PIKETON (AP) — Investigators are operating under the theory that there were multiple attackers in the slayings of eight people from one Ohio family, authorities confirmed Thursday after months of noting that was a possibility. Local and state investigators have released few details about the April shootings near Piketon, saying they do not want to jeopardize chances of catching and …

Carey kicked off the 2016 festival on Thursday night with some family fun and entertainment.

The Upper Sandusky High School varsity girls soccer team hosted a youth soccer camp earlier this summer. Girls who participated received four days of instruction, including questions and answers with members of the high school team each day.

Members of the Carey football team work out during one of their two-a-day practices Wednesday morning. The Blue Devils kick off their 2016 schedule when they host perennial Blanchard Valley Conference power McComb on Aug. 26.

Willy Wonka, the famous candy wizard played by Mike Webb, is surrounded by his Oompa-Loompa servants when he announces his retirement in the song “Golden Age of Chocolate.”

MOUNT BLANCHARD — The first ever Heritage Day Festival in Mount Blanchard is being held Aug. 20 beginning at 10 a.m. and lasting through fireworks that evening. The Beautification Committee, with help from village council, is sponsoring the event.

BUCYRUS — The Crawford Theatre Company will present the classic musical, 'Disney’s Beauty and the Beast” at 8 p.m. Aug. 12, 13 and at 2 p.m. Aug. 14. Performances will be held at the Bucyrus Elementary Auditorium, 245 Woodlawn Ave.

The community is invited to the fourth annual Latch on the Lawn at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Wyandot County Courthouse. Sponsored by Wyandot County Women, Infants and Children, the event is a global movement with registered locations throughout the world. Attendees are asked to get to Latch on the Lawn early so they can register before the official latch …

As the initiation rate of breastfeeding mothers edges upward in Wyandot County, local families are sharing their stories during Breastfeeding Awareness Month in hopes it will encourage more parents-to-be to consider the benefits. Local families have no lack of support when they know where to look.

U.S. Congressman Bob Latta heard from a handful of local constituents Wednesday during a visit to the county to host one-on-one sessions in the Wyandot County Courthouse. Latta is a Republican from Bowling Green who represents Ohio’s Fifth Congressional District, which includes Wyandot County and 13 other counties in northwest Ohio.