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MCPA to Honor Mazza Museum Founders with Fifth Third Bank Wall of Fame Induction

Findlay, OH–Marathon Center for the Performing Arts (MCPA) will induct Jerry Mallett and Benjamin Sapp into the Fifth Third Bank Wall of Fame at MCPA, recognizing their extraordinary contributions to the arts, literacy and education in Findlay and beyond. The induction ceremony will take place at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 17, in MCPA’s Armes Hall. The event is free and open to the public. Together, Mallett and Sapp helped transform the University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum of International Art […]

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Keep Hardin County Beautiful Awards Beautiful Business Award to Rogers Nationwide Insurance Company

Photo: Renee Perkins, Beryl Rogers Dudek, Lou Ann Sherman, missing: Dave Beasley Keep Hardin County Beautiful is proud to recognize Rogers Nationwide Insurance Company as a recipient of the Beautiful Business Award. A visit to Rogers Nationwide Insurance Company and a conversation with Beryl Rogers Dudek quickly reveal that tradition is at the heart of both the business and the building it calls home. The building itself has a unique history, having originally served as a train depot. Many years […]

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ODOT requests public comment on roundabout design for State Route 81/County Road 15 intersection

LIMA, Ohio (Tuesday, Sept 15, 2026) – The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District 1 is advancing a project to improve safety by constructing a roundabout at the intersection of State Route 81 and County Road 15 on the Allen County-Hardin County line, just west of the village of Ada.  In 2025, an intersection improvement study recommended building a roundabout. The project was subsequently awarded funds from Ohio’s Highway Safety Program to construct a roundabout in 2030.  Following the funding […]

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La Rue Man Pleads Guilty to Four Felony Counts Involving Child Sexual Abuse Material

Ray Grogan Marion County Prosecutor's Office According to a release from Ray Grogan Marion County Prosecutor's Office, Phillip William Vanscoy of La Rue pleaded guilty to four felony counts of Illegal Use of a Minor in Nudity-Oriented Material or Performance. “Working with our law enforcement partners in the office of Sheriff Matt Bayles Marion County Sheriff's Office Marion,OH we gathered evidence that Vanscoy was collecting this vile material depicting children in sex acts,” Prosecuting Attorney Grogan said. “Our case was […]

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ODNR’s Ryan Kennedy Featured on Public Eye This Weekend

Once again, Hardin County hunters will get a jump start on deer hunting season. Hardin County wildlife officer Ryan Kennedy, from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife,  tells us when the season will start and why it starts early, "Saturday marks the start of Archery Season for deer because we are in the Disease Surveillance Area due to Chronic Wasting Disease, so on Saturday, September 12, we begin." The DSA also includes all of Allen, Marion, and […]

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A Day That Changed America: Remembering September 11

Today is the 25th Anniversary of the terrorist attack on the United States. September 11, 2001 unfolded when American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center at 8:46am. While millions watched the disaster on live television, any thoughts that it was an accident were erased when United Airlines Flight 175 struck the South Tower at 9:03am. The attacks didn't end there, at 9:37am, American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the headquarters of the U.S. […]

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Hour of Inspiration Speaker Has Unique Connection to Hardin County Fair

Photo: Hardin County Fair The featured speaker for the Hour of Inspiration service at the Hardin County Fair this weekend has a different perspective on the fair than most people. Eli Yoder said that as an Amish teenager, he used to sneak out in the evening after chores were done and put on jeans and a T-shirt at his English neighbor’s house. He would then sneak over to the fair to ride some rides. Now he said he gets to […]

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Amazon Delivery Van Involved in Fatal Pedestrian Crash in Marion County

MARION- In the early evening of Tuesday, September 8, 2026, the driver of an Amazon delivery van fatally struck a man who had been following the van in what investigators believe to be a road rage confrontation. The incident occurred on Centerville Newmans Road in Prospect, Ohio. A preliminary investigation, which includes reviewing video from the Amazon van’s cameras, indicates that a Columbus woman driving the van had completed a package delivery. A man who lived in the home where […]

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Ohio State Highway Patrol Reports 12 Fatal Crashes Over Labor Day Weekend

The Ohio State Highway Patrol reported 12 deaths in 12 fatal crashes over the four-day Labor Day weekend reporting period. According to preliminary Patrol statistics, at least one of the fatal crashes was OVI-related. In a continued effort to lower that number to zero, troopers made 426 arrests for impaired driving and 70 for drug-related charges. In the fatalities in which a safety belt was available, one was unbelted. Additionally, troopers responded to 502 crashes, issued 1,525 citations for distracted […]

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