8/22/17 – 10:50 A.M.

Unemployment continues to creep upward in Hancock County. Numbers reported by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services show a 4.1 percent unemployment rate in July. That’s up from 3.9 percent in June. The local unemployment rate has risen slightly every month since the May report.

The same trend is true in Putnam County. The latest figures show a 4.1 percent jobless rate. That’s up from 3.7 percent in June and 3 percent in April.

Wyandot County has the lowest jobless rate in the area at 3.9 percent. All other area counties are above 5 percent unemployment. Hardin County has the highest unemployment rate in our region at 6 percent.

07/21/17 – 2:42 P.M.

Sister station WKXA and the McDonald’s on Tiffin Avenue have partnered to help needy children get school supplies. Millstream Career Center director David Danhoff said that they are accepting all sorts of donations for Stuff the Bus.

David Danhoff

Danhoff said that they have been seeing some slow and steady progress.

David Danhoff

You can donate at the McDonalds on Tiffin Avenue until 7 p.m. today and between10 a.m. and 2 p.m. tomorrow.

06/20/17 – 12:40 P.M.

A Bowling Green man is a suspect in a Kirkwood Court stabbing Tuesday morning. The Courier reports that 29-year-old Gabriel Underwood is suspected of stabbing his brother around 5:20 a.m. Tuesday. The victim suffered an injury to the chest and to the forearm. Hanco EMS took him to Blanchard Valley Hospital. He has been released.

Officers arrested Underwood for felonious assault and domestic violence. He is currently in the Hancock County Jail.

His brother was not named.

06/20/17 – 11:16 A.M.

Lunch is free on Friday at the Millstream Art Plaza on Sandusky Street in Findlay. The Lunch for a Cause event is a fundraiser for the Children’s Mentoring Connection. The lunch is free and will start at 11:15 a.m. and end at 1 p.m. this Friday. Donations will be accepted and 100% of the money raised will go to CMC. Movement Church is helping to bring this event to the community.

CMC provides a professionally monitored mentor program to local children. You can learn more or volunteer to be a mentor online at hancockmentors.org.

06/06/17 – 7:01 P.M.
UPDATE – 11:18 A.M.

Police found the man that stole money from a donation jar at Wolfies Roasted Nuts and Deli yesterday. An update on their Facebook page says that the man confessed when officers confronted him at his home. He went to the hospital for treatment of injuries he got during the incident. The post adds that charges against him are on their way.

Employees spotted the man stealing from a donation jar for a juvenile cancer patient around 11:30 a.m. They tried to stop the man but he took the jar and rode away on a bicycle. Several customers and employees chased after the man and managed to knock him off the bike. He pulled a knife on the group and scooped some of the money before running off again.

05/31/17 – 5:46 P.M.

Blanchard Valley Health System is bringing a pet therapy program to Blanchard Valley Hospital. BVH has two trained and certified therapy dogs named Jinx and Max joining their auxiliary team. The dogs will make visits to all floors in the pavilion, except OB and Orchard Hall.

You can spot Jinx and Max wearing a burgundy bandannas. Their owners Robyn and Helen will be wearing pink auxiliary jackets.

05/19/17 – 5:27 P.M.

Findlay Police are looking for a suspect that stole tools from Lowe’s on Bright Road on Sunday. A post on the department’s facebook page says that the man entered the store and put expensive tools in his cart. He then left without paying. He drove out of the parking lot in a silver Honda Sedan.

If you have any information please call the Findlay Police at 419-424-7150. The case number is 01-17-04737