Tons of tasty chili was consumed and a lot of money raised for a great cause at the annual Cancer Patient Services Chili Cook-Off at the University of Findlay.

Elliot Shaffer’s son, Atlas, had a tumor removed from his liver in October of 2018 when he was only 6 months old.

Elliot tells WFIN News that when they began their journey everyone told them that Cancer Patient Services would be one of the greatest resources available to them in Hancock County.

“And they were. Having that support system that Cancer Patient Services provides is essential, because you can’t get through cancer alone.”

He says Atlas (pictured below on his dad’s shoulders) still has a long road ahead, but he is cancer-free now.

As for the competition, Brit, with Team LaRiche says it would’ve been nice to win, but they still had a great time helping out such a great cause.

“Most importantly we’re just raising money for Cancer Patient Services because that’s what’s important to us.”

Brit herself is a cancer survivor. She beat stage 4 lymphoma, and has been cancer-free for five years now.

The winner in the People’s Choice category for best chili was Hufford Funeral Home.

The winner in the Celebrity Judges category was Hancock Federal Credit Union.

The winner of Best Decorated Booth was Blanchard Valley Center.

A woman was injured in a two-vehicle crash in Findlay.

The crash happened at Lakeview Parkway and County Road 236 at around 8:30 Saturday night.

The Findlay Police Department says Beverly Yammine, 83, of Findlay, was driving west on Lakeview Parkway when she didn’t yield at the stop sign at County Road 236.

Yammine’s SUV was struck on the passenger side by a car going south on County Road 236 being driven by Dylan Vanderpool, 21, of Mt. Blanchard.

Yammine was taken to Blanchard Valley Hospital for a possible neck injury.

She was cited for running the stop sign.

Both vehicles had to be towed.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s office is praising a pair of snow shoveling brothers.

The sheriff’s office took to Facebook on Friday to applaud 10-year-old Quron Blanton and his younger brother J’mar, who is seven-years-old.

They spent their snow day off from school shoveling their neighbors’ sidewalks in their Dayton neighborhood.

Deputies bought hot chocolate and snacks for the boys who said they just wanted to, quote, “make the world a safer place.”

The Ohio Department of Health says last week saw the highest number of flu hospitalizations of the season.

The department says 832 people were hospitalized for symptoms related to the illness between January 26th and February 1st.

That’s an increase of 36-percent over the previous week.

In Northeast Ohio an 11-year-old girl died from the flu earlier this week, while officials say two adults were also recently killed by the illness.

Health officials are urging anyone who hasn’t received their flu shot yet to get one as soon as possible.

Cleveland Browns season-ticket holders will have to dig a little deeper into their pockets to renew their tickets this year.

Team officials have announced plans to boost prices for the third time since 2008.

Most of the price hikes involve prime sections near the 50-yard line, along with club and suite tickets.

The Browns say their season tickets are still the fourth least-expensive in the NFL.

(ONN) – Republicans are making another run at relaxing the rules for Ohioans who legally carry concealed firearms after an effort stalled last summer to eliminate the entire permit process.

The Columbus Dispatch reports that a new bill, which got its first hearing recently, would require people with a concealed handgun license to tell an officer verbally that they’re armed or hand over that license after being asked for identification.

The current law requires them to tell law enforcement “promptly”.

House Bill 425 also would downgrade the penalty for not notifying from a first-degree misdemeanor with a fine of up to $1,000 to a civil citation with a maximum fine of $25.

President Trump is praising a pair of Ohio lawmakers for supporting him through the impeachment trial.

Speaking on Thursday, Trump said that U.S. Representative Jim Jordan is in great shape and was a star athlete back in his day.

The Republican from Troy is a former wrestler who coached at Ohio State.

Trump also had nice things to say to U.S. Representative Michael Turner of Dayton, calling him “fantastic” and comparing him to the fictional TV defense lawyer Perry Mason.

The Red Cross is assisting a Findlay family after their apartment was damaged in a fire on Thursday.

The Findlay Fire Department responded to 411 Sterling Hill Drive at 11:53 Thursday morning on the report of a fire.

Firefighters arrived on the scene to find smoke coming from the front door.

When they entered the apartment they found flames in the kitchen.

Firefighters quickly knocked down the fire.

The damage was contained mostly to the kitchen area.

The four occupants of the apartment, one adult and three kids, made it out safely before firefighters arrived.

The Red Cross is helping the family with immediate needs like temporary lodging, food and clothing.

A developer has eyes on putting up an apartment building where the Argyle building once stood in the 500 block of South Main Street in Findlay.

To make the project work, the developer wants to buy the City of Findlay-owned parking lot off of Hardin Street directly behind the Argyle lot.

Findlay Mayor Christina Muryn supports the project.

“I think it would be great to have it developed and have businesses using it and residents living there.”

The mayor points out that as part of the deal with the developer the public parking spaces in the Hardin lot would be maintained, and in addition, they would be covered.

She says the project is a little smaller than a similar one that was proposed last year but never came to fruition.

The mayor says city council will decide whether they want to move forward with discussing the up-to $225,000 offer for the parking lot and has not requested any formal legislation be drafted yet.