Findlay and Hancock County could be in line for some potentially strong storms on Tuesday night.
The National Weather Service has placed Findlay in the Slight risk category of severe weather.
Forecasters say storms that develop ahead of a cold front on Tuesday night could contain damaging winds of up to 65 miles per hour and large hail up to a quarter in size.
An isolated tornado is also possible over northwest Ohio.
The timing for the severe weather threat is 6 p.m. to midnight.
A lengthy police pursuit started in Allen County and entered Hancock County for a few minutes before ending in Van Wert County.
The pursuit began at around 8:15 Tuesday morning on U.S. 30 in Allen County.
According to police radio traffic, authorities were in pursuit of a transport truck that was believed to have been stolen out of the Van Wert area.
Spike strips took out the tires of the bobtail semi but it kept going, entering Putnam County before turning around and going back into Allen County and then Hancock County for a bit.
The semi then went westbound again on U.S. 30 and eventually was stopped northwest of Van Wert near Lare Road.
Police radio traffic indicated that the suspect had been “neutralized”.
The pursuit lasted for about two hours.
Authorities said both lanes of U.S. 30 would be closed for a while near the Village of Convoy as the scene was processed.
(ONN) – A woman was killed in a freak accident on a busy hiking trail in Ohio.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources says 44-year-old Victoria Schafer died at Old Man’s Cave in Hocking Hills.
The ODNR says she was killed by a falling tree on the steps near the cave.
This is at least the third death in the Hocking Hills area this summer.
In June, 55-year-old Dana Busson’s body was found at Conkles Hollow.
In August, 22-year-old Alexander Colson died after falling off an overlook at Old Man’s Cave.
The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles is closing several driver examination stations across the state, including one in Seneca County.
The closure of the driver exam station at 451 East Market Street in Tiffin was effective on Sunday.
That location is now permanently closed.
The Tiffin exam station had been open Tuesday through Saturday.
The BMV says the locations that are closing were underutilized.
There is still a driver exam station located in Findlay at 8210 County Road 140, Suite C.
The City of Findlay has rescheduled the monthly weather siren test due to the Labor Day Holiday.
The test is always scheduled for the first Monday of each month, but since Monday was Labor Day the test was canceled.
The monthly test for September will now occur on Monday, September 9th at 10 a.m.