A New Riegel man accused of attacking Wyndot County Sheriff Mike Hetzel was arraigned Friday in county common pleas courtr. Joshua B. Risner, 30, pleaded not guilty to a second-degree felony charge of escape and assault, a fourth-degree felony. Risner is accused of assaulting Hetzel on the third floor of the Wyandot County Courthouse in November, while awaiting to enter the courtroom for a pretrial hearing for a seperate case.

Upper Sandusky shook up its rotation and at times looked shook up Friday against Buckeye Central. An 11-0 fourth-quarter run carried the Rams to a 61-54 win. Wes Vent had 26 points. “What’s nice about these kids is, they hate to lose and they just figure out a way to win. We’ve had games like this over the past couple of years, but they think they’re going to win no matter what,” Upper Sandusky coach Jeff Winslow said. “They just toughed this one out.”

BUCYRUS — Challenged to step up in the second half, Carey did just that behind huge efforts by Trey Bame and Cody Luzader. The Blue Devils guards combined for 10 3-pointers and 39 points after halftime to help rally their team for a 76-66 overtime victory at Wynford on Friday night.

FINDLAY — Liberty-Benton improved to 8-0 in the Blanchard Valley Conference with a 72-43 win over Riverdale on Friday. Anthony Masterlasco led all scorers with 22 points. Austin May had 17 and Conor Greer had 13.

Children enjoyed bedtime stories, games, a movie and popcorn during a pajama party at the Dorcas Carey Public Library’s Mother Goose, Storytime and ABC Come Play With Me programs.

Upper Sandusky police officers soon will spend less time writing tickets and more time patrolling the streets and keeping the city safe. Some police cars will be equipped with eCitation electronic ticketing systems.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Having already made a three-quarter-court shot at the halftime buzzer, a 3-pointer from about 23 feet certainly was well within Brittany Hovest’s range.

Marathon Pipe Line LLC, a subsidiary of Marathon Petroleum Corporation headquartered in Findlay, is beginning construction on its newest addition to its transport services. A new pipeline will run from a location near Harpster and travel through Wyandot, Hardin and Allen counties to its destination at the Husky Refinery in Lima.

Buckeye Chuck saw his shadow during the annual Groundhog Day celebration this morning in Marion. Ohio’s official weather-predicting groundhog saw his shadow at 7:40 a.m., according to Paul James, program director at iHeart Media.