(WFIN) – The Hancock County Fair Board is looking to wrap up funding for a new youth building and now they’ve got some more help.

Fair board member Jeff Cole explained that Marathon Petroleum Company has offered a matching grant of up to $100,000.

Cole said that this grant will help them with their goal of funding the project soon.

The new building will replace two buildings and add about 25% more square footage.

You can help out by contacting the fair board or online at hancockfairgrounds.org

The City of Findlay has been awarded the U.S. Conference of Mayor’s 2019 Childhood Obesity Prevention Award.

The award comes with a $100,000 grant that the city will use to help keep kids more active in the winter months.

“We’re excited to be able to provide additional opportunities, especially in those cold months when it’s not as easy to be active,” said Mayor Christina Muryn.

As kids were playing on an obstacle course at Bernard Park that the city set up, Recreation Supervisor Lisa Mansfield said it doesn’t matter what activity it is, kids just need to be more active.

“Whether it’s going back to old school games like kickball or wiffle ball that we all did as kids on the playground and at parks, or tennis and swimming activities.”

Mayor Muryn says the city will use the grant money to increase access to physical activity for children by expanding the city’s “Keep Active, Keep Healthy” program to offer more programs throughout the year.

Authorities in Findlay executed a search warrant at a massage business.

The Hancock County METRICH Drug Task Force in conjunction with the Findlay Police Department served the search warrant at Relaxation Massage at 2020 Tiffin Avenue on Wednesday.

Authorities say they seized several items from the business that are part of an ongoing investigation.

No additional details were immediately available.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine wants information about outstanding warrants to be included on background checks for gun purchases.

DeWine says Innovate Ohio would create a portal where information on warrants and protective orders could be funneled to state and federal databases used in background checks.

DeWine says he wants the Ohio General Assembly to mandate agencies to enter warrants into the system within 48-hours of being issued.

Meantime, two former Ohio governors are lending their support to a new background check proposal by Governor DeWine.

Republican Bob Taft who was governor from 1999 to 2007 and Democrat Ted Strickland who served from 2007 to 2011 spoke at the Columbus Metropolitan Club about DeWine’s new plan.

Both men tried during their terms to address gun control with Taft unsuccessfully attempting to enact a safe-storage law.

Strickland said he sent DeWine a text message of support after the governor’s 17-point plan was first unveiled on August 6th.

(WFIN) – Kathy’s Korner catered food to hundreds of veterans at the Hancock County Fair Wednesday evening.

Restaurant owner Matt Sterling said the goal was to feed over 500 veterans and he thinks they made that goal.

Hancock County Veterans Services executive director Nichole Coleman explained that the event was about much more than just food though.

After their meals veterans got visit several stations that were set up to go over benefits to them.

(WFIN) – 12til2 is a local rock band that was formed to give back to the community and they just completed their fourth album.

Lead singer and local entrepreneur Mike Mallett said that their newest album represents where they came from.

Mallett added that everything they make from their music goes to charity.

Mallett isn’t the only Findlay face in the band, though.

He’s joined by City of Findlay operations advisor and safety director Paul Schmelzer and Findlay Country Club Manager Chad Bain.

You can learn more about the band at 12til2.com.

A four-legged member of the Ohio State Highway Patrol in Findlay is proving to be a very valuable asset.

Trooper Matthew Manly says he’s had his K-9, Boy, for three years now.

“He’s really starting to grow and to come into his body, we refer to him now as a veteran because he’s been around for a couple of years. He’s been deployed on the side of the road and has multiple seizures under his belt.”

He says, just last summer Boy was instrumental in locating 165 pounds of cocaine in a vehicle on the Ohio Turnpike.

“That was a very large and significant seizure, you just don’t see that anymore where they take large amounts like that over the turnpike,” Manly said.

“So, to see a seizure of that magnitude that we haven’t seen in years was really cool to be a part of for me and him (Boy) as well.”

Manly says Boy is a great partner and has a good temperament.

“He realizes when I put my uniform on and we get in the Tahoe that it’s time to go to work, but when I take him home he knows how to take that work hat off and just be a dog.”

Since National Dog Day was this week, the patrol created the Dapper Dog contest where people can vote for their favorite highway patrol K-9.

The Findlay Post has three K-9s. Boy, Bo and Gaban.

The Findlay Police Department is once again participating in the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration’s “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign.

The campaign is part of a nationwide effort to crack down on drunk driving.

Safety officials say each day, about 30 people in the United States die from a drunk-driving crash, which is equivalent to one person every 48 minutes and more than 10,000 a year.

During the high visibility campaign, people are being urged to plan a safe and sober ride home, don’t let someone get behind the wheel if they’ve been drinking and if you see a drunk driver contact law enforcement.

The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office is also participating in the campaign.

The “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign is underway now and goes through Labor Day.

Officials say a man died over the weekend after falling from a cliff at Hocking Hills State Park.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources confirmed that 22-year-old Alexander Colson was killed when he fell 75-feet from an overlook near Old Man’s Cave.

Colson went off trail and fell after losing his balance and was flown to a hospital where he died.

This is the second death from a fall at the park this year.

The ODNR says hikers need to stay on the trails to guarantee their safety.

A Findlay man is heading to prison for beating a man outside a bar who later died.

The Courier is reporting that Devin Ray Dennard was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to a charge of voluntary manslaughter.

The 25-year-old beat Gregory Hammer outside a bar in December of 2017 and the 53-year-old died two weeks later.

The paper is reporting that Hammer’s family isn’t happy with Dennard’s sentence.

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