department of Transportation and Aber’s Towing
Ashland County Sheriff’s Office Deputies, Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Officers, and Loudonville Fire Department & EMS responded to the Mohican State Park “GORGE TRAIL” after a 911 caller stated that a male subject had fallen down the nearly 260 ft. ravine.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed the following bills into law: