Participants in a balloon release recognize National Grandparents Day on Sunday at Westbrook Assisted Living and Memory Care. About 45 guests, including around 12 grandchildren, registered for the free luncheon, entertainment and balloon release, Westbrook marketing director Brittiny Leeth said.

It has been a roller-coaster of a year for Daily Chief-Union sports editor Lonnie McMillan, his wife, Shauna, and their extended family. In the early months of 2016, after months of testing and asking questions, Shauna’s sister and brother-in-law, Lindsey and Robert Hayman, of Rutland in southeast Ohio, received some of the worst news parents can get — their only son, Evan, has a fatal neurological disorder, and the gene mutation runs in families.

Area residents lined up inside the Upper Sandusky Community Library on Thursday evening for the biannual clothing swap. Two rooms in the library basement were filled with donations of gently used and new clothing given in the past two weeks, and the public was invited to stop into the library starting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday to choose from a variety of clothing, including different styles and sizes, accessories, shoes, purses and more.

Mike Alspach (right), of Upper Sandusky Knights of Columbus No. 2050, presents a check for $944 to Angeline School and Industries Superintendent Todd Dilley. The funds were raised in the club’s annual Measure-Up campaign.

The Thursday Evenings at the Museum lecture series completed its latest installment this week with a presentation given by Ronald Marvin Jr., the director and curator of the Wyandot County Museum and Wyandot County Historical Society.

BUCYRUS — With seven new teachers this year, Wynford Local Schools has a mix of former Royals themselves and graduates of other schools, as well as a mix of teachers just getting their start and teachers who have some experience.

A residence just east of the village of Sycamore was destroyed in a fire early Monday morning. Sycamore Fire Chief Bryan Clouse said his department responded to 2630 Ohio 103 at 4:27 a.m.

MARION — United Church Homes, a leading national senior living provider based in Marion that operates Fairhaven Community in Upper Sandusky along with numerous other facilities, recently celebrated 100 years of growth and progress with a two-day observance in Columbus.

Two local mothers who wanted to show their children that people can unite around one common cause organized Hands Across Upper and Beyond on Wednesday evening, calling for communities throughout the nation to come together to demand an end to violence.

BUCYRUS — “My daughter didn’t need charged as a felon. She needed help,” Cindy Koumoutzis said. Koumoutzis is the state director for Ohio Change Addiction Now, and was one of around 100 people who took to the steps of the Bucyrus City Hall on Wednesday night to call for more ways to help recovering drugs addicts during National Overdose Awareness Day.