6/13/18 – 7:23 A.M.

The Carey school board has approved a five-year contract extension for junior/senior high Principal Peter Cole. The deal runs from July of next year through June of 2024. Cole’s salary will be a little more than $97,000 per year.

Treasurer Karen Phillips says the district sets salaries based on the state average for each administrative position. They also use the average statewide rate increase from the previous two years to determine salaries.

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6/13/18 – 6:51 A.M.

You can check out the new Old Mill Stream Centre at the Hancock County Fairgrounds next week. The Hancock County Agricultural Society is holding an open house for the $1.4 million facilities on June 19. The event runs from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Agricultural society operations manager Dave Thomas says the 15,000-square-foot building hosted its first event on June 9. The building can host shows, seminars, and receptions. It’s located south of the Sandusky Street parking lot.

6/13/18 – 5:35 A.M.

The Hancock Hotel held its official grand opening Tuesday evening. As part of the festivities Marathon Petroleum, the First Hospitality Group, and Mancy’s Steakhouse donated $3,000 to the Miracle League of Findlay. The Miracle League gives area residents with disabilities the chance to play baseball at the Marathon Diamonds. The organization is also hosting people from all over the nation for an all-star game later this summer.

The $20 million Hancock Hotel first opened its doors in February. The 99-room facility features a Mancy’s Steakhouse and a ballroom that can seat 300 people among other amenities.

6/13/18 – 5:23 A.M.

Three more Findlay streets are closing for road work today. The city says milling and paving work is taking place on Swing Avenue between Morey and Broad avenues, Davis Street between Morey and Broad avenues, and McManness Avenue between Tiffin and Balsley avenues.

The closures are in place through Saturday.

6/13/18 – 5:17 A.M.

A bill designed to combat the opioid crisis and sponsored by 5th District Congressman Bob Latta passed the U.S. House Tuesday. The INFO Act would create a database for information and resources. Health providers, state and local governments, pharmacists, advocates, and law enforcement could use the database to find people help.

Latta says, “There is still a lack of information that is making it difficult to create strategies that can effectively address this epidemic.” He adds that people in his district tell him they don’t know where to turn to get federal funding, despite the record number of resources available.

The bill now moves to the Senate.

6/13/18 – 5:08 A.M.

The Hancock Park District Board talked about ways to help the Dold subdivision on Findlay’s west side with drainage issues during a Tuesday meeting. The group talked about a possible drainage swale along County Road 9 to Aurand Run in the Oakwood Nature Preserve. Park district director Gary Pruitt says the swale could cross the nature preserve with little or no impact to farmland near the preserve and a trail in that area.

A second option would create a swale that would run from the subdivision, behind Gateway Church, and through the nature preserve. It would impact about an acre of farmland owned by the parks district and leased for income.

Pruitt says granting an easement for a swale would put the parks district in a position to help people in the Dold subdivision.

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6/12/18 – 9:20 A.M.

A power outage has knocked the websites for the Courier and the Review-Times offline for the time being. The service interruption has also affected the breaking news ticker on the WFIN, WKXA, and WBUK websites.

Findlay Publishing officials expect the websites to come back online later tonight. If there is any breaking news before the sites come back online it will be posted on the WFIN website.