WHARTON — A Mount Blanchard youth escaped serious injury in a rollover crash Monday afternoon. Police said Briana Digby, 16, was traveling westbound on TH 79 northwest of Wharton when she topped a hill with a slight curve and lost control.

Several minutes after releasing memorial balloons in honor of those who have died, the hopes of 15 people floated in the air above Stepping Stones Park as they gathered Sunday for the annual release sponsored by The Compassionate Friends of Wyandot County.

A California woman who spent more than 50 years searching for her father met her large extended family at a reunion in Wyandot County last week and was welcomed home with open arms. At 58 years old, Tamara (Hill) Williams spent years wanting only to see a picture of her father, Jerry Lee Hill.

The 11th annual Lincoln Highway Buy-Way yard sales began Thursday and go through Saturday. Travelers and local residents packed CH 330, Old Lincoln Highway, to check out the items offered at a variety of garage and yard sales.

SYCAMORE — Volunteers from the Mohawk Historical Society traveled to Findlay earlier this week to pick up the newest addition to the museum in Sycamore — a hand-crafted, double-deck carousel made by the late John Brown and donated by his family.

SYCAMORE — More than 300 area bus drivers joined with law enforcement officials and school administrators to complete safety training in the past two weeks as the North Central Ohio Educational Service Center hosted programs in Wyandot and Marion counties.

SYCAMORE — A couple who says they were unfairly targeted for displaying the Confederate flag outside their Sycamore residence received two apologies from council during a regular meeting Tuesday evening, while the village’s solicitor said 12 other properties received notices of alleged violations of a lawn maintenance ordinance passed in April.

SYCAMORE — A Sycamore couple plans to address council at a regular meeting tonight to voice their displeasure with a letter they received from village solicitor Jim Gucker about their Confederate flag. Raymond and Christina Leimgruber said Monday they were unfairly targeted and asked to remove the Confederate flag from their front porch at 330 N. Kilborn St.