MOUNT BLANCHARD — Riverdale students will have a familiar face as their full time school resource officer starting this year. Superintendent Jeff Young informed the board at its regular meeting on Monday that Hancock County Sheriff's Deputy Craig Sheets, who has spent several years with Riverdale as a part-time SRO, will take over full-time duties this year.

COLUMBUS — In the face of repeated budget cuts, Ohio’s county commissioners are hoping for a new partnership and more local government funding from the state’s next governor.

The annual Kirby/St. Mary’s Fest took place over the weekend in Kirby.

Downtown businesses and organizations in Upper Sandusky provided a wide variety of entertainment for area residents. All proceeds from the three hour event were donated to the local non-profit Hannah’s House. Daily Chief-Union/Brian Hemminger

Brant P. Brooks, Carey, charged by the state with domestic violence, pretrial held, continued to Aug. 15.

Certificate of judgment: State of Ohio Department of Taxation, Columbus, judgment creditor, vs. Samuel D. Swartz and Kay E. Swartz, 10565 CH 124, Upper Sandusky, judgment debtors.

Terry S. Kin to Greene Street Properties LLC, property in Carey. BJM Elm Hill Properties LLC to Wyandot Industries Inc., .620 acre and property in Carey.

Jeremy J. Brandeberry, 40, 120 West St., Carey, laborer; and Nikole Lee Stagnolia, 28, 120 West St., Carey, stay-at-home mom, July 20. Juan Jose Alvarado Meza, 31, 500 S. Hazel St., Upper Sandusky, laborer; and Ashley Ann Borden, 29, 500 S. Hazel St., Upper Sandusky, laborer, July 20. Chad Weston Burks, 39, 539 N. Warpole St., Upper Sandusky, driver; and …

A Pennsylvania man who is walking across America visited Upper Sandusky Wednesday as a pit stop on his journey. Jim Smith, 50, of York, Pennsylvania, walked from Bucyrus to Upper Sandusky Wednesday on the Lincoln Highway. He stopped briefly at the Wyandot Chamber of Commerce, met area residents at some downtown bars and even had a visit with a Wyandot County Sheriff’s sergeant before finishing his night at Love’s Travel Stop.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol in Bucyrus reported a two-vehicle accident occurred Thursday afternoon on U.S. 23. near CH 62 in Wyandot County. Dawn Thompson was driving a 2015 Chevy Impala eastbound on CH 62 and she failed to yield at the intersection, striking a 2018 Hyundai Accent...