Bluffton News

The first of four men accused in the robbery and shooting death of a 19-year-old Wells County man last fall pleaded guilty Tuesday in Wells Circuit Court in Bluffton.

The IHSAA girlsa basketball sectional games involving the Southern Wells Raiders, Bluffton Tigers and Norwell Knights have been postponed for Tuesday night and rescheduled at this point for Wednesday night.

Legislative update sessions are usually filled with give-and-take, particularly the ones with state legislators.

Chandler Okeya s three-point shot with 12 seconds remaining in regulation forced an overtime period, and the Bluffton Tigers went on to dominate the extra four minutes and come away with a 55-46 victory over the Heritage Patriots Saturday night at the Tiger Den.

Mayor Tom Henry's 2009 State of the City address was at the Regional Public Safety Academy.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A MARION INDIANA TO BLUFFTON TO VAN WERT OHIO LINE.

A rural Liberty Center teen suffered minor injuries in a single car crash south of the old South Wells Landfill this morning.

When fire gutted his 19th-century building in early January, Brock Rittenhouse told everyone he was most likely going to tear it down, leaving a hole in the downtown Bluffton streetscape.

Mayor Ted Ellis had told me, prior to last Tuesday nighta s meeting of the Bluffton Common Council, that the citya s noise ordinance would come up for discussion.

The city has cited Rittenhouse Properties LLC, owner of the Morrow Block, for violations of the unsafe building act.

The Bluffton Common Council Tuesday night accepted the infrastructure improvements for the Forget-Me-Not Acres subdivision, placing them under city control.

It has now been two weeks since fire erupted in the downtown business district of Bluffton.

HARTFORD CITY - Terry D. Smith, 67, passed away at 9:23 a.m. Monday, January 11, 2010 at Ball Memorial Hospital.

Most weeks, we hear only a few comments from readers about the proposals, ideas, suggestions and anecdotes that emerge from this space each Tuesday.

In their last home appearance, Bluffton senior wrestlers Bobby Perry and Seth Higgins posted victories against their opponents from Garrett.

A Bluffton family working in Haiti as missionaries is apparently safe and sound.

Two young boxers from the Bluffton Boxing Club, which trains at the Main Street gym, have advanced out of the Indiana state competition and will be competing in the regionals of USA Boxinga s Silver Gloves.

The Morrow Block fire was apparently ignited by clothing on top of a baseboard heater, Bluffton Fire Chief Bob Plummer said Tuesday afternoon.

Using money specially set aside for technology upgrades Bluffton-Harrison schools will soon add 64 interactive high definition wide-screen 87-inch smartboards to student classrooms.

Three fire departments from Adams County were among eight area departments involved in fighting a large blaze that gutted a downtown Bluffton building on Sunday in subfreezing temperatures.