The Seneca County Museum in Tiffin has unveiled plans for a 5,900-square-foot addition with accessible entry and restrooms, a firehouse exhibit and climate-controlled archive storage. The $2.5 million capital campaign has raised about $1.2 million, and groundbreaking could come as early as spring 2027.

Two chain restaurants at Perrysburg's Levis Commons have closed. Agave and Rye shut down Oct. 21, with its owner citing circumstances with the landlord, and the Bob Evans there has removed its signs and posted a closed notice.

Issue 3, the only statewide question on the Nov. 3 ballot, would write a voter photo ID requirement into the Ohio Constitution and list the IDs that count. Here is what the ballot says, what would change and the official arguments for and against.

A Wood County grand jury indicted Riley Leu, 22, of Toledo on involuntary manslaughter, corrupting another with drugs and fentanyl and cocaine trafficking charges in the April overdose death of a 50-year-old former Toledo Storm hockey player. A warrant has been issued. He is presumed innocent.

Seneca County property values were updated in 2026. Here is how to look up your value and tax bill, when taxes are due, which tax breaks to ask about, and how to file a Board of Revision complaint between Jan. 1 and March 31.

From free advising and state registration to a vendor's license, city income tax and zoning, here are the steps to open a small business in Fostoria, with local offices and fees checked against official sources.

Seneca County records are kept by separate elected offices, from the auditor and recorder to the clerk of courts and probate court. Here is which office holds what, what is already online, and how Ohio law protects your right to ask.

Spotted a pothole on a Fostoria street? Here is who fixes which roads, how to report a pothole to the City of Fostoria Street Department, and where to turn when the road belongs to the state or the county.

Findlay City Council will hold a Committee of the Whole budget meeting at 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26, as members push for budgets that match actual spending after years of adopting deficit budgets. The city's report shows a projected $6.8 million general fund deficit; the mayor expects year-end savings to close most or all of it.

U.S. beekeepers lost an estimated 39.9% of managed honey bee colonies from April 2025 to April 2026, down from a record 55.6%, according to the U.S. Beekeeping Survey. Backyard beekeepers lost 54.8%, worse than last year, while commercial losses fell sharply.

Assistant Chief Kevin Braun becomes Toledo's police chief Nov. 1 when Chief Michael Troendle retires. Braun wants to grow the force to 650 officers and calls Flock license plate cameras the department's most useful tool as council weighs a resolution urging the city to end its Flock agreements.

Two former senior FBI officials, Nikki Cole Floris and Bradley Benavides, surrendered Friday after being charged with lying to the House Judiciary Committee in 2023 about the FBI Foreign Influence Task Force's role in Hunter Biden investigations. Both are presumed innocent.

A package containing a suspicious substance that was addressed to U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur's Toledo office was intercepted before delivery, her office said Friday. The FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are investigating similar mailings sent to congressional and election offices nationwide.

Six Flags says it will add seat belts to Goliath and other coasters with a similar restraint, 11 days after a 42-year-old Atlanta man was ejected from Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia and killed. Goliath and eight other coasters at five parks, including Orion and Diamondback at Kings Island, remain closed while Georgia regulators investigate.

Heidelberg University's Master of Arts in Counseling program received the 2026 Innovative Counselor Education Program Award from the North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, a 13-state region. The program was recognized for its twice-a-week schedule, a bridge program that now includes Tiffin University students, federal internship stipends and a 96% licensure pass rate.

Seneca County commissioners accepted EMS Director Chris Hafley's retirement, effective Jan. 8, 2027, and appointed Assistant Chief Nic Summers as chief of emergency services. The two will serve as co-directors until January. Lynn Love, who started as an EMT, was named assistant chief.

The Seneca County Veterans Service Commission has named Bettsville native Dan Steele, a U.S. Army veteran who served in Vietnam with a combat engineer unit and later spent 25 years caring for Bettsville Schools, its Veteran of the Year. He will be honored Nov. 11 at American Legion Post 733 in Bettsville.

Findlay-Hancock County Habitat for Humanity dedicated Homes 71, 72 and 73 on Bishop Lane and announced a 2027 Women Build. Longtime supporter Sandy Franks is giving $25,000 now and another $25,000 once the community matches it. Construction on Home 74 starts in March 2027.

After the chemical leak in north Toledo, Seneca County EMA Director John Spahr told The Advertiser-Tribune the county faces no risk from that incident but has about 50 sites that report hazardous materials. Here is how the county would warn you, how to sign up for Hyper-Reach alerts and how to shelter in place.

The Sandusky County Drug Task Force says Kerry Pitts was arrested Oct. 20 and Christopher McDonald on Oct. 22 on first-degree felony cocaine trafficking charges after months-long investigations in Fremont. More charges are expected after state lab results.

A sworn account from Christa Pike's attorney says she strained, flinched and struggled to breathe for 30 minutes after Tennessee's lethal drug was given. Opinion: the Eighth Amendment and Tennessee's own constitution ban cruel and unusual punishment, and Tennessee owes the public answers.

Union workers at the Wilson football factory in Ada approved a new three-year contract Thursday evening by a 62-30 vote, a week after 99% rejected the company's "last, best and final offer." Other terms have not been released.

Ohio's secretary of state is reviewing complaints about a Ramaswamy campaign ad in which Amy Acton's estranged mother calls her a liar. Vice President JD Vance told Republicans to stop "whining" about it, Libertarian Don Kissick urged Ramaswamy to quit the race, and Acton called the ad "a horrible thing to do."

Carole Ann Bishop, 79, of Findlay, a Fostoria native and 1965 Fostoria High School graduate known for her quick wit, died Oct. 18. Visitation is Friday, Oct. 23, at Coldren-Crates Funeral Home.

Clausel Dorante, 51, of Findlay, died Oct. 20. Coldren-Crates Funeral Home in Findlay is assisting the family; a full obituary has not yet been published.

David B. Shumway, 84, of Richfield, a Tiffin native and steel industry engineer who raced motorcycles as an amateur, died Oct. 19. He will be laid to rest at Greenlawn Cemetery in Tiffin.

Linda Lou Wotring, a Fostoria native who founded Heritage House Assisted Living in Toledo and opened her home to foster children and refugee families, died Oct. 19, her 87th birthday. Services are Saturday in Toledo.

North Baltimore police are asking for help finding Cody A. Fletcher, 36, wanted on a probation violation. Police say he is considered armed and dangerous and should not be approached.

John Charles Huber, 75, of Fostoria, an Army veteran who spent 30 years at Atlas Crankshaft and ran Buck's Construction, died Oct. 20. Visitation is Friday and the funeral is Saturday at Hoening & Son Funeral Home.

7 Brew is open in Tiffin and coming to Findlay's Tiffin Avenue, but the chain does not publicly name its roaster, bean origins or coffee grade. Here's what it does disclose, how coffee is graded, and what its own nutrition guide shows about sugar in its drinks.

Vice President JD Vance and Attorney General Todd Blanche announced in the Cincinnati area that a nationwide surge led to actions against more than 40 defendants tied to nearly $42 million in alleged SNAP fraud. The largest case alleges $29.7 million in fraud using stolen Ohio EBT data.

Gregory Garrow, 61, of Wauseon died Wednesday morning when his car hit an oncoming pickup as he tried to pass a semi on County Road D in Fulton County, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. Troopers said fog was a factor and the crash was not related to the Toledo chemical leak.

President Trump says every adult U.S. citizen will get a $5,000 "Trump Dividend" if Republicans keep the House and Senate on Nov. 3. No bill exists yet, Speaker Mike Johnson says Congress would have to approve it, and budget analysts put the cost at about $1.2 trillion.