State legislator: New TV series to be filmed in Ohio

State legislator: New TV series to be filmed in Ohio

CANTON

A state legislator says a new television series will be filmed in Northeast Ohio.

Rep. Kirk Schuring announced this week that the company producing “The One Percent” has committed to the Canton area and Northeast Ohio for filming that’s expected to start in 2018.

The Repository in Canton reports entertainment websites say the drama series will feature Hilary Swank and Greg Kinnear as a couple struggling to save the family farm.

The production team’s application for state tax credits and an award letter indicating the show was cleared for $5 million in tax credits was obtained in a public records request by the newspaper. The application estimates close to 990 Ohio residents would be hired, mostly as extras.

Zoo: Gorilla probably died of heart attack

COLUMBUS

An Ohio zoo says necropsy results for the world’s first gorilla born in a zoo indicate she probably died of a heart attack.

The 60-year-old Colo had been the country’s oldest known living gorilla, having surpassed captive gorillas’ usual life expectancy by two decades. She died in her sleep at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in mid-January.

The zoo’s vice president of animal health tells The Columbus Dispatch that age takes its toll on gorillas as it does with humans. Veterinarians had removed a malignant tumor from Colo, but the necropsy found no indication that the problem returned.

Colo was born at the zoo in 1956. She eventually became a mother of three, grandmother of 16, great-grandmother of 12 and great-great-grandmother of three.

Trump seeks to eliminate Great Lakes funding

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.

President Donald Trump wants to eliminate federal support of a program that addresses the Great Lakes’ most pressing environmental threats.

Trump’s 2018 budget released Thursday would remove all funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which has received support from members of Congress in both parties since President Barack Obama established it in 2009. The program has pumped more than $2.2 billion into the eight-state region for projects that have removed toxic wastes from industrial harbors, fought invasive species such as Asian carp, restored wildlife habitat and supported efforts to prevent harmful algal blooms.

The initiative has generally received about $300 million a year. Congress voted last year to authorize the program for five more years.

McDonald’s says its Twitter account was hacked

NEW YORK

McDonald’s says it has determined that its account was “hacked by an external source” after it sent a message calling Donald Trump “a disgusting excuse of a President.”

The tweet to Trump on Thursday from the official account for McDonald’s Corp. has since been deleted but was captured in screenshots. The message said it would love to have President Barack Obama back and “also you have tiny hands.” The tweet was also temporarily pinned to the top of the McDonald’s account so that it would be the top message people see if they visited the company’s Twitter profile.

Associated Press