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By LOU WILIN STAFF WRITER Findlay firefighters worked through the night Thursday and Friday morning to rescue people trapped in their homes as Blanchard River floodwaters rose. Firefighters waded through currents, false alarms and even obstruction from well-meaning — if...

By LOU WILIN STAFF WRITER Hunter’s Creek resident Pamela Burton hurriedly grabbed a box of black plastic bags from the back of her vehicle Thursday morning. The basement of her Cranberry Lane home was ankle-deep in water. “Whatever I take upstairs, it’s like...

By LOU WILIN STAFF WRITER Marathon Petroleum Corp.’s Hancock Hotel will open by Feb. 28, be managed by First Hospitality Group, and include a Mancy’s Steakhouse, Marathon said Tuesday. The $20 million, five-story hotel at the corner of Main and Lincoln streets will...

By LOU WILIN STAFF WRITER Campbell Soup Co. and Rowmark chose American Electric Power — not Hancock-Wood Electric Cooperative — to power their new Findlay plants, an AEP official said Friday. Responding to the cooperative’s claims that AEP and Findlay city...

By LOU WILIN STAFF WRITER Findlay’s newest nightclub, Daisy Dukes, is trying to make it in a Tiffin Avenue location that over the years has seen nightclubs come and go. It also is braving a difficult era for nightclubs in general, said T.J. Snow, Daisy Dukes’...

By LOU WILIN STAFF WRITER Hancock-Wood Electric Cooperative and American Electric Power have found the circuit breaker for their potentially high-voltage dispute over who gets to power a new Findlay warehouse. The companies told Findlay City Council on Tuesday that they are...

By LOU WILIN STAFF WRITER A Findlay wind energy company will build two wind turbines, totaling $6.9 million, to help power Valfilm’s headquarters on Findlay’s north end. Valfilm makes films for food packaging, automotive and construction. The 405-foot tall wind...

By LOU WILIN STAFF WRITER A crowd hung out in the carefree dance of live music, airy magnolias, beverages and popcorn Friday evening in a bricked courtyard sandwiched between downtown Findlay buildings. Rally in the Alley is in its 25th season of escorting people into summer...

By LOU WILIN STAFF WRITER Campbell Soup Co. and Blanchard Valley Port Authority on Thursday took steps enabling Campbell to avoid $1 million in taxes for construction of a distribution center on Findlay’s north end. The $37.5-million, 741,000-square-foot distribution center...

By LOU WILIN STAFF WRITER Corn and soybean farmers are at greater risk for lower yields — and lower income — this year after a wet, cold May. “We’re hopeful, but we know this is not a good start,” said Ed Lentz, Ohio State University Extension...