01/24/19 – 6:05 P.M.

The University of Findlay offers a program that helps people who need extra care in medication therapy management and chronic care management. The Telehealth Center pairs pharmacy students with patients for the best learning and health outcomes. Patients get help from supervised pharmacy students who use video conferencing, telephone, and online interactions to help. The program primarily helps people that have travel limitations and live in rural areas

You can learn more about the program at teleheathcenter.findlay.edu.

01/24/19 – 1:13 P.M.

A fire caused minor damage to a local restaurant this morning. Findlay firefighters were called to Casa Fiesta on Tiffin Avenue a little before 11 am. Firefighters found the flames inside the facade of the building out front and knocked the fire out quickly. Nobody was hurt but there is no word yet on when the restaurant will open.

1/24/19 – 7:37 A.M.

The Seneca County General Health District says it is looking at options that can help resolve odor issues from the Sunny Farms Landfill. A statement from Health Commissioner Beth Schweitzer says they have talked to an environmental attorney to see what they can do. The statement goes on to say, “We truly understand the citizens’ concerns, and we are doing what is in our power to alleviate this problem. We are giving careful consideration to what our next step should be with this license.”

Schweitzer says options go beyond simply approving or denying a license renewal request. She adds the Ohio EPA has issued three notices of violation reports and one notice of deficiency report to Sunny Farms since December. She says the notices force the landfill to come up with a plan to fix the issue.

MORE: What causes the odors from the landfill?

1/24/19 – 7:24 A.M.

An effort to combat growing suicide numbers around the nation came to Putnam County last week. The Putnam County Sentinel reports all high school students in the county attended assemblies designed to address the issue. Weather forced the schools to move the event from December.

The sessions featured Kevin Hines, a well-known speaker about suicide. Hines attempted to take his own life by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. He has since worked to promote mental health awareness.

Students from all nine Putnam County school took part in two sessions.

MORE: Putnam County Sentinel

1/24/19 – 5:34 A.M.

After more than 23 years in business, a fixture in downtown Findlay is closing its doors. The owners of Mendoza Tex Mex Grocery Store and Carry Out are retiring at the end of the month. According to their daughter, Ernesto and Concepcion Mendoza want more time to do things with the family.

Connie Yruegas says the business has always been a family affair. She helped with marketing and used her business degree to help show her parents how to run the day-to-day operations. Concepcion and Ernesto’s grandchildren would help stock pop in the grocery store.

The Mendoza’s started the grocery store when Connie convinced them there was a market for Mexican food and groceries in Findlay.

MORE: The history of Mendoza Tex Mex Grocery Store and Carry Out