A property in rural Upper Sandusky suffered major structural damage from a fire late Thursday night. The Carey and Upper Sandusky fire departments were dispatched at 10:33 p.m. Thursday after visible flames were seen on a barn and tractor on a property on the west side of CH 112 just north of CH 44.

BUCYRUS — While Wynford’s girls basketball team still has not reached the level of consistency coach Amy Taylor-Sheldon is looking for, the Royals have been finding ways to get wins. Hot early shooting helped build a lead and Wynford took down Lucas 57-49 in nonconference action Thursday night at W.R. Donnenwirth Gymnasium.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — After grabbing eight offensive rebounds in the first quarter, the North Baltimore girls basketball team only managed four offensive rebounds the rest of the way. But two of them came at a critical time.

For the 20th year in a row, The First Citizens National Bank is presenting Wyandot Memorial Hospital’s Comedy Night to help with priority patient-related projects at WMH. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks No. 83, First Federal Bank, Kimmel Corporation, Beerco, Delta Dental of Ohio, Morral Excavating and Wilson Tire Co. are co-sponsoring the annual wintertime event scheduled for Jan. 19 and featuring headliner comedian Andy Hendrickson.

After a lengthy investigation into breaking and entering and grand theft of a firearm from a federally licensed firearms dealer, three juvenile suspects have been arrested and charged for the incident. Because the suspects are juveniles, the names are not being released.

Regina Vent, broker and owner of Regina Vent Realty LLC, was awarded Realtor of the Year at the Heartland Board of Realtors holiday luncheon in Findlay. Considerations for this award include involvement on the local board, for which she served as the 2018 president, and service at the Ohio Association of Realtors, civic activities and business and educational experience.

The Wyandot County Commissioners and Ohio Department of Transportation are seeking public comment in a meeting at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 17 at the Wyandot County Courthouse. The meeting will discuss ODOT’s recent decision to close the CH 50 and CH 121 intersections on the U.S. 23/U.S. 30 corridor north of Upper Sandusky.

Wyandot County sports teams had both regular season and postseason successes in 2018 in sports from every season of the year.

Voting has concluded for the top 10 stories of 2018 in Wyandot County among the staff at the Daily Chief-Union, and there are a wide variety of topics this year with a mix of both good and bad news. A team of six employees of the DC-U voted on their top picks, with the focus being on topics that had the most impact on Wyandot County residents.

Last season, the Shelby boys basketball team ended the Upper Sandusky boys basketball team’s streak of 49 consecutive regular season victories. On Saturday, the Whippets ended another one of the Rams’ long winning streaks.