Cooper Tire & Rubber Company has announced that the company and United Steelworkers Local 207L in Findlay have reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year labor contract.
The company says the details of the agreement are being withheld pending presentation to union members.
A vote on ratifying the contract is expected to take place within a week.
Three people were injured in a two-vehicle crash northwest of Arcadia.
The crash happened at around 1:30 Friday afternoon at the intersection of Township Road 243 and County Road 109.
The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office says Brian Searles, 75, was southbound on 243 when he came to a stop at the intersection with 109.
He then pulled into the path of a vehicle eastbound on 109 being driven by Shawn M. Butler, 35.
Butler’s vehicle struck the side of Searles’ vehicle and both vehicles sustained heavy damage.
Brian Searles, and a passenger Lani Searles, were taken to Blanchard Valley Hospital.
Butler was taken to Fostoria Community Hospital.
Both vehicles had to be towed from the scene and a stop sign had to be replaced.
The sheriff’s office says Mr. Searles was cited for failure to yield the right of way at a stop sign.
The Fostoria Police Department is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man found inside a house on Friday.
Police were dispatched to 707 Circle Drive at about 3 p.m. Friday on the report of a naked woman throwing items onto the front yard of the residence.
Officers spoke with the agitated woman and learned that a man who lived at the residence was inside and unconscious and not breathing.
The man, later identified as 66-year-old Larry Cole, was determined deceased by paramedics.
The woman was taken to Fostoria Community Hospital for an evaluation.
A search warrant for the property was obtained and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation was contacted to assist Fostoria police in processing the scene.
Cole’s body was transported to the Lucas County Coroner’s Office for an autopsy and determination on the cause of death.
Police say no charges have been filed at this time and the investigation continues.
Marathon Petroleum Corporation reportedly is in talks to sell its Speedway gas stations to the Japanese company that controls 7-Eleven.
Bloomberg is reporting that Seven & i Holdings is lining up financing for the potential $22 billion transaction.
Last fall Marathon announced that it would be spinning off Speedway into an independent, publicly traded company.
Marathon previously stated that Speedway, with around 4,000 stores in the United States, could be worth as much as $18 billion as a standalone company.
The driver is okay but his box truck is not after it caught on fire east of Findlay.
The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office says the driver for Smith Family Foods, out of Tiffin, was making a delivery to Findlay on Thursday morning around 10 when his truck experienced a mechanical failure on U.S. 224 in front of Red Hawk Run Golf Course.
The driver tried to pull into the golf course parking lot but didn’t quite make it before the truck stopped working.
The truck then caught on fire and the cab was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived on the scene.
The driver was not injured.
Firefighters put the fire out but the truck is a total loss.
224 was shut down in both directions for more than one hour.
(picture courtesy of Meghan Woolley)
A former combat fighter pilot and astronaut who became the first African-American to fly in space is being honored by the State of Ohio.
During a ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse, Governor Mike DeWine presented the Ohio Distinguished Service Medal to Colonel Guion Bluford, who has spent the last two decades as President of Cleveland-based consulting group Aerospace Technology.
Bluford flew 144 combat missions during the Vietnam War before moving to NASA, where in 1983 he flew as part of the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger during the STS-8 mission.
DeWine called Bluford an inspiration to generations of Ohioans and future astronauts.
Lawmakers at the Ohio Statehouse are again looking at new legislation to toughen the penalties for assaulting officials at sporting events.
Officials are proposing stiffer penalties for attacking a referee or umpire.
The bill is similar to one from last May and would create a mandatory fine of $1,500 and 40-hours of community service for a first offense.
Charges would escalate from a misdemeanor to a felony if a weapon is used in the assault.
The Ohio High School Athletic Association says it has been seeing a marked decrease in the number of new referee hires due to concerns of verbal or physical abuse from spectators.
The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office is holding a Mental Health Wellness Forum for all first responders and their families.
Sgt. Michael Cortez says what first responders witness on a daily basis can really add up.
“What first responders deal with is called cumulative post-traumatic stress, and what that means is event after event after event over a period of time that goes undealt with.”
He says first responders tend to bottle that stuff up and don’t deal with it until it finally comes out in negative ways such as withdrawing from family, becoming angry, engaging in troubling behavior or worse.
“First responders need to realize that it’s okay to not be okay,” Cortez said.
The seminar will explain the resources available to first responders if they find themselves struggling from an incident they witnessed.
Several area mental health organizations will provide resources for those attending.
The forum will be at Owens Community College and run in two slots on Friday, February 21st; from 10 am to 12:30 pm and 6 pm to 8:30 pm.
(ONN) – A pair of music legends will headline a benefit concert commemorating 50 years since four students were killed when Ohio National Guard soldiers opened fire on students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University.
Kent State has announced that Joe Walsh of ‘The Eagles’ fame and David Crosby – co-founder of Crosby, Stills & Nash – will perform on May 2nd at 7 p.m.
All proceeds will support the newly-created May 4 legacy scholarships, which will provide four endowed scholarships for students majoring in Kent’s peace and conflict studies program.
Each scholarship will bear the name of one of the students killed.
Sixth grade science Students at Donnell Middle School in Findlay recently showed off their Biomes-We Gotta Move projects they’ve been working on.
The exhibition was held in the cafeteria and gym, and people had a chance to stop by each group and ask the students about their biome.
Science Teacher Bryan Miller says the students studied six different biomes for the project; tundra, tyga, rainforest, desert, deciduous forest and prairie grassland.
He says students had to construct a 3D model showing how they would live off the resources if they had to move to a different biome.
“They had to show where people would get their food, could they garden, could they have animals in a pasture…so, they’ve been busy.”
Miller says he’s super-impressed with the biomes projects this year.
See some video of the projects below.