OSHP, local police team up for Tiffin OVI checkpoint Friday
Federal grant funds the two-hour operation near South Shaffer Park Drive, with saturation patrols also targeting impaired drivers in the surrounding area.
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Gary Click preaches child protection, but stands by Republican accused of child sex abuse
Speaker Huffman stripped Creech's committees over the abuse claims, then restored them and endorsed his re-election, all while Click kept cosponsoring bills with him.
Nearly half of Republicans rejected Gary Click. Three months later, the revolt isn’t over.
A Tiffin councilman publicly told Click to stop claiming his support, the latest in a pattern of allies denying endorsements the incumbent has cited since May.
Tiffin councilman again says he did not endorse Gary Click, tells Click to ‘adjust your messaging’
Click insisted Roessner supports him and accused others of spreading “fake news” for reporting the councilman's denial. So Roessner went directly to Click and said it himself.
A growing credibility crisis: Gary Click’s record of false claims keeps expanding
Five Click claims since February were contradicted by church records, archives or named sources, but only one prompted a correction, and it named no one.
Fact check: Gary Click accused 3 Democrats of funding his GOP primary opponent. Records show they gave $0.
Watson says Republican turnout, not Democratic crossover votes, nearly cost Click the primary, calling Click's own logic contradictory.
22 Seneca County food facilities cited for critical health violations in July inspections
Six facilities, up from four in June, still had uncorrected violations, including a nursing home dish machine that failed sanitizing temperature tests three times.
Dads Against Predators’ first criminal case dismissed after prosecutors and defense say group destroyed evidence
Prosecutors and Callahan's attorney jointly told the court Dads Against Predators destroyed evidence, and the charge could still be refiled.
Tiffin's Ritz Teen Thespian Guild wins top honors at 2026 OCTA Jr. Festival, advances to state
The student-run troupe earned seven adjudicated awards for its Dracula excerpt and heads to Lima's state conference over Labor Day weekend.
Gary Click's last term is on the ballot. His own party nearly took it from him first.
A GOP primary rival won't endorse him, a councilman disputes a campaign claim, and Click's own down-ticket picks all lost their races.
David Ziegler announces independent run for Seneca County commissioner
Frankart won a 53-vote primary margin amid deposition testimony and a health-district dispute over Seneca Poultry oversight that Ziegler's campaign doesn't directly mention.
Seneca County Fair opens in Tiffin: 2026 schedule guide
With 750 market animals from 455 exhibitors entered, the week builds toward Saturday's livestock sale and includes Anne Wilson's grandstand show Wednesday.
Tiffin councilman says Gary Click falsely portrayed him as a supporter
Roessner says he only wore a campaign-supplied shirt at a 250th celebration and never endorsed Click, whose post has stood unedited for three weeks.
Tiffin mayor says developer turned to annexation after Hopewell Township refused to rezone 149 acres
A 1999 sewer agreement, not zoning plans the mayor calls preliminary, is why the annexation process bars neighbors from any hearing or appeal.
Tiffin's fire, EMS calls are up 25% since 2018. Its newest station turns 61 this year, and a replacement would cost $12 million
Chief Rob Chappell says a $250,000 addition is a stopgap while Station 2's cramped bays already forced $55,000 in repairs on a truck due for the scrapyard.
Eric Watson will 'never' endorse Gary Click, says he is moving out of House District 88
Watson says a post-primary meeting with Click left him unconvinced on data centers and digital ID, as he relocates to Wayne County ahead of Click's Nov. 3 race against Democrat Aaron Jones.
Front 9 owners say golf course will close after 2026 season; nearly 77 acres headed to market
The Eakin family says nine-hole economics no longer pencil out, and while a real estate agent is now marketing the land, no buyer or plan exists yet.
26 dogs arrive at the Humane Society of Seneca County in one day — and the community steps up
The emergency intake tied to an undisclosed humane case forced a one-day shelter closure, with American Plastics donating food and assembling shelving.
Seneca County sheriff releases bodycam video of fatal deputy shooting of Jeffrey Sergent
The state's investigation remains open and the deputies unnamed, while the sheriff's legal citation on vehicles as deadly weapons misstates the Ohio statute it quotes.
Seneca County cyclosporiasis cases climb to 5 as health officials search for the source
Ohio has logged 177 cases statewide with 28 hospitalizations, and nearby Lucas and Wood counties report far higher totals than Seneca as investigators hunt for a common source.
