A Crane Township resident reported the afternoon of Dec. 1 that he was being blackmailed by a Marion resident over a vehicle he had purchased. A deputy spoke to both parties.

LaRUE — A Marion County man died in a single-vehicle crash in Montgomery Township early Sunday. The vintage 1928 Ford Model A that Thomas K. Young, 53, of LaRue was driving was not equipped with a seatbelt when the car hit a tree, according to an Ohio State Highway Patrol news release.

Cleveland Police estimated 15,000 people took to the streets of downtown Cleveland Saturday for the Women’s March. It was one of several marches around the world and in Washington on President Donald Trump’s first full day in office. Organizers said the crowds were pushing to protect the rights of immigrants and workers, as well as women’s reproductive rights while calling …

Dear editor, How about getting a clothing store on the west side of Upper Sandusky? And one that sells material and yarn. I’m 83 1/2 years old. I live west of Upper Sandusky in Wharton. I travel 10 miles to town and then 3 through town just to get to Wal-Mart. Louise Treadway Wharton

Kathy L. Haas, Marion, charged by the sheriff with possession of open beer in a motor vehicle, pretrial held, continued to Jan. 30.

Linda Bastel Powers, Linda L. Bastel, Linda Bastel and Francis X. Powers to David J. Bastel, 80 acres in Crane Township.

Criminal: State of Ohio vs. Dennis R. McKinley II, Patterson, breaking and entering and theft.

Nathan A. Gerard, Springfield, was charged with failure to yield the right of way after he allegedly pulled a four-wheeler out from a field into the path of a motor vehicle on CH 53 near CH 96, Mifflin Township, the morning of Nov. 21.

The Upper Sandusky varsity competition cheer squad won the Ohio Athletic Commission state title for the second consecutive year. The repeat came just a year after the high school, junior high and Little Rams cheerleading squads all won their respective divisions at the OAC state title in 2016.

WEST LIBERTY (AP) — A school shooting that left one student hospitalized and others scrambling out classroom windows could have been far worse if not for the heroics of staff members who stopped the shooter and had him pinned down when police arrived, authorities said. The shooter, a 17-year-old senior, used a shotgun and intended to harm more than the …