Finally home: Land returned to Wyandottes 176 years later Saturday, 176 years after the Wyandot people were forced to leave their home in Upper Sandusky, 3 acres of land were returned to the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma, including the 2-acre cemetery and Old Mission Church grounds and a 1-acre burial ground on South Fourth Street in Upper Sandusky. Read More
Safety blotter: September 23, 2019 Officers assisted Wyandot County EMS with a man who fell from a ladder on the 300 block of West Johnson Street the morning of Sept. 20. An Upper Sandusky woman reported the theft of a car seat and car seat base from her yard on the 1000 block of North Warpole Street the morning of Sept. 20. A Tiffin woman reported her vehicle had been struck in the Walmart parking lot the morning of Sept. 20. A report was placed on file for insurance purposes. Read More
Criminal, traffic cases tried in muni court Tiffany R. True, Carey, charged by the state with menacing, pleaded not guilty, indigency hearing held, trial set for Oct. 10. Gregory A. Anderson, Carey, charged by the Carey police with domestic violence, pleaded not guilty, trial set for Oct. 7. Kaleb M. Hooper, Upper Sandusky, charged by the police with obstructing official business, continued to Sept. 23. Read More
Common pleas cases filed Certificate of judgment: State of Ohio Department of Taxation, Columbus, judgment creditor, vs. Mama Bears Den, 101 S. East St., Carey, judgment debtor. Certificate of judgment: State of Ohio Department of Taxation, Columbus, judgment creditor, vs. Heritage Baptist Church, 519 N. Seventh St., Upper Sandusky, judgment debtor. Read More
County properties transferred John W. Watkins trustee, Shirley V. Watkins trustee, John W. Watkins living trust and Shirley V. Watkins living trust to Jeffrey A. Watkins, 70.023 acres in Pitt Township. Dorothy E. Blackburn to Scott Dickey and William Dickey, property in Upper Sandusky. Read More
Couples to wed Jerrod Michael Frey, 27, 17334 Cherokee St., Harpster, supervisor; and Hannah Lee Greenich, 29, 2820 Albright Road, Bucyrus, quality manager, Sept. 11. Brett Allen Miles, 24, 20131 CH 4, Carey, mechanic; and Julie Nicole Kimmell, 22, 20131 CH 4, Carey, banker, Sept. 12. Read More
Royals royalty Emma Lohr (left), of Nevada, and Kenny Minich, of Bucyrus, were named the Wynford High School homecoming queen and king, respectively, before Friday night’s game against Buckeye Central. Read More
To Africa and Back!: Forest native Forseth serves as missionary PEORIA,Ill. — Katrina Forseth, daughter of Dallas and Brenda Parsell, of Forest, recently returned from a summer three-week mission trip to Uganda, East Central Africa, “To Africa and Back!” In 21 days, her team reached over 3,000 children in schools and Sunday schools across the country and also 1,500 adults through churches and conferences sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Read More
Moore killed in Wednesday head-on crash HEBRON — A Reynoldsburg man, previously of Upper Sandusky, was killed Wednesday in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 40 in Licking County, according to a report from the Licking County Sheriff’s Office. Timothy N. Moore, 33, was traveling eastbound on the 4400 block of National Road/ U.S. 40 in Union Township in Licking County just before 4 p.m. Wednesday when his vehicle veered left of center into oncoming traffic and hit a westbound car driven by Justin Alan Crawford, 27, of Pataskala, head on. Both men were alone in their vehicles and were trapped and were extricated. The Hebron Fire Department and the Millersport Fire Department who, in addition to the Licking County Sheriff’s Office, responded to the crash, pronounced both men dead at the scene. Read More
No injuries No injuries were reported in a crash just after 1 p.m. on the 100 block of South Sandusky Avenue, in which a vehicle drove into a store front according to the Upper Sandusky Police Department. Read More