Longtime Fostoria City Councilman Dr. David Bettenhausen has withdrawn from reelection in this November’s race.  Bettenhausen was running for one of the three at-large city council seats.  Now incumbent Brian Shaver, City Council President Doug Pahl and newcomer Matthew Davoli are the only three candidates are left on the ballot and are assured a seat on council in 2016. 

The cost of maintaining pipes and treatment plants to keep drinking water flowing across Ohio is projected at $12 billion over the next two decades. The staggering price tag dwarfs the $550 million the U.S. government has given the state since the mid-1990s under the largest federal loan program for improving the nation's drinking water systems.

The Army Corps of Engineers has released a document that gives the steps and timeline for acquiring property needed for a proposed 9.4-mile Eagle Creek diversion channel in rural Findlay.  If the corps’ plan moves forward, the land acquisition process won’t begin until 2019 at the earliest.

House Speaker John Boehner says there will be no government shutdown when funding runs out this week. The Ohio Republican told CBS' "Face the Nation" that he decided on Friday to resign the speakership and his congressional seat after meeting with Pope Francis.  Asked whether there's still a possibility of a government shutdown, Boehner answered, "No."