A Findlay City Council committee that is looking at salaries of elected officials recommended that Law Director Don Rasmussen receive an eight percent pay increase.  The increase would pay Rasmussen $8000 more for an approximate total of $108,000.  The committee is also recommending raises Mayor Lydia Mahalik and Auditor Jim Staschiak.  All raises would have to be approved by council.

A woman who dropped her toddler son into Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's cheetah pit and was charged with child endangering has pleaded no contest to a reduced charge.   Authorities say Michelle Schwab of Delaware dangled her 2-year-old son over the railing of the zoo's cheetah exhibit last month.  The boy lunged from her grasp and fell about 10 feet.  Schwab and her husband jumped into the exhibit to retrieve the boy, who broke his leg in the fall.

Area unemployment rates fell from March to April this year.  However, the numbers are more reflective of people who have quit looking for work after becoming discouraged.  Jobless rates declined in April from a month earlier in all 88 Ohio counties.  The statewide unemployment rate, which is adjusted for seasonal trends such as hiring for construction, leisure and hospitality jobs, increased in April to 5.2 percent from 5.1 percent in March.
 

Two women who were abducted as teenagers and held captive in a Cleveland house for a decade have been awarded the high school diplomas they missed out on.   Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus donned white caps and gowns yesterday and were given honorary diplomas from John Marshall High School.

The Northwest Ohio Railroad Preservation group of Findlay is moving a train depot built in the 1800s by picking it up.  The depot is currently on leased land, but will soon be at the groups location on Hancock County Road 99.  The plan is to remove the roof to be moved separately with the remainder of the building going next.  The depot is expected to be fully moved and put back together by the end of the week and available for tours in the near future.