Ohio agency gets 2nd new director in six months COLUMBUS (AP) — The state agency that coordinates Ohio’s responses to emergencies is getting its second new executive director in six months. Read More
Upper man faces charges for allegedly brandishing firearm during argument An Upper Sandusky man was arrested Friday night after a report was made about a man “waving a shotgun around” during an argument with a neighbor, according to a report from the Upper Sandusky Police Department. Read More
Carey Schools BOE approves purchase of 300 computers for next school year CAREY — After purchasing 390 Chromebooks and 13 charging carts last summer, the Carey Exempted Village School board approved the purchase of 300 more computers with cases for $92,400 at the board meeting Monday night. Read More
Village to renew food vendor license NEVADA — After some debate, the village of Nevada decided to renew its food vendor license for the year during Monday night’s council meeting. Read More
Break-ins, vandalism reported Several vehicles were reported broken into Friday morning in the Ohio Cat parking lot in the 1800 block of East Wyandot Avenue, Upper Sandusky, and deputies responded to reports of vandalism to vehicles Saturday morning in the village of Wharton in separate incidents. Read More
Teens caught in West Virginia after weeklong police search Two runaway teens from Wyandot County suspected of several crimes across Ohio and Pennsylvania were apprehended in New Martinsville, West Virginia, after a more than two-day standoff with authorities in the Pennsylvania hills, Sheriff Mike Hetzel confirmed Saturday. Read More
Hufford retires after 31 years at Mohawk SYCAMORE — Shirley Hufford has been a teacher at Mohawk Local Schools for 31 years. With most of it being with special education, Hufford said she has loved the kids and has seen a lot of them succeed in life. Read More
St. Peter School summer festival Activities for the St. Peter School summer festival will take place Friday and Saturday, starting with a 5K glow run and walk at Upper Sandusky’s Stepping Stones Park. Pre-festival activities include the run and walk, which starts at 8:45 p.m. Friday. Read More
Wind turbine coming to Harpster HARPSTER — One Energy Wind for Industry, Findlay, is funding more than $3 million for a wind turbine project at the location of Marathon Petroleum Company’s Harpster pump station. The turbine will generate more than 4 million kilowatt-hours annually and will offset more than half of the station’s electric consumption, according to a press release from One Energy. Read More
County veterans take to the skies for annual Flag City Honor Flight TOLEDO — The bus had no traffic to deal with early Thursday morning as Wyandot County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center marketing director Vicki Charlton drove to Sycamore, Bucyrus and Upper Sandusky to pick up five area veterans and their guardians for a special trip. Eddie Doss and his daughter Deb Kuhn, Bob Keller and his son Jay Keller, Flavel Heyman, Earl Kinley and his daughter Becky Howard and Wes Honsberger traveled to Findlay and meet with a much larger group for the Flag City Honor Flight. Read More