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A South Korean vinyl tile maker is moving into the former Atlas Crankshaft building in Fostoria.  Nox Corporation will invest tens of millions of dollars in machinery, equipment and building renovations.  The company is also building a two million dollar addition to the existing building.  Nox Corporation is hiring 50 people with an additional 50 being added in a year.  In all, 150 will be hired in two to three years.  Nox is interviewing candidates for about 10 management and administrative jobs.  In August, it will start taking steps to fill about 40 skilled production, quality control and maintenance jobs.

 

Two Findlay railroad crossings will be closed beginning today.  Crossings at Edgar Avenue and Second Street will be closed from Thursday morning until the evening of July 23 as part of CSX’s repairs to crossings in the city.  Vehicles will have access to businesses and residences along both streets, but will not be able to cross the tracks at any time during the closure.

 

A judge in the gender discrimination lawsuit of Ohio State University's fired marching band director says he's intervening in the evidence-gathering process because of "discouraging" behavior by the lawyers.  In an order issued Wednesday, U.S. District Judge James Graham scolded attorneys for the university and for ex-director Jonathan Waters for overreaching and convoluted filings.  The university says it fired Waters after an investigation concluded he ignored a "sexualized culture" inside the band, which was featured in an Apple commercial.  Waters says the university gave a second chance to a female employee.

 

Seneca County Law enforcement officers removed dozens of marijuana plants from Seneca County fields Tuesday.  The Sheriff’s office received a report of marijuana plants found in a field on east county road 32 and north county road in Seneca County.  Officers found 67 immature plants in nine buckets.  A mature plant has a street value of $1000…

 

Bowling Green State University will hold three public forums on the future of WBGU-TV.  The university is currently considering how and if it will participate in the Federal Communications Commission's incentive auction.  The university could move to the VHF spectrum, share a channel with another station, or cease broadcasting altogether.  That last possibility has stirred opposition from the station's supporters.  The first public forum will be July 29 at 7 p.m., at Owens Community College's Findlay-area campus.  The second meeting will be Aug. 3 at 7 p.m. in Lima at Rhodes State College.  A third meeting will be held on the BGSU campus at a date to be announced in late August.

 

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