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Owens to Demolish Half-Century-Old Health Halls and Historic Findlay Farmhouse

Owens Community College now has a dated plan for removing three aging buildings across its two campuses. In an official update published November 5, 2026, the college said demolition of the Voorhees House on its Findlay-area campus will begin November 11 and continue for three to four days, while Health Technologies Hall and Bicentennial Hall […]

Findlay, OH · 2d

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You Haven’t Lived Until You’ve Tried The Famous Stuffed Breadsticks At This Ohio Favorite

The most famous breadstick in this college town started as an employee snack during slow hours. I keep coming back to that detail. Sometime in the early 1990s, workers stuffed dough with cheese and toppings, basted it in garlic butter, and accidentally created a legend. Now the place calls itself...

Bowling Green, OH · 2d

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Sandusky County Votes Monday to Wednesday for GLCAP Board Seat for Low-Income Residents

FREMONT, Ohio — Sandusky County residents get three days this week to choose who speaks for low-income residents on the board of the region’s community action agency. Online voting for Great Lakes Community Action Partnership’s Sandusky County board seat opens at 8:30 a.m. Monday and closes at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Fremont-based agency’s […]

Sandusky County, OH · 7h

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Findlay Post Announces Trooper of the Year

Findlay – Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Jacob W. Bowers has been selected as the 2026 Trooper of the Year at the Findlay Post. The selection of Trooper Bowers is in recognition of outstanding service during 2026 at the Findlay Post. Fellow officers stationed at the Findlay Post, chose Trooper Bowers based on leadership abilities, professional ethics, courteous treatment of others, enthusiastic work attitude, and cooperation with supervisors, peers, and the public. Trooper Bowers joined the Highway Patrol in 2024 and has served at the Findlay Post his entire career. Trooper Bowers graduated from Pandora Gilboa High School 2021.

Findlay, OH · 2d

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Mohawk falls to unbeaten Patrick Henry to bow out

FOSTORIA (Crawford County Now) — Mohawk ran into an unbeaten powerhouse in Thursday’s Division VI regional semifinal with the Warriors falling to Patrick Henry, 25-23, 25-13, 24-26, 25-15. “We just didn’t do enough against them,” Mohawk coach Eric Hoover said. “When I saw the film, I was a little concerned about how hard they hit, but in the third set, we had an overturn call that went our way.”

Fostoria, OH · 2d

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No. 7 Carey Stuns Unbeaten Lima Central Catholic 35-13 in Playoff Upset

The upset of the night in Northwest Ohio belonged to the Carey Blue Devils. No. 7 seed Carey went on the road Friday and stunned unbeaten No. 2 Lima Central Catholic 35-13 in a Division VI, Region 22 regional quarterfinal played at Lima Shawnee, a final score confirmed by the Columbus Dispatch, the Mansfield News […]

Carey, OH · 1d

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Findlay Men Win First Conference Cross Country Title in Program History

The University of Findlay men’s cross country team won the first conference championship in program history on Saturday, capturing the Great Midwest Athletic Conference title at the G-MAC Championships in Tiffin behind six All-G-MAC runners, the University of Findlay’s athletics department reported. It was a historic day for the Oilers on both sides of the […]

Findlay, OH · 21h

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Community members invited to make squares for community quilt project

No experience is necessary to be part of the community quilt project. From now until March 31, community members are invited to drop off a 9″ x 9″ finished quilt square at the library. In early 2027, the squares will be sewn together into several community quilts. To...

Wood County, OH · 18h

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Erie County Lands Two New Opportunity Zones as Firelands Gains Five

Five census tracts along Ohio’s Lake Erie shore in the Firelands — two in Erie County and one each in Huron, Ottawa and Sandusky counties — will become federal Opportunity Zones on Jan. 1, 2027, giving investors a tax incentive to put private money into economically distressed areas there. Gov. Mike DeWine’s office announced the […]

Erie County, OH · 1d

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Wood County Jail to host its first job fair for incarcerated people

The Wood County Sheriff’s Office is proud to announce a first-ever opportunity for its incarcerated individuals, out of the Inmate Growth Naturally and Intentionally Through Education – IGNITE – program. The Wood County Jail will be holding a job fair to connect incarcerated people to potential employers and provide them with meaningful career opportunities once released.

Wood County, OH · 2d

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Updated: Community asked to pack BGHS parking lot at 6:10 p.m. to welcome cross country champions home

The Bowling Green High School Boys Cross Country Team has won the OHSAA State Cross Country Championship, and the BGHS Girls Cross Country Team placed eighth in the state. The community is being asked to pack the high school parking lot and give the student-athletes a championship welcome when they return home later today – Saturday (Nov. 7.)

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Warming center in Brown Bag Food Project to offer refuge from cold on winter nights

As cold weather approaches, plans are underway to open a warming center in Bowling Green. The Brown Bag Food Project will open its doors to people who otherwise would face frigid nights in vehicles or outside. The food pantry is partnering with First United Methodist Church to offer the warming...

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See all the local players named football all-conference around Fremont, Port Clinton

Fremont Ross senior Javonte Warren was recognized lineman of the year in the Northern Lakes League Cardinal Division. Little Giants senior receiver Mason Englund, senior tight end Jaxson Mackey and senior kicker Carson Lewis were first-team on offense for the conference champs. Sophomore defensive end Javion Johnson, junior inside linebacker Joel Pickard, junior outside linebacker Kayden Moreland and senior cornerback Kevin Jones were first-team on defense. Senior quarterback Breylen Garza, senior running back Ben Waggoner, junior lineman Matt Biddle and senior lineman Caiden Swint were second-team. Senior defensive tackles Parker Jackson and Dekevian McCray, and senior safety Dylan McDonald were second-team on defense. Liberty-Center senior quarterback Connor Barbara was offensive player of the year. Sylvania Southview senior inside linebacker Joe Tucker was defensive player of the year. High school football One play to save the day; Port Clinton's Beckett Mizener there for it Sandusky Bay Conference Woodmore sophomore running back Lucas Caldwell was offensive player of the year and Gibsonburg senior linebacker Grant Smith was player of the year on defense. Wildcats senior quarterback Calvin Lipstraw, senior receiver/defensive back Wesley Kayser, senior offensive lineman Parker Angel, senior defensive lineman Cole Potridge, senior linebacker Keegan Strong were first-team for the conference

Port Clinton, OH · 2d

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Morneau’s Hat Trick Leads Bowling Green to First 4-0-0 CCHA Start Since 1994-95

Noah Morneau scored three times before the game was halfway over Saturday night, leading the Bowling Green State University hockey team to a 5-3 win over Bemidji State at Slater Family Ice Arena and the Falcons’ first 4-0-0 start in conference play since the 1994-95 season, according to BGSU Athletics. The victory completed a weekend […]

Bowling Green, OH · 15h

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BGSU invites community to celebrate James A. Garfield Day

11:30 a.m. – 12:50 p.m.: Luncheon and author conversation. Free and open to the public, the event will begin at 9:30 a.m. with “Ohio Presidents in the Post-Civil War Era” moderated by Scott Martin, Ph.D., a BGSU history professor. The panel will feature historians and representatives from the Grant, Hayes, and Garfield libraries and museums. Community members, history enthusiasts, students, faculty, staff, and alumni are encouraged to attend and engage with the speakers.

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Ohio Dominican Stuns Tiffin 26-21 on Late End-Zone Interception

Ohio Dominican saved its best defensive stand for the final two minutes Saturday, as Mason Welsch intercepted a pass in the end zone to seal a 26-21 win over Tiffin at Frost-Kalnow Stadium — the Panthers’ first victory on that field in nearly 12 years, according to Ohio Dominican University Athletics. Tiffin had driven into […]

Columbus, OH · 14h

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Ohio State Highway Patrol announces Amy L. DeLaPena as BG post’s ‘Dispatcher of the Year’

Ohio State Highway Patrol Dispatcher Amy L. DeLaPena has been selected as the 2026 Dispatcher of the Year at the Bowling Green Dispatch Center. The award was given in recognition of outstanding service over the past year at the Bowling Green Dispatch Center. Sworn officers and dispatchers chose DeLaPena based on technical job knowledge and ability, enthusiastic work attitude, teamwork, and prompt and courteous responses to the public’s requests for information and assistance. She is now in contention for the District and State Dispatcher of the Year Award to be announced at a later date.

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Hop Aboard At This Ohio Railway Museum That Brings Out Your Inner Child Like Nothing Else

Some places just have it, that indefinable quality that makes you feel more alive the moment you arrive, and the Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum in Bellevue, Ohio has it in abundance. This isn’t a place you visit and forget about by the time you reach the highway.

Bellevue, OH · 16h

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