That buzzing insect at your picnic is probably a yellowjacket, not a bee. Here is how to tell honey bees, yellowjackets, paper wasps, bald-faced hornets and Ohio's only true hornet apart, and why most of them die off by the first hard frost.

The Allen brothers ran Fostoria's biggest buggy maker, the Peabody Buggy Co., then switched to automobiles in 1913. For six years Allen cars were built in four plants and tested on Wood Street. Here is the story, and what stands on those sites today.

The jack-o'-lantern began as a carved turnip in Ireland and Scotland. Here's how immigrants, a folktale and a ghost story made the pumpkin Halloween's icon.

A vehicle crashed into a business on Fremont Pike in Perrysburg Township late Wednesday morning, and one person who was pinned against a wall was carried out by rescuers, according to fire dispatch radio traffic.

Portable nuclear reactors are part of what Fox News calls the Pentagon's "doomsday plan," a new initiative called FORTRESS built on the idea that U.S. military bases can't count on the civilian power grid in a major war. Here's what the Pentagon has confirmed and what it hasn't.

Log schoolhouses in Rome and Risdon, a four-room brick school after the 1854 merger, the 18-room Central School on High Street and the new junior-senior high that opened in 2020: here is how Fostoria's schools grew.

The Blizzard of 1978 is still called the worst winter storm in Ohio history. Here is what the National Weather Service records say about that storm in northwest Ohio, from record low pressure and 100-mile-an-hour gusts to a closed I-75, plus how much snow the area gets in a normal winter.

A Findlay family says a person in a plain white mask spoiled their night at the Cops & Kids Findlay Halloween Parade on Oct. 27. Residents describe the man's white mask, open shirt and chains. His identity is unconfirmed.

Capt. Roger Alcott, a militia captain and former telegrapher, built the turreted Alcott Block at Main and Center in 1893. It survived an 1897 explosion but not the 1962 fire that also took the Hays Hotel. Here is the building's story and what is on the corner now.

From 1898 to 1932, electric interurban cars ran from Fostoria to Tiffin, Findlay, Toledo and Fremont. Here is the story of the three lines that served the city and why they disappeared.

Tiffin Parks and Recreation and R.A.R.E. have announced the official opening of the Hedges Hills Pump Track at Hedges-Boyer Park, with a ribbon-cutting set for 4 p.m. Nov. 5. The free track includes a full-size course and an ADA-compliant TOT Track.

FBI agents searched billionaire Stephen Cloobeck's Beverly Hills mansion Tuesday in connection with the federal investigation into former Rep. Eric Swalwell. The FBI confirmed a sealed search warrant and said no arrests were planned. Developing.

In the 1880s, natural gas strikes in Findlay and near Fostoria set off a boom that filled the area with glass factories and new residents. Here is what happened, why it ended and what it left behind.

Fostoria was born in 1854 when the rival villages of Risdon and Rome joined and took the name of Charles W. Foster. Here is what the historical record says about the founding and the Foster family, including a governor and Treasury secretary.

The Federal Reserve announces its rate decision at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28. Markets put the odds of a hold at about 88% to 91%, with roughly 71% to 75% odds of an increase by December. Here is what it means for credit cards, mortgages, savings and Bitcoin.

Alpheus Weaver's dry goods business opened on North Main Street in 1875, survived a suspicious 1892 fire, moved three times in one block and gave way to Kiebel and Wilson and finally the Ahlenius Co. Here is a century of dry goods in downtown Fostoria.

Findlay's four-part flood plan, centered on the new Eagle Creek Storage Basin, could cost up to $138.5 million and is expected to lower Main Street flooding by about three feet in a 100-year storm, Findlay-Hancock County Economic Development says.

How to keep pipes from freezing and thaw them safely, why every home with fuel-burning appliances needs a carbon monoxide detector, and how to use space heaters without starting a fire, from the Red Cross, CDC and U.S. Fire Administration.

A month-by-month vegetable planting guide based on Ohio State University Extension's Ohio Gardening Calendar, including what to do in the garden right now in late fall and how to adjust dates for your hardiness zone.

Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 explained in plain English: what the Seneca County Sheriff's Office says each level means, who can be on the roads, where to check the current level, and what Fostoria drivers should know.

Shawn Rutherford, 44, of Findlay, was killed Sunday afternoon, Oct. 25, when a car struck the rear of his motorcycle as he stopped for traffic at State Routes 568 and 330 in Biglick Township, the Hancock County Sheriff's Office said.

The National Weather Service forecasts a partly sunny Saturday with a high near 73 for Fostoria's trick-or-treat, Oct. 31 from 5:30 to 7 p.m., with only about a 13 percent rain chance in the evening. Showers become more likely after midnight and into Sunday. The forecast is six days out, so check again before Saturday.

Season dates, the three-deer Seneca County bag limit, hunter orange rules, legal guns and game check deadlines for the 2026-27 Ohio deer season, plus the disease surveillance area rules that reach into southern Hancock County.

Findlay police logged 66 calls for service on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, including 12 traffic stops, four people taken into custody, six crashes and an overnight report of a gun on North Cory Street where officers found nothing criminal. Here is the full breakdown by call type and the notable calls.

An Ohio resident fishing license is $25 a year and a resident hunting license is $19 under the 2026-27 regulations. Here is who needs one, where to buy, hunter education rules, and the permits and stamps deer, turkey and duck hunters need.

Felony, civil, domestic relations and judgment lien cases in Seneca County can be searched online back to 1993. Here is how to use the Clerk of Courts case search, get copies, and know when to look at municipal or probate court instead.

Certified birth and death certificates in Seneca County cost $25 each through the health district, and in-person requests are usually filled in about 15 minutes. Here is how to order in person, online, by phone or by mail, and where to find older records.

Check your registration, find your precinct and polling place, and learn the early voting hours, ID rules and absentee options for Seneca County voters ahead of the Nov. 3, 2026 general election.

Bowling Green State University received a Gold Star designation in the Ohio Manufacturers' Association's first Workforce Training Directory, one of seven institutions and three public universities statewide to earn the top tier.

A little wooden depot built in 1878 on West North Street, a web of crossing rail lines and a livestock yard on South Poplar Street helped make Fostoria the Iron Triangle. Here is how the railroads built the town, and what stands on those sites today.

Incumbent Republican Commissioner Bill Frankart faces independent challenger David Ziegler, an Eden Township trustee, for Seneca County commissioner on Nov. 3. Here is where each stands on the landfill, county communications, AI and the biggest issues facing the county.

Ohio employers shed 5,000 jobs in September and the state unemployment rate rose to 3.4 percent, ODJFS reported. Preliminary county rates: Hancock 3.3 percent, Wood 3.4 percent, Seneca 3.5 percent and Sandusky 4.3 percent.

Forming an Ohio LLC costs $99 and is filed with the Ohio Secretary of State. Here is how to choose a name, name a statutory agent, file Articles of Organization online, and what Seneca County owners should do next.