Jameson Reile poses Saturday with his gold award for the middle school category of the tactile maze earned at the National Robotics Challenge in Marion. The Upper Sandusky Robotics Club faced stiff competition from 80 schools spread across 10 states and Armenia.

MARION — Upper Sandusky area students from grades 5-12 competed Friday in the National Robotics Challenge inside Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the Marion County Fairgrounds.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Heading into his freshman year of college, Riverdale High School graduate Jack Kelly hadn’t heard of the sport of ultimate frisbee. Six years later, before the start of the 2017 season, sitting in the O’Hare International Airport waiting to board a flight to San Antonio, Kelly noticed an email on his phone from the coach of the Madison Radicals, a professional ultimate frisbee team that competes in the Midwest Division of the American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL).

Dashayla A. Allen, Columbus, charged by the patrol with possession of marijuana, amended plea to no contest, found guilty; and possession of a controlled substance, nollied.

Certificate of judgment: State of Ohio Department of Taxation, Columbus, judgment creditor, vs. Avril Hutchinson, 3016 Ohio 53A, Upper Sandusky, judgment debtor.

Gene A. Vogel to Angela S. Niederkohr and Teresa R. Miller, property in Carey.

Neil Martin Newsome, 29, 15464 Ohio 37, Forest, mechanic; and Michelle Juanita Lowe, 33, 15464 Ohio 37, Forest, STNA, April 2.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Authorities in Cincinnati pledged Thursday to find out what went wrong in the death of a 16-year-old boy they say became trapped by a minivan bench seat in a school parking lot. His body was found about six hours after he first called 911. Police Chief Eliot Isaac said something went “terribly wrong” in Kyle Plush’s death. …

An Upper Sandusky native recently released her fourth book. The Rev. Elaine J. Clinger Sturtz, a 1977 graduate of Upper Sandusky, published “Living in the Different: The Passages Through Sorrow and Loss” through Declaration Press.

Representatives from the Koda Bear Foundation met Thursday at East of Chicago Pizza in Upper Sandusky. East of Chicago is sponsoring a fundraising event from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. April 25 where 30 percent of all pizza sales will be donated to the Koda Bear Foundation. The foundation’s biggest fundraiser, Koda Bear Fest, is July 14 at Harrison Smith …