A car driving slow, then the sounds of gunfire and the quick illumination of nearby fields. Karl H. Riedel, 52, watched this surreal scene play out Thursday morning in front of his home in the 2700 block of Boos Road.

The Huron Playhouse's budget will be on its own from now on. Bowling Green State University "is absolutely out of it," according to Huron Mayor Marilyn Shearer. The Friends of the Playhouse, a committee formed to explore ways to keep the 325 Ohio St. theater afloat, decided earlier this month to apply to the state as a nonprofit organization.

An excavator and a tractor appear to be stuck in the mud Thursday on the shore near the lighthouse breakwall in Huron.

The organizer of Lake Erie Boat Week has abruptly canceled the event, despite her ongoing promises that she would hurdle any obstacle to make it happen.