If you could pay it forward, what would you do? First Federal Bank and First Insurance Group, Defiance, ask the question every year in the communities they serve as part of their “Pay it Forward” initiative.

Local volunteers joined with the American Red Cross of North Central Ohio on Wednesday evening at the Upper Sandusky Community Library to create cards for service members in the annual Holidays for Heroes program.

COLUMBUS — Speaker of the Ohio House Clifford A. Rosenberger on Wednesday announced that Wesley A. Goodman, a Republican from Cardington, has been sworn in as state representative of the 87th House District. Goodman fills the seat vacated by former Rep. Jeff McClain, a Republican from Upper Sandusky, who resigned earlier this fall. Hailing from a family farm in Morrow …

The Upper Sandusky quiz bowl team hosted five other area schools in a three-round cycle Tuesday morning. Upper Sandusky, Carey, Tiffin Calvert, Seneca East, Hopewell-Loudon and Buckeye Central all gathered at USHS for the competition.

A local woman who survived multiple suicide attempts in her teens is organizing a suicide prevention campaign and candlelight vigil to mark National Suicide Survivors Day on Saturday, and she is encouraging area residents to stop out to learn about the myths surrounding suicide and the prevention efforts available.

CAREY — Carey Exempted Village Schools Board of Education members approved an activity-free period for students from June 24 through July 9 during a regular meeting Monday.

FREMONT (AP) — A jailed Ohio sheriff accused of stealing prescription drugs is scheduled for a change of plea hearing. Sandusky County Sheriff Kyle Overmyer pleaded not guilty in August to six felony charges in a 43-count indictment. The change of plea hearing is scheduled for Thursday. A special prosecutor charged the sheriff with stealing medications drug disposal drop boxes, …

DELAWARE — HelpLine of Delaware and Morrow Counties is recognizing today as National Information and Referral Day and celebrating how information and referral services connect people and services together as an integral component of the health and human services sector.

CAREY — For five years as the head of county economic development, Greg Moon has tracked steady progress in the department. Monday during the Wyandot County Office of Economic Development’s eighth annual dinner, at Dance on Vance in Carey, Moon was pleased to report the office had had its best year yet.