Spectators and participants filled the bleachers at the outdoor horse arena at the Wyandot County Fairgrounds on Saturday for the 2016 Gymkhana Horse Show. The event was an official International Barrel Racing Association sanctioned event, but the points at stake for the IBRA were not the focus of the day.

CLEVELAND (AP) — City officials on Tuesday insisted that they’re prepared to provide the security and medical care needed to keep people safe during the Republican National Convention in July. Last week, police in Greensboro, North Carolina, rescinded an offer to send 50 police officers to Cleveland during the convention because of concerns about the city’s preparedness to host an …

An Upper Sandusky man was sentenced in the Wyandot County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday. Ethen Zolynas was sentenced to a total of 34 months in the custody of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections on three counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.

COLUMBUS — State environmental officials are reminding anglers planning to pursue striped, white and hybrid-striped bass to check 2016-17 Ohio fishing regulations before dropping their lines in the water.

BUCYRUS — The Crawford Soil and Water Conservation District, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, Pheasant’s Forever, Ohio State University Extension, Marion and Wyandot Soil and Water Conservation Districts and Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry, recently conducted their 27th annual conservation field days.

Fifteen project members, two cloverbuds and four advisers recently attended the sixth meeting of the River Roundup 4-H club at John Stewart United Methodist Church. Rylee Goodman and Owen Thiel provided refreshments.

COLUMBUS — Applications soon will be accepted for controlled deer and waterfowl hunts on selected areas during the 2016-17 season, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. The application period opens Wednesday and runs through July 31.

Members of the Forest VFW McVitty Memorial Post No. 1182 fire a 21-gun salute in memory of service members who have died.

Jim Finch of the Forest VFW plays “Taps” at the Memorial Day ceremony at Patterson Cemetery. “Taps” historically was played at dusk, flag retirement ceremonies and military funeral and memorial services.

CAREY — Uriel Garcia was one of many to meet family members in the Carey school parking lot. The senior class president had just sat through the final commencement ceremony at the site on East South Street on Sunday to find himself in the weird, immediate mental state of reflection.