The Upper Sandusky safety committee on Wednesday denied a grievance filed by a former police officer whose employment was terminated in July for “unsatisfactory behavior.” James Kee filed a grievance in the second step of the appeals process, claiming an employee bill of rights had been violated.

FOREST — In 1973, the depot that had been the hub of the Forest community had fallen on hard times. The Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads had closed the door in the decade earlier and the huge brick building was considered a nuisance. Mayor Tom Price sent the railroad owners a letter demanding they make repairs to the building or destroy it.

Wyandot County Commissioner Bill Clinger and Paul Schmitt of Schooley Caldwell Associates, Columbus, met with Midstate contractor Steve Gilmore to discuss how the courthouse construction was progressing Wednesday.

The Upper Sandusky Police Department is investigating a complaint involving a large amount of trash dumped at the city’s compost pile after the items were discovered Monday night.

BUCYRUS — The Crawford Theatre Company will present the musical comedy, “Monty Python’s Spamalot,” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Wynford High School auditorium, 3288 Holmes Center Road, Bucyrus.

MANSFIELD — Fans of the No. 1 movie of all time, “The Shawshank Redemption,” are invited to travel back in time at the first Shawshank Ball. Taking place in the Central Guard Room at the Ohio State Reformatory, which starred in the movie as the Shawshank Prison, the ball is slated for 6 p.m. Aug. 29. The inaugural event will …

Officers performed a welfare check on a possibly suicidal female early the morning of June 16 in the 400 block of North Fifth Street. Contact was made with the woman.