An employee of Subway on West Wyandot Avenue reported the theft of an approximately 10-foot sign pole the morning of July 21. Officers responded to a report of vandalism to a vehicle parked at a business in the 1000 block of North Warpole Street the afternoon of July 21.

Upper Sandusky City Council voted during a special meeting Wednesday to affirm a decision by the tree commission to charge Councilman Tom Shumaker $150 for removing a tree from his Front Street yard. Shumaker started the meeting sitting at his council seat and excused himself when his issue was brought up.

Four people including a 5-year-old boy sustained serious injuries in a one-vehicle rollover crash Tuesday night on Ohio 67 south of TH 42 in Crane Township. John Hale Jr., 44, was traveling southbound on Ohio 67 when he drove off the right side of the roadway and rolled his 2000 Kia Sportage one time, according to a report by the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office.

No injuries were reported in two separate barn fires Wednesday that included one of two major dairy operations in the county. According to reports by the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office, deputies first responded to 3 Flags Dairy at 18405 TH 70, Forest, after a 911 call at 5:13 p.m.

The Upper Sandusky Police Department responded to a report Wednesday of a person pumping something into the Sandusky River, but the claim was found to be false. Police went to the George Washington Bridge on East Wyandot Avenue and spoke with a man identified as an employee of Noxious Vegetation Control.

A resident of the 13000 block of CH 4, Carey, reported the afternoon of July 21 a vehicle struck his mailbox.

COLUMBUS (AP) — Police say a man fatally shot was found in a yard in central Ohio with several gunshot wounds. A Columbus police statement says police responding to a report of a shooting found 48-year-old Kenneth Lamont Pearson in a front yard Tuesday night. Police say they arrived about 11:15 p.m. and paramedics pronounced Pearson dead at 11:24 p.m. …

Wyandot County Historical Society Director and Museum Curator Ron Marvin Jr. has released his second nationally publicized book, “A Brief History of Wyandot County,” and will sign autographs during a release party Friday evening.

SYCAMORE — Sycamore Council voted 4-1 on Tuesday to accept a bid for a painting project at the village fire house. Councilman Kim Mohr, who voted against the measure, said he is not against the project, but rather wanted more than the two bids received by the village for a job that will cost more than $15,000.