Mary Newell (front) and Kait Huston work on sidewalk chalk drawings featuring Roald Dahl’s “Willy Wonka” characters Saturday while the box office was open for ticket sales for the upcoming Star Players’ production of the show.

In the past two weeks, Upper Sandusky parks have had the usual crowds of walkers, bicyclers and ball players and fans, with little to no rain and warm summer days. But area residents may have noticed the parks have been a little more crowded since the release of “Pokemon Go,” a free smartphone app that has captured the attention of young and old alike.

Spillane prepares for bat mitvah The land throughout Wyandot County is dotted with Christian churches, sharing a wide variety of beliefs within the religion. But one Upper Sandusky family has unique traditions compared to the Christian congregations, and is sharing those traditions with their neighbors and friends. The Rosenthals beam with pride for 13-year-old Kyra Spillane, who will be in …

Merchants along West Wyandot Avenue will share their sidewalks with local artists from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Chalk art enthusiasts are encouraged to decorate the sidewalk from Freedom Caregivers to Newell’s Optometry with Willy Wonka-inspired art, and they got busy early as several renditions have popped up on the sidewalks this week.

Logan Dible, a summer work crew member in the city of Upper Sandusky, paints a light green pole in a new shade of black in the downtown area earlier this week. The summer work crew has been busy painting all of the poles in the downtown area.

An event conceived only months ago raised more than $3,700 for Hospice of Wyandot County on Wednesday, and director Cathy Browne could not have been more pleased. “This was a fun fundraiser,” she kept saying.

SYCAMORE — The cause of a fire that destroyed a Sycamore business on Monday morning remains under investigation by the Ohio Fire Marshal’s Office. The state Fire Marshal’s Office arrived at the scene of the fire at Terry’s Market, 106 N. Sycamore Ave., just before noon Monday.

Bo, a 2 1/2-year-old golden retriever, lays in the shade during the Wyandot County Museum’s annual ice cream social Saturday. Owned by Carey council president and U.S. veteran Armand Getz, Bo is expected to complete his training to be a service dog for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder by Veterans Day.

Around 200-250 volunteers in the village of Carey helped move items from the old school building on East South Street to the new location on South Vance Street on Monday.