The newly-formed Hancock County Combined General Health District board has narrowed its search for a full-time health commissioner to three candidates.  Noah Stuby of Fostoria who is a community health educator for the Findlay Health Department, Newark Deputy Health Commissioner Chad Brown and Toledo-Lucas County Health Department regional public health coordinator Greg Moore are finalists.  A final decision is expected by July 31

Wood County Commissioner James Carter has announced his retirement.  The seventy-six year old Carter has been in office since 1995 will make it official with his last day being July 24.  Carter plans to spend time with his family and look at other possibilities in supporting the community.

MPLX LP, a division of Marathon Petroleum, has announced that it has purchased MarkWest Energy Partners LP for approximately $20 billion, including assuming MarkWest’s $4.2 billion in debt.  MarkWest processes natural gas, including in the Marcellus and Utica shales.  MarkWest, headquartered in Denver, will become a wholly owned subsidiary of MPLX.  The deal includes a one-time cash payment to MarkWest shareholders for $15.8 billion.  MPLX says the merger combines the nation’s “second-largest processor of natural gas and largest processor and fractionator in the Marcellus and Utica shale.”

A Cincinnati-area man has been found not guilty by reason of insanity of threatening to kill House Speaker John Boehner, who he believed was the devil. Authorities had accused Hoyt of threatening to kill Boehner, either with a gun or by poisoning his drink. A federal judge found that Hoyt was insane at the time of the offense and has ordered him back to a federal medical facility for evaluation.

The USA Women’s National Softball Team double header against a select team of college all-stars scheduled for today has been postponed to tomorrow because of inclement weather resulting in poor field conditions.  The games will start at 6 p.m. at the Marathon Diamonds on North Main Street in Findlay.  The games will be followed by a one hour autograph sessions with the members of Team USA.  Tickets cost $15 and are available at the gate.