By LOU WILIN STAFF WRITER Advanced Drainage Systems, the world’s largest producer of corrugated plastic pipe, plans to make an initial public offering of stock. The company, based in Hilliard, employs 212 at its Findlay offices and factory. About $300 million would be...

By LOU WILIN STAFF WRITER Voters in Hancock and neighboring counties will nominate candidates for one Ohio Senate seat and six Ohio House seats in the May 6 primary. There are primary election contests for four of these seven seats. State senators serve four-year terms and House...

Five men were arrested during a solicitation sting at area truck stops. The Wood County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday reported conducting the sting April 24 with the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office and Perrysburg Township Police Department. The sting was at truck...

By DENISE GRANT STAFF WRITER Several township trustees in Hancock County have joined the debate about cleaning the Blanchard River. Trustees David Bower of Eagle Township, and Jerry Wolford of Cass Township delivered petitions to the Hancock County commissioners on Tuesday. The...

By JOY BROWN STAFF WRITER The Findlay Health Department is hoping government officials “air” on the side of caution by banning electronic cigarettes in indoor public places where smoking has been prohibited. Findlay would be the first municipality in Ohio to do so....

By RYAN DUNN STAFF WRITER Three men from Kentucky and Michigan were indicted Tuesday on charges of possessing large amounts of illegal drugs in Findlay. A Hancock County grand jury indicted Darius L. Reaves, 42, of Louisville, Ky., on a first-degree felony charge of aggravated...

The University of Findlay will award nearly 700 degrees Saturday at its spring commencement ceremonies in the Koehler Complex. The graduate ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. and the undergraduate ceremony will start at 3 p.m. No tickets are needed to attend either ceremony. Degrees...

By JOY BROWN STAFF WRITER Findlay administrators and city Auditor Jim Staschiak are quarreling again, this time over emails. City administrators obtained certain auditor’s office emails directly from the city’s computer personnel, without consulting Staschiak. That...