A shortage of paramedics and emergency medical technicians is an issue Wyandot County Emergency Medical Services has battled for a long time. EMS Director Dale Risley hopes he has found an answer to help solve the problem.

NEVADA — Pioneer Career and Technology Center students teamed up to tackle community service projects in six counties throughout northwest Ohio on Friday, with Wynford students who also attend Pioneer taking on maintenance and cleanup at the Nevada Park and at the school.

In a teary graduation ceremony Tuesday, six Wyandot County residents became the first graduates of Open Door Resource Center’s Getting Ahead course, a series of classes aimed to empower people living in poverty.

The Upper Sandusky High School Alumni Association recently donated $1,000 to the Upper Sandusky Music Parents. Pictured are (from left) alumni president Jerry Taylor, Music Parents treasurer Mark Droll and school board and alumni member Neil Kinley.

Jody Riegle (standing) reads a story to 3-, 4- and 5-year-old children during story time at the Dorcas Carey Public Library on Thursday morning during National Library Week.

Seven-year-old Kiarie Williams (from left) works on homework at the Upper Sandusky Community Library during National Library Week with her sister, Malaya, 5, and father, John Williams.

The Wyandot County Department of Job and Family Services has been commemorating Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month over the past two weeks in a number of ways. On Wednesday, county officials got children involved.

Two Upper Sandusky women sustained incapacitating injuries following a three-vehicle crash Wednesday morning on Ohio 53 just north of Ohio 67. Patricia J. Brown, 81, was traveling southbound on Ohio 53 at 8:16 a.m. when she failed to see a vehicle driven by Theresa Corfman, 59, that was stopped in traffic for a work zone area being set up by Ohio Department of Transportation workers.

Kasey Coffman (right), 5, reads a book with his sister, 3-year-old Averey Coffman, at the Mohawk Community Library on Tuesday. This week is National Library Week with a theme of “Libraries Transform.”

It’s time to get cookin’. The What’s Cookin’ cookbook discussion group, a program of the Upper Sandusky Community Library, will celebrate the start of its fourth year with a book release party before its regular April meeting.