NEVADA — The Wyandot County-based Women Helping Other Women group educated area women about human trafficking and self-defense at its summer event Thursday night at White Shutter Winery in Nevada. Certified nurse midwife Megan Bair with Wyandot Memorial Hospital spoke about human trafficking, explaining how it happens, who it happens to and how to identify someone who is being trafficked in order to offer help.

TIFFIN — A search warrant from the Seneca County Common Pleas Court indicates officials seized an additional 17 canines from a Tiffin property owned by Debbra and Orville Alabaugh Aug. 8, after 150 dogs, of which one was deceased, were seized by Wyandot County officials from an Upper Sandusky property owned by the Alabaughs Aug. 1.

The Wyandot County Board of Developmental Disabilities has a new Social Security Administration Director. Angeline Superintendent Todd Dilley shared at the board’s meeting Thursday that longtime Wyandot County Director of SSA/Employment First, Nyoka Craddolph, has taken a policy analyst position with the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities.

The Ohio Department of Transportation recently released an updated schedule of highway construction occurring within Wyandot County. Work is dependent upon weather conditions. U.S. 23 between CH 97 and the U.S. 30 interchange, north of Upper Sandusky, will be restricted to one lane in each direction through the work zone for pavement resurfacing. Variable speed limit signs will be in place to display the legal, posted speed limit through the work zone.

BUCYRUS — The Ohio State Highway Patrol, in conjunction with the Crawford County Sheriff’s Department, announced today an OVI checkpoint is being held from 8-10 p.m. tonight on CR 330 west of U.S. 30 and east of Stetzer Road, in Crawford County.

When Upper Sandusky High School students head back to school on Aug. 22, parents and students will be following a new traffic pattern for drop off and pick up each school day. The changes begin with the first day of classes Thursday.

A caller reported a semi hit a railroad crossing post and kept going on the South Warpole Street railroad crossing the early morning of Aug. 15. Ashley A. Miles, Lima, was cited for speed at the intersection of Spring and Hazel streets the morning of Aug. 15.

Public transportation was officially launched in Wyandot County on Wednesday morning with a ribbon cutting at the home base of Wyandot Ride Service, 100 S. Warpole St., Upper Sandusky. The Ohio Department of Transportation granted funds to the Hancock Hardin Wyandot Putnam Community Action Commission to expand public transportation offerings from Hancock County to Wyandot County. HHWP CAC was able to purchase four new vehicles to support the Wyandot Ride Service.

Wednesday, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose stopped at the Wyandot County Board of Elections to speak with staff, tour the facility and to discuss election security. LaRose spoke about the new security directive that, he said, was sent to all 88 election boards in Ohio’s a few months ago. The directive was created as a checklist to improve security, LaRose said, and election boards are responsible for enacting the directive by January, in order to boost election security.

The annual Vigil of Assumption took place Wednesday night at the Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation in Carey.