Thursday morning, the Wyandot County Commissioners declared November as National Hospice and Palliative Care Month. A banner will be on display inside the Wyandot County Courthouse.

The public is invited to an open house from 12-4 p.m. Saturday at the new Wyandot County EMS facility at the corner of North Warpole and Guthrie Streets in Upper Sandusky. A special flag raising ceremony will take place at noon.

On Thursday, the Ohio Department of Transportation held its annual county-by-county readiness inspection.

A Wyandot County landmark barn on the Dick and Phyllis Gerber farm east of Upper Sandusky on CH 182 will soon be disappearing. The barn was built in the late 1800s and has to be torn down because of a deteriorating foundation and groundhog damage.

CAREY — Carey football coach Jonathon Mershman wasn’t sure what to expect heading into this season, but coming off of a historic win in the first-round playoff game, the first-year coach is hopeful the Blue Devils can make a deep run in the postseason.

CAREY — It’s been quite a career for Carey High School senior Felicite Smith and it isn’t over yet. On Wednesday at Carey High School, Smith, surrounded by family members and coaches, signed a national letter of intent to play softball at Division II Northwest Oklahoma State University in Alva, Oklahoma.

Larry Webster (back) and Ryan Webster check in with Joyce Schryer to vote at the Upper Sandusky Community Library Tuesday evening. Upper Sandusky residents elected four members of council and passed the Crane Township levy Tuesday.

Construction began Monday in front of the Wyandot County Courthouse. “We’ve been wanting to fix the crumbling curbs for a while now,” Wyandot County Commissioner Bill Clinger said. “We decided to get a two for one and replace the sidewalk near the front entrance as well.”

Over the weekend, Wagner Ford in Carey fell victim to a breaking and entering with tens of thousands of dollars of equipment stolen, including a large amount of employees’ personally-owned tools. Pictured above, a white 2014 Ford F-150 4×4, was stolen from the Wagner lot and may have Ohio registration GDD3465. Call the Carey Police Department at 419-396-7678 with any …

Upper Sandusky Middle School students (back, from left) Ethan Collins, Ben Blankenship; (front) Joe Hoy and Cassidy Conrad participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C.