A full gun magazine found at Fostoria Junior/Senior High School has police posted around the school today. The Review Times reports that the magazine containing .22 caliber bullets was found at the end of school on Thursday. Superintendent Andrew Sprang told parents about the incident in a voice message. The school was searched by the staff and members of the Fostoria Police but they didn’t find anything.

The school hadn’t received any threats but police are posted to ensure student safety. No other information is available at this time.

05/05/17 – 10:55 P.M.

Putnam County Sheriff’s deputies found marijuana and paraphernalia at a two-car crash on Wednesday. The Putnam County Sentinel reports that the find has deputies questioning the cause of the Ottoville accident. At about 2 p.m. 66-year-old Mary Alger of Elida was heading south on Wayne street. 23-year-old Nick Thompson failed to stop at the intersection at Fourth Street and struck Alger’s car.

Sgt. Mark Brecht said he could smell marijuana in Thompson’s car. They found a makeshift pipe and the burnt ends of rolling papers. Thompson suffered minor injuries from the crash.

The accident remains under investigation.

05/05/17 – 5:23 A.M.

Reineke Ford Lincoln of Findlay and Habitat for Humanity of Findlay/Hancock County are partnering up. Reineke is bringing the Lincoln Motor Company’s Driven to Given Program to the community. The goal of the effort id to raise $8,000 for Habitat for Humanity. For every person that comes and test drives a new Lincoln vehicle, the company will donate $20.

The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday. The test drives will last about 7-10 minutes.

05/05/17 – 5:12 A.M.

Area companies were honored at the 71st Annual Hancock County Safety Council Awards Luncheon. Over 40 Findlay and Hancock County businesses were recognized for their outstanding safety records. Some of the awards include having at least 500,000 work hours without a lost-time injury and working the entire year without injury or illness. Achievement awards were given to companies that lowered their incident rate by at least 25%.

Award winners are:

50 North ACI Construction Co., Inc.
ACT I Temporaries of Findlay, Inc.
ADS/Hancor – South Plant
Ball Corporation
Basol Maintenance
Black Swamp Area Council 449
BSA Blanchard Valley Residential Services
Charles Construction Services, Inc.
City Dry Cleaning
Custom Staffing – Findlay
Findlay Pallet
Findlay•Hancock County Chamber of Commerce
Findlay City Schools
Findlay Country Club
Findlay Products Corporation
Findlay Warehousing Co. Inc.
FMT, Inc.
Fresh Encounters, Inc.
FriendsOffice
Hancock County
Hancock-Wood Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Hilty memorial Home
H & O Services, LLC
Kirk Bros. Co., Inc.
Kirk Bros. Masonry, Inc.

05/04/17 – 5:51 P.M.

The Findlay Air Expo is coming to the Findlay Airport this weekend. Airport Manager Matt McVicker said that they will have planes from World War II on display.

Matt McVicker

There is no on-site parking available unless you are handicapped.

Matt McVicker

The event is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday. There will be food available as well as the historical planes on display and in the air.