By MAX FILBY STAFF WRITER Findlay police can look forward to getting a 2 percent raise each year for the next three years. City Council approved a new contract for police Tuesday. The pact is retroactive to January. Each raise will cost the city an additional $100,000 per year,...

By DENISE GRANT STAFF WRITER The Hancock County commissioners voted Tuesday to award a contract for the demolition of several dilapidated buildings in the 200 block of North Main Street in downtown Findlay. The $90,350 contract went to ALL Excavation & Demolition, McComb. The...

Hancock County’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.4 percent in May from a month earlier, the state reported. Jobless rates declined in 76 of Ohio’s 88 counties in May. Putnam County’s rate declined from 3.5 percent to 3.3 percent last month, tied for...

By BRIAN BOHNERT FOR THE COURIER FOSTORIA — Nearly 20 people attended a town hall meeting Tuesday night to discuss Fostoria’s fiscal emergency, but only one person approached the podium. Greg Cassidy, 710 College Ave., addressed members of Fostoria Council’s...

By BRIAN BOHNERT FOR THE COURIER FOSTORIA — Fostoria City Council gave a first reading Tuesday to the 2017 city budget, one that projects the next fiscal year could end with a $1.6 million deficit. The city was placed in a “fiscal emergency” by state Auditor...

By ALLISON REAMER STAFF WRITER An Arlington man accused of killing a 2-year-old Findlay boy may have his bond modified once he completes a jail sentence for a separate felony next month. Brent R. Houdeshell, 28, was charged with murder, an unclassified felony; endangering...

Two area women were hurt in a two-vehicle crash at 3:46 p.m. Tuesday in the 2200 block of Bright Road, the Findlay Police Department reported. Transported to Blanchard Valley Hospital were Mackenzie Howard, 19, of Van Buren, and her passenger, Kayla Farr, 20, of Findlay. Police...

By BRENNA GRITEMAN FAMILY EDITOR The Marathon Center for the Performing Arts will launch its 2016-17 season on Sept. 10. A homecoming, a farewell and the return of the Toledo Symphony are among the highlights. The center’s second season features a lineup of 19 shows,...