The Wyandot County Council on Aging held a pizza and popsicles-themed event for its end-of-the-month lunch Thursday. After lunch, seniors were invited to paint at Mandy Baldwin’s Mustard Seed Marketplace in Upper Sandusky.

First Baptist Church of Upper Sandusky, located at 590 Houpt Drive, will be holding the First Baptist Fireworks Festival from 6-9 p.m. July 6. The festival is free and includes carnival games, face painting and bounce houses.

TIFFIN — The Ritz Theatre is proud to announce another outstanding season of events for 2019-20 consisting of music, comedy, dance, community theatre and family entertainment. The season includes celebrated artists such as Toto, Trace Adkins, Chicks with Hits, The Texas Tenors, Peter Noone, Chuck Negron, Legendary Voices of Rock — Unlocked and so much more.

Freda Beamer (left), Pat Boair (back left) and Donna Turner (right), all of Upper Sandusky, arrange their floral centerpiece crafts at the Upper Sandusky Community Library on Wednesday afternoon.

A Sandusky County juvenile was sentenced to nine days detention, to be remanded to the Ohio Department of Youth Services for one year and to pay restitution of $2,500 Wednesday for a July 2018 break-in and theft at Wyandot Firearms in Upper Sandusky.

Wednesday’s meeting of the Wyandot County Veterans Service Commission revealed that Veterans Day at the Wyandot County Fair will take place on a new day. Traditionally taking place on Tuesday, Veterans Day at the Wyandot County Fair will now take place on Wednesday, Service Officer Theresa Miller said.

COLUMBUS — Beginning this year, the Ohio Department of Transportation is investing a record $158 million annually into projects specifically aimed at making roads safer. These projects include everything from additional signage to the complete reconfiguration of intersections.

An officer assisted an Okmulgee, Oklahoma woman with a vehicle lockout in the McDonald’s parking lot the morning of June 26. An officer assisted a Nevada woman with a vehicle lockout on the 1600 block of East Wyandot Avenue the afternoon of June 26.

Gayle Siegel, of Upper Sandusky, died Wednesday, June 26, 2019, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, surrounded by her family. She was 75. Arrangements are pending with Lucas-Batton Funeral Home in Upper Sandusky.

CAREY — Construction has begun on the new Taco Bell restaurant located off of South Vance Street near the U.S. 23 interchange. “They have broken ground,” Carey Assistant Village Administrator Nathan Curtis said.