Excerpt: Because of the sequester last month President Obama canceled all White House tours because, as the president stated, the Secret Service claimed it can’t continue the funding to do routine screening, surveillance and ID checks for White House visitors.

Excerpt from the local editorial in Tuesday's Register: At its March 25 meeting, the Sandusky city commission spent about 10 minutes reviewing the $16 million 2013 city budget. They pronounced it "balanced,"  approving it in a unanimous 7-0 vote.

What is that thing?

Sandusky Police
Sunday, March 31, 2013
3:32 p.m. — 400 block McDonough St., “Children found a suspicious object in the rear yard. The object was retained until it can be properly identified.”

Cedar Fair keeping all other amusement parks. Border stops to replace parking booths at causeway and chaussee entrances.

Excerpt from Monday's Chuck Hoefert column: In Tribe Town, “Wait until next year” is the year Indian fans have been waiting for since Cleveland started preparing to defend the last World Series Championship they won back, way, way, way back in 1948. 

Get police blotters from across the region in the Sunday Register.

Drug arrest

Excerpt from the Sunday editorial: Like many in Sandusky, we're disappointed and impatient with the long delay appointing a new police chief. It's been more  than five years since the department had a permanent leader. Only in Sandusky, perhaps, could that happen.