Usually penguins are small, fuzzy and cute. Let's just say, in this case, that a fuzzy penguin had a tough time making it down a waterslide following the Polar Plunge last month.

Police are looking for a woman who stole a cat from the Humane Society of Erie County, hustling him out the door when the shelter staff wasn't looking.

On Friday, Sandusky County detective Sean O'Connell said he would ask Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine's office today to take over and head up the investigation into the death of 19-year-old Jacob Limberios on March 2. 

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If it weren’t for the question of money and how to pay for construction of a new high school campus, probably every resident in the Perkins school district would agree its old school buildings should be replaced.

5:24 a.m. The Knob is filling up and fireworks are expected in about an hour. Check back for updates and photos from the event. And check out a live blog of the event here...

Here is this week’s edition of Futures File, our weekly commodities wrap-up:
 
 

This month on the Herbal Collections blog, master herbalist Mary Colvin writes about white horehound, an ancient herb commonly used to relieve coughs and sore throats.

This week on Between the Lines, Managing Editor Matt Westerhold discusses Big Brothers, Big Sisters with the organization's Erie-Seneca County executive director Amy Roldan. Learn more about Big Brothers, Big Sisters HERE.