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Richard L. Ludwick was inaugurated as the 18th president of the University of Findlay on Friday, Oct.

16, at Old Main where community leaders, university officials, and alumni gathered to mark the event. He pledged to guide the university’s future while honoring its rich heritage.

City officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony today for the Urban Prairie Project along East Main Cross Street, which converts about five acres of floodplain land into a native prairie (complete with walking paths, native trees and educational features) in partnership with WILD Toledo and the Blanchard River Watershed Partnership.

The University of Findlay inaugurated Richard L.

Ludwick as its 18th president on Friday, Oct. 16. He comes from the University of St. Thomas in Houston and will focus on strengthening academic programs, student success, and community engagement.

Today, rural hospitals across Ohio are set to receive $92 million from a new program that expands coordinated care networks (with funds for maternal care and upgraded equipment at 22 facilities) to bring essential health services closer to home.

The funding supports improved access and technology in rural areas.

A groundbreaking took place in downtown Findlay (marking a 20-year effort) to start flood protection at Eagle Creek Storage Basin and upgrade the Norfolk Southern Railroad bridge after the 2007 flood.

Hancock County EMA and local responders hosted an open house at the Arcadia water tower to show Climavision's new X band radar built to fill gaps in low-level weather coverage.

The radar, the first of its kind in Ohio, will help improve monitoring across northwest Ohio.

The University of Findlay has been ranked among the nation’s Best National Universities and Top Private Schools in U.S. News & World Report for the 21st consecutive year—university officials say the honor reflects dedicated faculty and staff working for student success.

The University of Findlay’s department of computer science will host the 25th Annual Information Assurance Forum on Wednesday, Oct.

28, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Stewart Center TLB Auditorium; the free event focuses on agentic AI and security challenges, offers lunch for early RSVP (by Oct. 21), and allows remote participation.