Findlay News

By LOU WILIN STAFF WRITER Gaslight Gifts, the former Ben Franklin store at 408 S. Main St., will be going out of business.

Findlay/Hancock County Crime Stoppers and the Findlay Police are asking for the publica TMs help in solving two robberies.

The number of traffic deaths in Hancock County this year already has equaled 2008's total with two months to go, according to State Highway Patrol statistics.

By JOY BROWN STAFF WRITER Tired of layoff threats and not content to coast for the next three years using extra income tax money, the Findlay Fire Department told City Council on Tuesday it will form a committee to study long-term department efficiencies.

By JOY BROWN STAFF WRITER An impending quarter-percent Findlay income tax increase, approved by voters Nov.

By JORDAN CRAVENS staff writer A Findlay man accused of killing his neighbor pleaded not guilty Thursday in Hancock County Common Pleas Court.

The Findlay High School Symphony Orchestra will present its annual Pops Concert on Thursday and Friday, Nov.

The City of Findlay is one step closer to being protected from flood waters. City residents will see the beginnings of a $100 million project right along Main Street, on the north side of the Blanchard River.

FREMONT -- Police have named the suspect they believe is responsible for the robbery of the Old Fort Bank in downtown Fremont last month.

Reducing flooding along the Blanchard River doesn't have to be as ugly - or expensive - as building a concrete flood wall.

A group trying to prevent repeated floods in one northwest Ohio town is using $700,000 in state money to buy seven flood-prone properties.

Organizers of the city's annual communal book-reading project have chosen Erin Gruwell's Teach With Your Heart for Findlay's eighth annual Community Read.

By JOY BROWN STAFF WRITER A flood control planning group, using $300,000 in state grant money, has bought seven flood-prone Findlay properties that will be demolished.

FINDLAY, Ohio The United Way is stepping up to help residents after the City of Findlay announced it wouldn't collect leaves to save money.

By DENISE GRANT Staff Writer The Black Heritage Library & Multicultural Center, 817 Harmon St., will be looking for some hope of its own at its sixth annual "Tapestry of Hope" event to be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov.

By JORDAN CRAVENS staff Writer Blanchard Valley Health Systems has asked a judge to dismiss lawsuits filed against it by four former Birchaven Retirement Village nurses who were fired in July 2008 for providing "substandard care" to an Alzheimer's unit resident.

A woman called officers to complain that her daughter had performed oral sex on her husband a ' and that the daughter was better at it.

IN Findlay, Ohio, the Police Department responds to a call from a mother complaining that her daughter gives better oral sex than her: A woman called the police early Saturday morning during an argument with her husband after he claimed that the woman's daughter performed oral sex on him, and the daughter was better at it.

During October, the Courier endorsed five of the six major ballot issues, including Hancock County's 0.50 percent sales tax, Findlay's 0.25 percent income tax, and Findlay City Schools' 4.3-mill bond issue.On the state side, we're also behind Issue 1 and Issue 2, but don't support Issue 3. Below is a summary: Issue 4 Hancock County's request to ...

The rubber roof of the energy center building at Blanchard Valley Hospital caught on fire on Saturday evening.