ASHLAND (AP) — A grand jury has indicted eight individuals after a drug-trafficking investigation resulted in the seizure of more than $1 million in drugs in northern Ohio. State and local authorities say the indictments stemmed from a probe into a drug-trafficking organization operating in Ashland, Medina and Wayne counties. A statement by Ohio’s attorney general on Monday said the …

LUCAS — A team of FFA students from Upper Sandusky High School placed second in the state at the soil judging contest Oct. 17 near Malabar Farm in Richland County to qualify for the national contest in Oklahoma in May.

Thirty-nine first-year Upper Sandusky FFA members recently attended greenhand camp with four counselors and the chapter adviser. In addition to Upper Sandusky FFA members, greenhand members from Mohawk, Carey and Riverdale also attended.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Students from the Riverdale FFA competed in the Hardin Northern Soils Invite, district and county contests. Two Riverdale teams competed in the rural soil judging contest, taking 51st and 54th place.

A caller in the 200 block of South Sandusky Avenue reported an unknown person was dumping trash in his trash bin the afternoon of Oct. 8.

Families enjoyed Halloween festivities in Carey, Sycamore and Upper Sandusky on Saturday night.

The Wyandot County Board of Health will meet at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the oncology room at Wyandot Memorial Hospital, 885 N. Sandusky Ave., Upper Sandusky. The meeting will be in executive session to discuss employment and no action is expected.

Ron Derry (left), a motivational, anti-bullying speaker, visited Upper Sandusky Exempted Village School District third-graders earlier this week for the GOOD program. A teacher for 18 years before going completely blind, Derry has dedicated his life to helping children understand “that all problems can be overcome,” according to a brochure about the program.

A caller in the 200 block of West Walker Street reported the afternoon of Oct. 7 she observed possible drug activity at her neighbor’s residence.