Ohio’s primary election is today.  Polls are open until 7:30pm tonight.  Findlay will decide the Republican candidate for city auditor, 6^th Ward council seat and one council at-large seat.  The Blanchard Valley Center and Findlay-Hancock Public Library have levies to decide.  Arcadia, North Baltimore, Bowling Green, and McComb schools will be deciding levy requests, too.

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies plans to expand its automotive parts plant in Findlay and hire about 25 employees to meet increasing customer demand.  The plant produces about 700 plastic sealing parts for vehicle manufacturers and other suppliers.  Executives said an $8.6 million, 43,000-square-foot expansion, off West Sandusky Street and Interstate 75, also will retain 148 jobs.  It is expected to be completed by winter.

Tiffin City Council unanimously approved the memorandum of understanding entering into a non-binding agreement with Seneca County commissioners to build a joint justice center on Courthouse Square.  The memorandum also outlines plans to renovate the East Tower property and move several city and county offices into the building.  It could allow METRICH Drug Task Force to move into City Hall, and if the RTA Building is empty, it could be sold to the city and razed to create green space.

The City of Findlay will have its first city engineer since 2012.  Brian Thomas will begin work on Monday.  Thomas previously spent 17 years at Peterman Associates in Findlay.
 

The City Mission of Findlay has begun work to expand its facility to provide more space for the homeless.  The entire project cost is $2.55 million and will double the current building’s size.  When completed there will be 30 beds for men, 20 for women and five family units.  A new addition will also include a larger dining room and kitchen.

Governor John Kasich and members of a task force that examined community-police relations say they're concerned about the possibility of violent protests in Cleveland once the verdict is returned for an officer on trial in the fatal shooting of two unarmed citizens.  Kasich's remarks came during a meeting yesterday to discuss the recommendations of a task force that was formed in December.

Two state lawmakers say they have forwarded to the state auditor's office a whistleblower's allegations that the online charter school Ohio Virtual Academy has padded its rolls by failing to dis-enroll hundreds of chronically truant students.  They have also notified state education officials along with the school, which says it is doing its own review of the claim.