MELMORE — A Buckeye Central student died after a head-on crash on Ohio 100 in Eden Township, Seneca County, on Thursday morning, according to a media release from the Fremont post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The Advertiser-Tribune first reported the crash.

Upper Sandusky firefighters extinguish an engine fire on a 2001 GMC pickup truck parked in a driveway in the 100 block of Spring Street on Thursday afternoon.

The state of Ohio will determine if Wyandot and Crawford counties will move forward with a joint ditch petition after lawmakers from the counties were split in a vote to green-light the project Thursday.

An officer assisted the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office with OVI testing early the morning of June 11.

Upper Sandusky attorney James Ruhlen speaks to a crowd at Fairhaven Community’s monthly Lunch and Learn event Thursday.

McCUTCHENVILLE — Members of the McCutchenville Fire Department received training on equipment the department purchased as a result of public support. McCutchenville Fire Chief Robbie Miller said the department spent $28,100 on JAWS rescue equipment to better serve the community in a crisis.

Upper Sandusky has named its next police chief. Capt. Dan Ross accepted the job offer from city officials during a special safety committee meeting Wednesday. He will take the job effective July 5.

The son of an Upper Sandusky gun manufacturer is facing felony weapons charges after police say they found two loaded handguns and marijuana in his car during a traffic stop.

Ron “Basketcase Boose” (from left) gets a few cheers from supporters Monica Bess, Annie Gibson and Jean Parsell after making a basket in the annual Hoops for Hospice free throw contest Wednesday at Trinity Evangelical United Methodist Church. He made 26 shots and raised the most money of any competitor.

Employees of Armond Cassil Railroad Construction Company, Warren, Michigan, work on installing new crossing gates at the rail’s intersection with CH 215 on the line of Wyandot and Hardin counties Wednesday afternoon.