The Fostoria Free Press

In 1905 Indiana machinist Emsley O. Grose brought his roofing-nail machine to Fostoria, where a 1908 history credits him with organizing Seneca Wire. His Independent Tack Co. later opened a Fostoria plant in 1915. Here is what the record shows, and what is still unknown.

For more than 21 years, Dixon, Ill., comptroller Rita Crundwell quietly moved $53.7 million in city money into a secret bank account and used it to build a champion quarter horse empire while the city cut budgets. Here is how she did it, how a city clerk caught her, what Dixon got back, and what the largest municipal fraud in U.S. history teaches every small town, including Ohio's.

Tiffin police searched the South Washington Street area Monday after a Facebook post described as a possible mass threat; the man was found under a bridge near Crow School and agreed to see his counselor, dispatch audio indicated.

Cempasuchil, the Mexican marigold, is the flower Day of the Dead families trust to guide loved ones home. Here's its name, legend, harvest and history.