Passengers on a charter bus that crashed on U.S. 23 around 2 p.m. Friday acted quickly when they noticed something wrong with their driver, potentially preventing injuries of 48 or more people.

Thirteen area women can mark one item off their bucket lists after a bus trip to Indiana earlier this month sponsored by the Upper Sandusky chapter of Catholic Ladies of Columbia.

Legalization of marijuana for recreational and medicinal use has been a hot topic around the country for decades — with over half the states in the U.S. now allowing medical use and several states in recent years approving personal use. Ohio voters will get to decide if they want both in November when Issue 3, legislation that would allow residents to both smoke and grow marijuana with some restrictions, appears on the ballot.

SYCAMORE — The Mohawk Historical Society met Thursday night at the Mohawk Community Library where Kim Mohr, president and program director, gave a presentation on the history of Sycamore.

Construction on U.S. 23 and U.S. 30 north of Upper Sandusky is in the latter stages, although the entire project is not expected to be complete until late October. The $5.1 million repavement and resurfacing project also included work on 12 bridges in the stretch of U.S. 23 from south of Ohio 182 to just south of CH 47, said Rhonda Pees, public information officer for the Ohio Department of Transportation District 1.

Area residents have less than a week to visit the Upper Sandusky swimming pool, and by the time it reopens next spring, a renovation project to upgrade the men’s and women’s bath areas is expected to be complete. The project, which could begin as early as next month, will bring the bath areas up to Americans with Disabilities Act standards, zoning inspector Dave Westbrook said.