A fire at an apartment at 708 N. Main St. in Findlay on Thursday is being investigated as a possible arson.  When Findlay firefighters arrived at the building which houses six apartments at about 11:30am, flames were reported to be showing from the third floor.  Five of the six apartments were occupied and one person was taken to Blanchard Valley Hospital after he fell from a third floor window while escaping the fire.  The blaze was mostly contained to the third floor, but there was water and smoke damage throughout the building.  The structure is not a total loss, but it is estimated that more than $50,000 damage was done.
 

Emma Price, a St. Wendelin Catholic School student was crowned the 2016 Glass Queen at the 24^th Annual Fostoria Glass Pageant.  Price is hoping the title will allow her to make a positive impact on the community.  Also recognized at the pageant were Karma Williams as the little princess, Maelyn Velasquez as wee princess, Aleecia Cardwell as petite princess and May Coppler as glass princess.

Sears Holdings said it will close 68 Kmart stores and 10 Sears stores in an effort to get back to profitability.  The company said in February it planned to close unprofitable stores.  All of the Sears stores and almost all of the Kmarts will close in late July. Liquidation sales are expected to start in the coming days.  K-Marts in Fremont and Lima are on the closing list, while Fostoria’s K-Mart will remain open.

Fostoria St. Wendelin School is one of seven organizations to receive funding from the Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca Solid Waste Management District competitive funding.  The school receive almost $2500.  The funds will be used to buy 13 floor mate which are 90-100% made of recycled materials.  Institutions who receive an OSS grant are to use the money to start recycling programs or to buy products made from recycled materials.

Ohio Logistics will spend more than $1 million to renovate a three-story, 8,200-square-foot office building on the southwest corner of Tiffin Avenue and Bright Road over the next three months.  The building, which houses Citizens National Bank and the offices of 14 other businesses, was purchased by Ohio Logistics in December.  Ohio Logistics President Chuck Bills said that starting in May, parking lot repairs and new landscape and facilities projects will begin.

Findlay City Schools has settled with Georgia-based Field Turf and The Vasco Group on the issue of being unsatisfied with the field turf installed at Donnell stadium.  Problems with the turf included undulations in the turf and uneven lettering in the end zone.  The companies will repair the turf at no additional cost.  The Donnell Foundation, which maintains the field, will pay the original cost of the turf installation, about $516,639, when the repairs are completed in June.

Hancock County officials are moving forward with plans to establish a special court to work with families struggling with drug addiction.  Kristen Johnson, Probate and Juvenile Court judge, asked the county commissioners to help pay for the employment of a coordinator for a Family Dependency Treatment Court.  Johnson said a grant from the Ohio Supreme Court, worth $130,000 over four years, would cover much of the coordinator’s salary. The commissioners have agreed to provide county benefits for the coordinator.  The cases of drug-addicted people with children, or addicted people who are pregnant, could be referred to the treatment court.