Upper Sandusky City Council took the first step Monday toward allowing low-speed and other vehicles to be operated within city limits, but there will be a short time that no golf carts and similar vehicles will be permitted on roadways.

A Tiffin woman was sentenced to four years in prison in Wyandot County Common Pleas Court on Monday afternoon. Kendra M. Rochester, 30, was sentenced for a second-degree felony charge of burglary after pleading guilty to the charge in November.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — The Riverdale Local School District is set to update the security cameras on school grounds beginning in late January. At its regular monthly meeting Monday night, the Riverdale Board of Education approved spending of $76,499 from the general fund for the installation of new security cameras from Xtek Partners Inc. of Dublin.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Superintendent Eric Hoffman will be saying goodbye to Riverdale at the end of this school year. At the district’s school board meeting Monday night, Hoffman read and the board approved a motion accepting his retirement resignation as Riverdale superintendent effective Aug. 1, with a last day worked of July 31.

The Wyandot County Board of Commissioners recently reviewed the projects completed during 2016 at the county-owned buildings along South Sandusky Avenue. The costs for the projects in 2016 totaled $348,851.50, with some of the funding being provided through grants.

An Alvada man was shot while hunting in Salem Township on Saturday during the additional weekend of gun season for deer.

Two passengers, including a 9-year-old, in a vehicle involved in a crash Saturday were transported by Upper Sandusky Emergency Medical Services to Tiffin Mercy Hospital with possible injuries.

CAREY — A Mohawk school bus that was supposed to transport students back to Sycamore after the boys basketball game between Mohawk and Carey on Saturday night slid off Ohio 103 on its way to Carey School due to icy road conditions.

­The holiday season is the time of year to eat, drink and be merry, but it also is a dangerous time to be on the road due to a high number of drunk drivers behind the wheel.

Christmas spirit typically is not hard to find in rural America in late December. Christmas trees and rooftops adorned with shining lights can be seen on multiple houses and businesses all around the area.