Wood County commissioners will likely approve today a $14.6 million tax credit for a solar field planned north of Bowling Green.  American Municipal Power and NextEra Energy want to construct more than 85,000 solar panels on around 140 acres of land to be leased from Bowling Green in Center Township.  NextEra would construct the solar array and sell power to AMP, which would then sell to BG 13.75 megawatts of the solar field’s planned capacity of 20 megawatts.  That power would represent on average about 4.5 percent of the city’s overall usage.

The Fostoria Police Department is seeking public assistance in identifying the driver in a hit and run accident.  The accident occurred Monday morning at the Lytle Street Circle K in which a man was struck by a vehicle.  The driver is a white male driving a white sedan with collision damage on the front end.  Anyone with information regarding the accident is asked to contact the police department.

Carey Council President Armand Getz has will become the village’s next mayor.  After the death of former mayor Steve Smalley, village law Director Bob Maison was named mayor.  However, it was later determined that the council president should succeed Smalley based on the type of government Carey operates under.  Getz, a resident of Carey for 21 years, will be sworn in today.

The 7^th Annual Jeff Shiff Run the Res 5 and 10K raised $5600 for the ProMedica Fostoria Community Hospital Foundation.  The annual event took place April 17 and featured 250 runners and 40 children.  Over the last six years, the event has raised more than $36,600 for the ProMedica Fostoria Community Hospital Cancer Fund benefitting patients and families at the hospital’s Cancer and Infusion Center.