Pandora-Gilboa grad is OSHP Trooper of Year in Findlay

FINDLAY — Jacob W. Bowers, a 2021 graduate of Pandora-Gilboa High School, was selected as the 2026 Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper of the Year at the Findlay post. The selection of Bowers is in recognition of outstanding service during 2026. Fellow officers chose Bowers based on leadership abilities, professional ethics, courteous treatment of others, enthusiastic work attitude and cooperation with supervisors, peers and the public, the announcement said. Bowers joined the patrol in 2024 and has served at the Findlay Post his entire career.