The Fostoria Area Chamber of Commerce will host its first ever Spring Home and Garden Show at Stacey’s Place tomorrow.  The event will run from 11am to 6pm and feature 20 vendors ranging from home improvement specialists to gardening to realty.  Admission is free.

Cleveland's settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice on reforming the city's troubled police department calls for civilians to play influential roles in investigating police misconduct and establishing policies and procedures.  The city and Justice Department announced Tuesday that they had reached a settlement on a consent decree that a federal judge must approve and an independent monitor will enforce.

Hancock County Commissioner Phil Riegle was injured in a traffic accident Wednesday night.  Riegle was hurt in a two-vehicle crash that evening in Jackson Township.  Riegle’s vehicle was struck when a pick-up truck ran a stop sign.  He was taken to Blanchard Valley Hospital and release on Thursday.  The crash remains under investigation…

Tiffin City Council members verbally agreed to a maximum price of $10 million for the joint justice center project during a committee of the whole meeting Thursday.  The $10 million price tag would include total construction, engineering, design and legal fees.  Legislation to approve the $10 million maximum price, pending the approval of council will be discussed at Monday's council meeting.  The agreement would allow the city and county to pull out of the project if the cost is too high.

Scientists say about 80 percent of human-made debris found in the Great Lakes is plastic.  While the big pieces can be ugly, the smaller pieces can attract dangerous chemicals, which can then be eaten by plankton, mussels, fish or birds.  Scientists discussed the plastic pollution problem yesterday during a meeting of Great Lakes scientists at the University of Vermont.