DEFIANCE — In the first six months of 2016, the Ohio State Highway Patrol investigated a wide range of felony offenses and increased total drug arrests from the year before, with troopers taking extra time during traffic stops to look for possible indicators of criminal activity, according to a press release from the patrol.

Armand Getz (right), former Carey Village Council president, signs his name to paperwork after being sworn in as mayor by Wyandot County Common Pleas Court Judge Kate Aubry on Wednesday afternoon in council chambers.

A unique cloud formation moves above a farm in Wyandot County.

The old-fashioned Picnic at the Park scheduled for Friday at Harrison Smith Park has been moved to Trinity Evangelical United Methodist Church due to extreme heat and possible rain in the forecast. Sponsored by the Wyandot County Council on Aging, the luncheon will include fried chicken, potato chips, cole slaw, dill pickles, cornbread, watermelon and apple pie.

COLUMBUS — Three Carey High School students are among the 213 Ohio youth who were selected for this year’s All-Ohio State Fair Band. Blue Devils Allison Keller on French horn, Jack Yeater on percussion and Sarah Goble on tenor saxophone were selected for the 2016 state fair band.

COLUMBUS — A Nevada resident is among a list of 16 Ohioans announced as winners of the Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation’s annual college scholarships. Cody McClain, an Upper Sandusky High School graduate, was one of four winners of the Darwin Bryan scholarship.

The Wyandot County Farm Bureau will host a tour Saturday by all-terrain, utility-task and other passenger vehicles on local dairy and cattle farms and at DeLong Grain Company. Area residents are invited to drive four-wheelers, Gators, Kubotas and or their own passenger vehicle of choice.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Members of the Riverdale FFA have stayed busy this summer with a variety of events and activities. On July 8, the club participated in the Forest Tree Town Festival parade.

FINDLAY — Anglers interested in learning the art of fly fishing and practicing their skills on a half-mile section of Cold Creek at the Castalia State Fish Hatchery in Erie County are encouraged to enter a lottery for beginning fly-fishing clinics, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

CRESTLINE — The Crawford Park District will offer free family tent camping beginning at 7 p.m. July 29 at Lowe-Volk Park, 2401 Ohio 598. Families are invited to come any time after 5 p.m. to pitch their tents around the pond at the park.