FRONT PAGE HIGHLIGHTS OF JANUARY 5 - 11

Daily Chief-Union/Alissa Paolella
Foreclosure rates peak
Wyandot County Sheriff Mike Hetzel auctions off a Wyandot County home at the Wyandot County Courthouse with a crowd gathered around him. Foreclosure rates in Ohio and Wyandot County have been steadily rising as the so-called sub-prime crisis continues to grow in the United States..

(Saturday January 5, 2007 Daily Chief-Union)


Daily Chief-Union/Aaron Korte
Happier times
Rhonda Minor of Upper Sandusky and her Brutus the Buckeye puppet cheer on the Ohio State Buckeyes during the national championship game Monday night. Minor was one of dozens that turned out at the Elks Lodge in Upper to root on the Buckeyes, even bringing along her own Buckeye shrine (right). But after a good start for the Buckeyes, including a 10-0 lead, the enthusiasm and margin waned as LSU beat OSU, 38-24. It was the second straight year the Buckeyes lost in the national championship game.
(Tuesday January 8, 2007 Daily Chief-Union)


Daily Chief-Union/Alissa Paolella
Another term
Sycamore Village Council president Dave Myers (right) swears in councilman Dewayne Morrison on Tuesday night during the group's regular meeting. Morrison was voted to a two-year term after taking over when Gene Wyss stepped down early last year.

(Wednesday January 9, 2007 Daily Chief-Union)


Daily Chief-Union/Alissa Paolella
Pleading not guilty
Raymond Arnold Longworth (left) looks through paperwork in Wyandot County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday morning with attorney Todd Workman. Longworth plead not guilty to charges of attempted murder, abduction, felonious assault, attempted felonious assault and two counts of failure to give notice of change of address as a sexual offender. A trial has been set for Feb. 13.