Having written for The Daily Chief-Union for more than 12 years, City Editor Alissa Paolella’s final day with the newspaper was Friday night. A 2005 graduate of Mohawk High School, Paolella first was published in The DC-U in October 2004 while still a student.

Multiple Wyandot County first responder squads came on scene to a fire in the 300 block of Goodbread Street in Nevada on Friday afternoon. Wyandot East Fire District, Sycamore Fire and Rescue, the Upper Sandusky and Pitt Township fire departments, the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office and Wyandot County Emergency Medical Services all responded to the house fire.

TIFFIN — If it takes a village to raise a child, it will take the whole world coming together to stop what local, state and federal agencies refer to as modern-day slavery — the horrors of human trafficking. That was the message of the first of eight training sessions at St. Francis Home on Wednesday night, when a small number of local residents learned about human trafficking for labor and sexual coercion.

COLUMBUS — Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery in which criminals profit from the control and exploitation of others, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The same Ohio roads that are used legitimately also are used by human traffickers and smugglers to transport their victims and further their operations.

FINDLAY — A Carey woman was cited for failure to yield right of way after a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Ohio 568 and TR 234 in Hancock County’s Marion Township on Friday evening, according to a press release from the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office.

The following is the sewer separation project update for the coming week in the city of Upper Sandusky. A crew has moved to the intersection of West Walker Street and the alley the runs behind the city building.

Upper Sandusky Police Department A vehicle with reversed license plates was discovered in the 300 block of North Sandusky Avenue the afternoon of Nov. 2. Steven V. Miller, Sugarcreek, was warned for improper display of license plates at the intersection of U.S. 23 and CH 121 the evening of Nov. 2.

Organizers of the Pizza & Passports event at the Upper Sandusky Community Library planned for between 60 and 80 people to attend to learn about the Wyandot County Council on Aging’s 2017 Seniors on the Go trips.

Wyandot County residents are being given the opportunity to give their input on ways broadband service in the county can be improved. Broadband is defined as high-speed internet access that always is on and is faster than the traditional dial-up access, according to the Federal Communications Commission.

Wyandot County veterans now will be able to receive official identification cards thanks to an addition to the Ohio Revised Code by state legislators. House Bill 173 gives every Ohio county’s board of commissioners the authority to pass a resolution allowing the county recorder or county veterans service office to issue Ohio veterans ID cards.