Tiffin News

By MORGAN MANNS for the courier FOSTORIA - After a nearly two-year hiatus, Fostoria Police Department has a new top cop.

Tiffin Metal Products Inc., , is pleased to announce that they have expanded their Schedule 84 GSA Contract, to supply Total Solutions for Law Enforcement, Security, and Emergency Disaster Relief to governmental agencies .

A plan to demolish five cottages included in a National Register of Historic Places district has been halted as state officials weigh whether proper channels for razing were followed.

Ohio and its residents played a major role in the Civil War, and a museum I visited on my first road trip of 2014 hammers that point across.

This seminar will take the confusion out of your efforts and help you avoid costly mistakes and unnecessary steps.

Police tell 13abc that Shiloh Robinson, 18, was last seen around 3:00pm Sunday. Investigators say Robinson left a note for his mother saying he may walk to the Toledo area.

The Vanguard-Sentinel Adult Basic and Literacy Education program offers free ABLE classes to help adults improve their reading, math or writing skills, to prepare for the GED test and to get ready for college or an adult certificate training program.

* 6:06 p.m., a man reported juveniles entering a property in the 2700 block of Sandusky County Road 306 to pet a horse.

An Ohio State Highway Patrol sergeant is on paid administrative leave after he was charged Monday with showing a 12-year-old boy pornographic videos in 2009.

"I think these are two solid hires for the Norwalk Police Department," said Norwalk Police Chief Dave Light, who added that each officer did very well on the department's intensive testing process.

City Council will meet today to consider supporting a joint justice center project, a proposed facility to house both municipal court and Seneca County Common Pleas Courts.

By GENNA NEWMAN FREED STAFF WRITER TIFFIN - Leaders in Seneca County met Saturday to hear ideas about restructuring the county's emergency medical services and paying those who staff ambulances.

Ernie Hopkins was 20 years old when he returned from Vietnam to his hometown of Port Clinton in 1971.

Nina Parker, director of the Black Heritage Library and Multicultural Center, will present "Escape to Freedom."

By RYAN DUNN STAFF WRITER UPPER SANDUSKY - A rural Tiffin man has admitted fatally shooting his girlfriend and a man inside a Wyandot County sportsman's club.

Thursday FIRE * 10:21 a.m., a brush fire was reported in the 400 block of Patterson Street in Gibsonburg.

Mr. Witherstine was born November 29, 1948 in Youngstown, OH, a son of Walter S. and Helen R. Cheese Witherstine.

The meeting is open to anyone who lives or works in the Sandusky River Watershed to contribute to the discussions and the ideas for future grant ideas.

Seneca County Commissioner Jeff Wagner expressed interest Tuesday in a proposed justice center to serve Tiffin and county courts but wants to save more money before construction starts.

The 12th annual Baumann Auto Group Big Charity Raffle is underway. The Baumann Auto Group dealerships and 20 area charities will sell $5 raffle tickets for a chance to win a new 2014 vehicle.