KENTON — A manure science review is being held Wednesday near Forest in Hardin County. Registration for the statewide event is $30 per person and may be paid at the door. Breakfast and lunch is included with the registration fee.

New playground equipment at South Elementary School in Upper Sandusky was installed within the last month. The handicap-accessible equipment was part of a year-long fundraising project by the South School Parent Team, which raised over $33,000 with the help of many local charitable organizations. Handicap-accessible playground equipment also is planned for Bicentennial Park thanks to a grant for the Upper …

MEDINA (AP) — Police in Ohio are searching for a jail inmate who jumped out of the back of an ambulance. The Medina County Sheriff’s Department says 22-year-old Joshua Bragg was at Cleveland Clinic-Medina Hospital Sunday evening when he unbuckled himself from an ambulance and ran away. Authorities say Bragg was on medical furlough at the time, but they have …

Hayden L. Kinney, Marion, charged by the police with two counts of petty theft, pretrial held, continued to July 30. Dustin W. Lanagan, Carey, charged by the Carey police with three counts of petty theft, resisting arrest and obstruction of official business, pretrial held and continued to July 30.

Certificate of judgment: Capital One Bank (USA) NA, Columbus, judgment creditor, vs. George E. Cunningham, 5814 CH 62, Upper Sandusky, judgment debtor. Certificate of judgment: Hancock Federal Credit Union, Findlay, judgment creditor, vs. Alan Kuenzli, 11507 TH 133, Nevada; and James Kuenzli, 101 S. Goodbread St., Nevada, judgment debtors.

Helen L. Von Derau deceased to Roman Leo Von Derau, 3.20 acres in Mifflin Township. Deborah J. Monday to Buckeye Investments of Carey LLC, property in Carey.

Kevin Paul Collet, 48, 5108 TH 95, Carey, engineer; and Shelley Renee Angelbeck, 46, 5108 TH 95, Carey, teacher, July 16. Keith Michael Hoover, 30, Tiffin, general laborer; and Jennifer Lynn Rayburn, 32, 8365 CH 16, McCutchenville, housewife, July 16.

Geophysicist Ryan North returned to Upper Sandusky this week to offer his assistance with the unmarked Wyandot County Infirmary Cemetery. A native of Upper Sandusky, North currently resides in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

John Stewart United Methodist Church welcomed many local residents as it hosted its annual ice cream social late Thursday afternoon. Pictured are (from left) Linda Evans, Carole Parsell and Pat Cramer.

Calloway Morgan completed the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program at the Dorcas Carey Public Library. The 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten is available to all children in pre-kindergarten.