There is plenty of high school football on tap for tonight.  ESPN Radio 1430 WFOB will have the Fostoria Redmen visiting Elmwood.  WFOB Gridiron One on wfob.com will feature Arlington at Liberty-Benton.  On Mix 96.7 WBVI, Leipsic travels to McComb.  Coverage begins at 6pm with Northwest Ohio Orthopedics Psyche Up show live from Fricker’s.

A meeting is planned for today between the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office and local school superintendents.  The meeting could lead to some changes in how potential threats are handled by both law enforcement and schools in Findlay and Hancock County.  Sheriff Mike Heldman said the response to last Friday’s bomb threat at Liberty-Benton Schools will be discussed at today’s meeting.  After Liberty-Benton received an anonymous, “credible bomb threat” last Friday, Heldman instructed all of the county schools to follow “soft lockdown” procedures. 
Heldman said Findlay City Schools and the Center for Autism and Dyslexia were not informed of the bomb threat and were not instructed to follow lockdown procedures.  That may change today.
 

Area government entities will receive funds from the state’s $11.5 million settlement with rock salt producers accused of conspiring to inflate prices.  Findlay will receive $12,700, Fostoria will receive $8,600, Liberty Township, $1,300, the Hancock County Engineer’s Office will get $12,100, North Baltimore $915 and the Wood County Engineer, $22,500.  The state Department of Transportation gets $1.7 million from the settlement as Ohio’s largest single rock salt buyer.

A task force is recommending that colleges and university cut costs by handing dorms and cafeterias to over to private operators, collaborating on health-care costs and providing more digital textbooks and study materials. Governor John Kasich created the Task Force on College Affordability and Efficiency in February. He and state lawmakers received the group's report yesterday.

Ohioans who want to cast a ballot in the fall election have until Monday to register to vote or update their voter information. The November 3rd election includes three statewide ballot initiatives. One would legalize marijuana for medical reasons and recreational use, while another seeks to prevent monopolies from being inserted into the state constitution. A separate measure would overhaul how state legislative districts are drawn.

Fostoria Fire Division is selling T-shirts for breast cancer awareness.  The light pink shirts are decorated with a simple, small design on the front and a large design on the back intertwining the breast cancer ribbon with a firefighting symbol.  T-shirt costs  are $15 for smalls, mediums, larges and extra larges; and $18 for XXL and XXXL.  All proceeds will be donated to the Stephanie Speilman Comprehensive Breast Center.  Shirts can be bought and picked up at the Fostoria Fire Station, 233 W. South St., Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

During his remarks at the Seneca County Republican 2015 Hog Roast, Tiffin Mayor Aaron Montz said the city is working on a project that could result in 300-400 new jobs.  He compared the project to the estimated $10 million joint justice center project with Seneca County.  The project is on the riverfront, but Montz could not offer any more details because the deal is still being negotiated…

The Hancock County commissioners hired a contractor Thursday to demolish a county building at 222 Broadway.  The $56,940 contract went to ALL Excavation & Demolition, of McComb.  The building will be demolished this fall and the lot will be stoned over.  The Findlay-Hancock County Public Library has expressed an interest in building a drive through book drop at the south end of its building.  The drop would be accessible by motorists using a portion of the lot.  No other plans have been made for use of the lot.
 

17 year old Elmwood High School student Derek Sheldon was killed when his vehicle struck a tree in the 2000 block of Bloomdale Road in Wood County early Thursday.  Sheldon was driving south on Bloomdale Road in Bloom Township when he lost control, went into a ditch and hit a tree.  District Superintendent Tony Barton said about 10 counselors were at the school Thursday for students.  A moment of silence is also planned at tonight’s football game.

State Sen. Cliff Hite has been honored by the Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics for his work to educate and protect Ohioans from meningitis.  The academy presented Hite with the Dr. Antoinette Parisi Eaton Advocacy Award, which is presented annually to an individual who advocates for children and furthers the mission of the American Academy of Pediatrics.  Hite’s bill requiring Ohio students to be immunized against deadly meningitis was signed into law in July by Gov. John Kasich.