The date has been set for the popular community event Flag City Night Out.

This year Flag City Night Out will be held on Tuesday, August 2nd beginning at 6 p.m.

The free, family-friendly event is designed to bring community members and public safety professionals together in the same place.

Findlay Police Officer Brian White says the interactions they have with kids at events like Night Out go a long way.

There will be free food and refreshments, live demonstrations, entertainment and other fun activities.

Also, kids will enjoy the large assortment of emergency vehicles like fire trucks, ambulances and police cruisers.

Flag City Night Out will be held at Findlay’s Riverside Park, across the street from the pool, on Tuesday, August 2nd from 6 to 9 p.m.

The rain date will be the following Tuesday.

See video from last year’s Flag City Night Out, below.

The Findlay Rotary Club has awarded its 2022 Richard E. “Dick” Daugherty Scholarship to Abigail Harjala, a 2022 graduate of Findlay High School.

Abigail plans to attend the University of Vermont in the fall to pursue a degree in Biological Science and a minor in Anthropology.

While attending Findlay High School, Abigail was a member of the Distinguished Honor Roll, Voices in Perfection, Findlay First Edition, played volleyball and also served as a Trojan Hockeyette.

She has also volunteered for the American Red Cross, a Camp Discovery camp counselor and a Voices in Perfection mentor.

The Richard E. “Dick” Daugherty Scholarship fund was endowed by The Findlay Publishing Company and the Findlay Rotary Club in 2004 in honor of Daugherty, who passed away in 2008.

He had spent more than 50 years with the company. Daugherty had been recognized as “Mr. Findlay Rotary.”

Dick was the first recipient of the Findlay Rotary Lifetime Achievement Award.

The award has since been named the Richard E. Daugherty Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Richard E. “Dick” Daugherty Scholarship is designated for students studying art, including graphic design, music, dance, theatre or speech (broadcasting).

Anyone wishing to contribute to The Richard E. “Dick” Daugherty Scholarship Fund may contact The Community Foundation at 101 West Sandusky Street, Suite 207 Findlay OH 45840 or call (419) 425-1100.

A bridge replacement project will close a road just south of Findlay for about a month.

The Hancock County Engineer’s Office says the closure of County Road 172, between U.S. 68 and the railroad tracks, began on Monday and will last for approximately four weeks.

Drivers will have to take an alternate route.

The engineer’s office says the project is part of the County Bridge Replacement Program and is utilizing $179,000 of local gas tax and license fees.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol says a passenger was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash in Putnam County.

The crash happened at 4:21 p.m. Sunday on State Route 15 near County Road 19A, in the northwest portion of the county.

The Highway Patrol says Jodi Culp, 52, of Columbus Grove, was a passenger in a car that went off the road and struck a pole and a tree.

She was life-flighted to St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima with serious injuries.

The driver of the car, David Stevenson, 73, of Lima, was taken to the same hospital with minor injuries.

The Highway Patrol says Culp was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, which is still under investigation.

Free lunches are available to anyone under 18 years old in Hancock County this summer.

The lunches will be available at Glenwood Middle School in Findlay, Monday through Thursday from 11:30 to 12:30.

Feed-A-Child bags will also be available on Thursdays to take home.

There will also be fun activities provided each day.

For more information, call 419-424-7073 or 419-422-4424.

Flag City Honor Flight, the Findlay-based hub of the National Honor Flight Network, will be taking to the air again after being grounded for two years due to the pandemic.

Bob Weinberg, president of Flag City Honor Flight, says they’ll be holding three flights this year instead of the usual two.

Flag City Honor Flight will take approximately 80 Veterans per flight, accompanied by their guardians, on a trip to Washington, D.C. to visit the war memorials built in their honor.

The flights will be on June 7, September 13 and November 1.

The trips are made possible by the generous donations of individuals, organizations, local businesses, and corporations.

Veterans pay absolutely nothing.

They are accompanied by guardians who are asked to make a tax-deductible donation to help with expenses.

The first flight of the year is on Tuesday, and people are invited to welcome the Veterans home at the Grand Aire hangar at the Toledo Airport at 9:30 Tuesday night.

Learn more about the organization and how you can donate by clicking here.

(above pic courtesy of Flag City Honor Flight)

The Ohio State Highway Patrol refers to the time period from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend as the 100 Deadliest Days of Summer.

These 100 days only represent 27 percent of the calendar year, but they account for more than one third of all fatal traffic crashes and deaths.

Last year In Ohio, 400 fatal crashes killed 434 people during this time period.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is reminding motorists to drive buckled, focused and sober.

The 100 days encompass the primary motorcycle riding months.

Motorcycle crashes made up less than 3 percent of all crashes during this time frame, but made up about 32 percent of the fatal crashes.

“As you travel to see family and friends this summer, commit to driving sober, obeying the speed limit and not driving distracted,” said Colonel Richard S. Fambro, Patrol superintendent.

“Your safety is our top concern.”

Last year during this time frame, speeding citations of 20 mph or more over the speed limit accounted for 33,000 citations.

More than 1,500 of those citations involved speeds of at least 100 mph.

Also, during this time period, troopers made more than 5,421 impaired driving arrests and issued 24,345 safety belt citations.

You can help contribute to roadway safety by calling #677 to report drug activity and dangerous or impaired driving.

A statistical map detailing citations and other 100 Deadliest Days-related information can be seen by clicking here.

The State Fire Marshal’s Office is mourning the loss of a retired accelerant detection canine who recently passed away.

India served the investigative bureau from February 2011 until her retirement in January 2018.

“India served faithfully in our canine program for many years, said Kevin S. Reardon, State Fire Marshal.

“She was an extremely personable and skilled Labrador and we will all miss her.”

India started out at a guide dog training facility until being dropped from the program because of her constant sniffing while in training.

She was quickly found by ATF accelerant trainers and excelled in the program.

India began her career at the State Fire Marshal’s Fire and Explosion Investigations Bureau in 2011 and was based out of Tuscarawas County with handler John Weber.

India was trained in the food reward methodology and by all accounts loved her training and work in the fire scenes.

She was an asset to the safety of all the citizens of Ohio.

India was 13 years old.

In an effort to increase access and opportunities for paddlers, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) is presenting Paddling Enhancement grants.

The nine communities will each get a portion of the awarded grants worth $526,163.

The Village of Ottawa, in Putnam County, will receive $75,000 for new walking paths, steps and driveways to improve access at Arrowhead Landing and Reservoir Landing along the Blanchard River.

“As paddle sports continue to grow, these grant dollars also provide benefits for local tourism and economic opportunities in addition to increased access to some of Ohio’s beautiful lakes and rivers,” said Governor Mike DeWine.

“We are excited to give more communities the opportunity to welcome people onto their lakes and rivers for some stress-free fun.”

Since the grant program’s inception in 2020, a total of $2.1 million has been awarded to 34 projects.

The grant is capped at $75,000 per project. Individual grant awards ranged from $29,920 to $75,000.

“ODNR is dedicated to providing local communities with new and improved facilities to help meet the growing demand for paddling access in Ohio” said ODNR Director Mary Mertz.

“Time on the water can do so much for someone’s state of mind, and these grants will give more people access to that kind of experience.”

The grants are funded by Ohio’s recreational boaters through the Waterways Safety Fund, which is comprised of a share of the state motor fuel tax, watercraft registration and titling fees, and funding from the U.S. Coast Guard.

A semi crashed into the Walmart on Trenton Avenue in Findlay on Thursday.

The crash happened at around 6 p.m. Thursday in the pharmacy drive-thru.

The semi was attempting to go through the drive-thru and struck the top of it, causing damage to the semi and building.

Police told us at the scene that nobody was injured.