Jim Caudill (front, left) of Vanlue and Twila Walton of Upper Sandusky were crowned the 2015 king and queen during a Grandparents Day celebration at Westbrook Assisted Living on Sunday.

A large number of new teachers and administrators joined the Upper Sandusky Exempted Village School District for the 2015-16 academic year. While several teachers and staff transferred within the district, the USEVSD also welcomed 11 new staff members.

Upper Sandusky firefighters set up their annual memorial outside the city safety building to honor the 343 New York firefighters who died during the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

The Upper Sandusky Community Library will get all new landscaping after an unanimous vote by the board Thursday to invest in the capital improvement project. The board voted 6-0 to accept a bid of $18,650 from Carmar Gardens and to make adjustments on the proposal, with a maximum budget of $20,000.

HARPSTER — Some of the improvements planned at Harpster’s Lewis Park are complete, although two new poles are needed to complete the basketball court. Council received an update on the project during its regular meeting Tuesday night at the community center, according to submitted minutes.

A cloudy September afternoon provided a good time to sow both rye and radishes with the assistance of two pilots from the Wyandot County Airport, which has a 3,997-foot runway.

Ron Mexter and Chad McLaughlin prepare to check for loose sandstone on courthouse overhangs Tuesday. The Wyandot County commissioners used a lift to get a closer inspection of the sandstone fixtures below the courthouse roof line.

A semitrailer driver was transported to Wyandot Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a single-vehicle crash Saturday morning on U.S. 30 east of U.S. 23. Jacob M. Bland, 24, of King George, Vermont, was traveling eastbound on U.S. 30 about 100 feet east of the U.S. 23 interchange at 10:11 a.m. when he went off the right side of the roadway and drove through several pieces of guardrail and down an embankment, according to a report by the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office.

A key word in mental health services this month is one that carries a lot of weight, but not more so than the weight carried by recovering addicts as they work to improve themselves and overcome one of the most difficult challenges of their lives. National Recovery Month is celebrated in September across the U.S., and while news stories covering punishment are common, the opportunity to shed light on another side of addiction — recovery — does not present itself so often.

Fifty-four marijuana plants and a pair of guns were among the items confiscated during pot eradication efforts in Wyandot County on Friday. A Butler County chopper flew around the county to search for marijuana plants, joining Wyandot County Sheriff’s deputies, Bureau of Criminal Investigation agents, the Wyandot County Prosecutor’s Office and the METRICH Enforcement Unit, throughout the day Friday.