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.

Sir Patrick Stewart, who played Capt. Jean-Luc Picard in "Star Trek" and Professor X in "X-Men," died Wednesday at his Los Angeles home. He was 86.

Michael McClellan, 69, of Xenia, died early Thursday, Oct. 29, after his SUV went off U.S. 42 south of Middletown Road in Warren County's Wayne Township and overturned, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.

An Arizona man sent more than $4,000 after a caller spoofed his father's number and claimed his parents were held at gunpoint. They were safe. Here is how to protect your family from the "virtual kidnapping" scam.

Seneca County's park district runs more than a dozen preserves, from a 292-acre farm-turned-nature-preserve to an inclusive playground, and Fostoria has eight city parks. Here is a guide to what each one offers.

Marathon Petroleum has elected former Fluor chairman and CEO David E. Constable to its board, effective March 1, 2027, bringing the Findlay-based refiner's board to 11 directors.

From the Ohio State Reformatory to Toledo's Collingwood Arts Center and Bowling Green's old county poor farm, here are 10 of Ohio's most famous allegedly haunted places, the legends told about them and the real history behind each one.

Ohio has 16 species of bumble bees. Right now, almost all of them are gone except the new queens, which spend the winter hidden underground. Here is how bumble bees live, why they matter, and how to help them in your yard.

Want more bees and butterflies next summer? Here are native plants recommended for the Great Lakes region, from spring-blooming golden Alexanders to fall asters and goldenrod, and how to plan a garden that blooms all season.

Deer crashes peak in Ohio in October, November and December, when the rut has bucks on the move and the end of daylight saving time puts commuters on the road at dusk. Here is what is happening and how to stay safe.

Wetlands, river woods and big fields make Seneca County a good place to watch birds. Here are park district preserves worth a visit, from Fruth Wetland near Fostoria to Steyer's mile of Sandusky River frontage.

Before Seneca County had its name, the Sandusky River valley was home to Wyandot, Seneca and Delaware people. Here is the story of the Scioto Trail, the 1817 treaty, the Seneca reservation and the removals of the 1830s and 1840s.

The Fostoria Free Press emailed a pre-litigation suit notice to the Portage County Sheriff's Office early Oct. 28 over its Oct. 5 records request, saying it is preparing two suits seeking the records and $1,000 each in statutory damages.

The Great Flood of March 1913 still holds the record on the Blanchard River in Findlay and the Sandusky River in Tiffin. Here are the region's biggest recorded floods, from National Weather Service crest records, including the 2007 Findlay flood and this April's Portage River crest.

A self-guided list of Ohio historical markers and landmarks around Seneca County, from Risdon Square in Fostoria to Tiffin's courthouse square, Camp Ball and the Seneca County Museum, with addresses and the story behind each stop.

The Alcott Block, the Hays Hotel, the Andes building and the shops in between: here are stories of downtown Fostoria's old buildings from the Fostoria Area Historical Society's columns, including the 1962 fire that changed Main Street.

Seneca County's 1884 courthouse stood on Tiffin's square for more than a century before a long fight ended with its demolition in 2012. Here is what replaced it, the Seneca County Justice Center, and what to see on the courthouse square today.

Opinion: Many Fostorians say they never see the mayor out with residents. Should Fostoria's leaders be judged by age, or by results and building the next generation?

Northwest Ohio's farm fields were once part of the Great Black Swamp, a vast glacial wetland. Here is how it formed, why settlers drained it with ditches and clay tile, what was lost, and where you can still see remnants today.

Natural gas brought more than a dozen glass companies to Fostoria between 1887 and 1920. The most famous, the Fostoria Glass Company, started here in 1887, moved to West Virginia in 1891 and kept the Fostoria name for nearly a century.

From two rival villages platted in 1832 to a railroad crossroads, a natural gas boomtown and a manufacturing city, here is a short, sourced history of Fostoria, Ohio.

A Fostoria-area brewery and restaurant is for sale as "Project Oasis," with brewing equipment, a kitchen and outdoor space with a stage. The official listing does not name the business, and The UrbanWoody Brewery has not publicly confirmed it is the one for sale.

Toledo firefighters put out a small fire on the roof of a storage tank believed to hold solidified asphalt at an industrial site near Woodville Road Monday afternoon; no release or exposures were reported.

Charlton Wallace, 26, of Toledo, died and two other men were hurt in a two-vehicle crash early Sunday, Oct. 25, on Central Avenue near North Cove Boulevard in west Toledo, police said.

Local spring and fall freeze dates from NOAA weather stations in Tiffin and Findlay, and Ohio State University's advice on when and how to plant tomatoes in northern Ohio, so you can plan next year's garden now.

How to get your car ready for winter, how to drive around snowplows, what to keep in an emergency kit, and what to do if you get stranded, from NHTSA and Ohio's emergency management agency, plus where to check road conditions.

Wooded ravines along the Sandusky River, hardwood trails near Bloomville and a wetland preserve just outside Fostoria: here are Seneca County Park District preserves and city spots worth a fall walk, with the trail details and seasonal closures to know.

Tiffin voters on Nov. 3 will decide a 0.7-mill, 10-year renewal levy for mental health and addiction services, statewide Issue 3 on voter photo ID, and state and federal races. Here is what is on the ballot, early voting hours and the Oct. 27 absentee deadline.

From the G.F. Weaver Drug and Book Store of the 1880s to the soda fountain at Edison Cut Rate Drugs and Whitney Drugs on Elm Street, here is a look back at the drugstores that served Fostoria for more than a century, and what fills those storefronts today.

A Wood County grand jury indicted Johnathan McNeal, 34, of Toledo on felonious assault and assault charges in the Sept. 14 attack on two coworkers at the Toledo Molding and Die plant on East Gypsy Lane Road in Bowling Green. He is presumed innocent.