REYNOLDSBURG — The chief of the Fire and Explosion Investigations Bureau at the Ohio Fire Marshal’s Office on Friday explained how investigators work closely with the office’s forensics lab and law enforcement officials in piecing together evidence and witness statements after a blaze.

The Ohio Department of Public Safety’s Ohio Traffic Safety Office has awarded Wyandot County Public Health $25,000 in federal traffic safety funding to conduct Safe Communities grant activities, according to a press release from Wyandot County Public Health.

SYCAMORE — The second five-year forecast for the Mohawk Local School District was presented at the school board meeting Monday. Treasurer Rhonda Feasel presented a slideshow presentation to the board and those in attendance and spoke on predicted revenues and expenditures.

CAREY — The Carey Exempted Village Schools Board of Education approved a 50-50 split of the cost to improvements to the street connecting the school’s north parking lot to Worrello Park during a regular meeting Monday. The village of Carey recently facilitated at its own expense the construction of two new drives from the school’s north parking lot to the parking lot at the south end of the park, which addressed a traffic problem that had developed early in the school year.

NEVADA — Santa Claus is coming to Nevada. Village officials announced during Monday night’s council meeting plans for a Christmas parade Nov. 26.

The Upper Sandusky and Carey police departments and the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office again will participate in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 22. Operation Medicine Cabinet and other collection programs protect children and water and food supplies and decrease prescription drug abuse by making it easier for residents to properly dispose of unused or expired medication, according to a press release about the event.

CSX Railroad will resurface the roadway at several railroad crossings in Wyandot County this week. Road closures were set to begin Monday on CH 57, CH 47, CH 42, CH 4, TH 5 and Elm Hill Road (TH 98), as well as on Wyandot Avenue and Johnson and O’Donnell Streets in Upper Sandusky.

Adult craft classes took place at the Dorcas Carey Public Library on Oct. 3 and 4. Area crafters made pumpkins from canning jar rings.

Officers responded to the 600 block of East Bigelow Street early the morning of Aug. 31 to assist with a call for Upper Sandusky EMS.

Billy R. Francis and Jennifer A. Francis to Rebecca A. Heil, 1.01 acres in Richland Township. Wayne E. Leightey, Gertrude Ann Leightey and Ann Leightey to Norman L. Pahl and Dayna E. Pahl, 3.469 acres in Mifflin Township.