Findlay News

By DENISE GRANT Staff Writer Just as the Hancock County commissioners finished two building projects, they learned that renovations on the third floor of the Hancock County Courthouse have hit a delay.

By COLLEEN MCCARTHY STAFF WRITER University of Findlay President Katherine Fell announced plans Thursday for a new College of Business building, the university's first entirely-new building since 1999.

A Findlay woman suffered minor injuries in a two-vehicle accident at 5:35 p.m. Thursday in the 1200 block of Tiffin Avenue, city police said.

The American Red Cross of Hancock, Seneca and Wyandot Counties will host an informational meeting at 6 p.m. today at the Findlay Red Cross office, 125 Fair St., for anyone interested in volunteering to assist those affected by a disaster in northwestern Ohio and around the country.

May 21, 2013 Public Attendance: 15 ORDINANCES " 2012-100, authorizing the mayor and public safety director to enter into a contract with the Hancock County Emergency Management Agency to develop an emergency operations plan, develop a training program and coordinate activities.

By RYAN DUNN staff writer BOWLING GREEN -- A woman who received donations from North Baltimore and McComb residents to support her battle against cancer admitted Wednesday she fabricated the diagnosis and stole the donations.

Docket From the public records of the Findlay Police Department and the Hancock County Sheriff's Office: Police Department A motorist with a blood alcohol content of 0.204 was arrested for driving while intoxicated after a traffic incident Sunday on Monroe Avenue.

Findlay government should adopt a policy that eliminates ambiguity when it comes to city employees contracting with outside groups that use city facilities, Auditor Jim Staschiak said at Tuesday's council meeting.

By RYAN DUNN staff writer Findlay Councilman Daniel "K.C." Collette has been charged with stealing vitamins from Walmart.

By JOY BROWN STAFF WRITER Findlay government should adopt a policy that eliminates ambiguity when it comes to city employees contracting with outside groups that use city facilities, Auditor Jim Staschiak said at Tuesday's council meeting.

The speed limit on Interstate 75 will increase to 70 mph, except through Findlay, Lima, Toledo and some other cities, starting July 1. Other interstates in Ohio also will have raised speed limits "outside urbanized areas," as a result of recently-passed legislation, the state Transportation Department said Tuesday.

By ROSE SCHNEIDER Staff Writer Contract negotiations between Findlay's teacher union and the district administration are progressing smoothly, according to Superintendent Dean Wittwer.

By JOY BROWN STAFF WRITER More than 18 resurfacing and curb replacement projects are slated for Findlay this year, paving the way for a catch-up effort that will more than double the total spent last year.

Q: With graduations, weddings and cookouts upon us, could you provide guidelines for legal responsibility for party hosts should there be underage drinking or an alcohol-related traffic accident involving a guest? -- Dan L. Merkel, Findlay.

The Findlay High School Symphony Orchestra and the Findlay High School Chamber Orchestra will present a finale spring concert on Monday, May 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the Heminger Auditorium at Findlay High School.

While it may have been a "morp," a graduation dance party for an Arcadia High School student was not an anti-prom, the teen's mother said.

Prosecutors on Friday accused 17-year-old Michael A. Fay of killing two teenage brothers he lived with in an Ottawa trailer and will seek to try him for murder as an adult.

UP: The Courier's View on Wednesday applauded U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown for sponsoring an amendment to the Water Resources Development Act that should help keep the area's flood-control project moving along.

By JOY BROWN STAFF WRITER A former Findlay Recreation Department administrative supervisor submitted the fraud report that prompted baseball tournament investigations.

By JOY BROWNSTAFF WRITERThe region's 26th annual Armed Forces Day Celebration, to be observed beginning this Friday at the Hancock County Fairgrounds, will focus on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.