Top Hancock County and City of Findlay officials and private business leaders have met to take another look at remodeling Dorney Plaza to improve its appearance and create a public gathering place.  A new plan was introduced which includes mostly green space around the courthouse with gathering spots just outside the Municipal Building.  Several memorials located on the plaza would be moved into a straight alignment south of the courthouse, and would be set among benches and canopy trees.  Areas to the north and south of the Findlay Municipal Building’s entrance would be landscaped.  In July, a version of the revamped plaza got a lukewarm reception from county officials, who were concerned mostly with security around the courthouse.

Findlay police are investigating a gas station robbery.  Officers were called to the Marathon gas station on Trenton Avenue just before 4 a.m. Thursday.  When they arrived, police say the front door had been shattered with a rock.  A cash box was the only thing reported as stolen…No information on the person or people responsible was provided to police.  Anyone with information on the theft should contact the Findlay Police Department at 419-424-7150 or Hancock County Crime Stoppers at 419-424-8477.

It’s football Friday!  Mix 96.7 WBVI will have McComb hosting Hopewell-Loudon in a clash of BVC Division leaders.  On sister station ESPN Radio 1430 WFOB, Rossford visits the Fostoria Redmen.  WFOB Gridiron One on wfob.com has Leipsic visiting Van Buren.  All the action gets underway at 6 with the Northwest Ohio Orthopedics Psyche Up Show live from Frickers!

More than $630,000 in grant funding was rewarded to several organizations offering victim services to Seneca County residents.  According to Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine's office, CASA of Seneca, Sandusky and Wyandot Counties, the Seneca County Prosecutor's Office Victim Witness Program, Patchworks House and The Center for Safe and Healthy Children all were given funds.  The funds are part of the Victims of Crime Act grant and the State Victim Assistance Act grant.

President Barack Obama is bringing words of comfort and sympathy to grieving families of victims of the shooting rampage in Roseburg, Oregon, muting his message about the need for new laws to stem gun violence as he visits an area where firearms are popular… Oregon’s staunchly conservative Douglas County is bristling with gun owners who use their firearms for hunting, target shooting and self-protection…A commonly held opinion in the area is that the solution to mass killings is more people carrying guns, not fewer…Obama will talk with family members today at the start of a four-day West Coast trip.

More than $630,000 in grant funding was rewarded to several organizations offering victim services to Seneca County residents.  According to Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine's office, CASA of Seneca, Sandusky and Wyandot Counties, the Seneca County Prosecutor's Office Victim Witness Program, Patchworks House and The Center for Safe and Healthy Children all were given funds.  The funds are part of the Victims of Crime Act grant and the State Victim Assistance Act grant.

Centrex Plastics will be adding 30 to 100 workers by February, along with a planned 60,000-square-foot warehouse addition at 920 W. Lima Street.  Centrex currently employs 153 in Findlay.  The employees to be added will include supervisors, engineers, production and office workers.  Centrex makes storage products for sale at Lowe’s Home Improvement, Menards and Costco.
 

A planned major expansion at the Bowling Green Kroger store on North Main Street has gotten the green light.  The move could add as many as 100 jobs at the facility.  Kroger purchased the shopping center where the current store is located, at 1094 N. Main St., last summer for just under $7.98 million.  The proposed addition to the store, creating a Kroger Marketplace, would encompass just over 53,700 feet.  The northern portion of the shopping center is to be demolished and new construction added.