Special Olympics Ohio provides its athletes many opportunities every year but the Summer Games weekend is what most athletes enjoy the most. Wyandot County will send 38 athletes to Columbus to compete in six sports at the event Friday through Sunday.

Dylan Ham, his right leg slightly bent and located behind his left foot, holds the shot put on his shoulder next to his head. He rotates 180 degrees and fires the shot, which lands halfway up the shot put area.

Kalmbach Feeds Inc. celebrated its new bulk feed plant with an open house for clients, sponsors and area community members on Thursday. The Ruth Elizabeth Kalmbach (REK) Facility, named after the matriarch of the company, is located on CH 44 between U.S. 23 and Ohio 199.

Proudly displayed behind the cash register at Woods Antiques ‘N More in Upper Sandusky is a baseball bat engraved “Best Sponsors in Baseball.” The bat was awarded to Janice and Irv Woods by coach Andy Shepherd’s team of kindergartners through second graders following the 2017 season.

Crews were hard at work removing the derailed train cars from the track south of McCutchenville on Tuesday.

The Upper Sandusky FFA gave children a chance to pet a variety of animals during the Petting Zoo on Tuesday at the Upper Sandusky Community Library.

If the tournament accomplishments are any indication, many more victories may be on the horizon for Cory Sayre, an avid billiards player from Upper Sandusky, and his teammates. Sayre and his teammates from Avenue Cue in Findlay — the same team that played together all year and won the league championship in Findlay — placed ninth out of more than 330 teams in the World Pool Championships in late May/early June at Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

McCUTCHENVILLE — Traffic is closed indefinitely on Ohio 53 just south of CH 16 after a train derailed Monday night. The Wyandot County Sheriff’s report states that deputies responded at approximately 8:38 p.m. after an eastbound train engine 6315 operated by crew number 712 from the Wheeling Lake Erie Railroad Company derailed when one of the axles broke on the train.

Area residents enjoyed the live music, dancing, frozen treats, and car show at OLC Festival 2018 in Carey.

FOSTORIA — Not only did Carey’s Cody Luzader record three tackles and catch one pass to help the West Team get a 13-0 win over the East Team in the Sunny Farms Landfill East-West All Star Game on Saturday at Fostoria Memorial Stadium, but a few of his teammates were also his future teammates.