Bluffton News

By ERIC SCHAADT Staff Writer MOUNT CORY -- An early Sunday morning fire destroyed a vacant Mount Cory home that had been struck twice by suspicious fires in 2007.

Two females died in a trailer fire reported at 1:54 a.m. Saturday on Columbus Grove's North Main Street across from Jennings-Gomer Equity's grain elevator.

Recently, Ken and I traveled to Bluffton, Ohio to do an appraisal day for a local toy/antique shop.

Two women were injured in a three-vehicle accident at 7:15 p.m. Friday on Ohio 235 near County 28 in southern Hancock County.

A two-vehicle crash at Hancock County 313 and County 26 left five people injured Friday afternoon.

I bumped into Mayor Ted Ellis at Bluffton Elementary School on Thursday. He was visiting third grade students to talk about local politics.

Memorial services will begin at 11 a.m. Friday at Chiles-Laman Funeral Homes, Bluffton.

Bluffton High School officials are now accepting nominations for the Tiger Athletic Hall of Fame.

Bluffton city employees will receive no pay increases in 2010 and the city will operate on a flat-line budget, Mayor Ted Ellis said.

A 29-year-old Bluffton man who was tried in May for the 2006 shooting death of his teenaged niece plead guilty Thursday to aggravated assault and battery in connection with the incident.

Hancock County's unemployment rate fell last month to 10.3 percent from 10.8 percent, but that was because fewer people were seeking jobs.

By ERIC SCHAADT Staff Writer Two rural Bluffton men have been indicted by a Hancock County grand jury on robbery charges for allegedly robbing and assaulting a Findlay resident early Tuesday.

Energy Recruiters Inc. has announced the addition of three new consultants to its executive recruiting team: Mark Couture, Tim Hedleston and Charlie Brown.

Flooding on the Bluffton schools campus this morning kept some students out of mobile classrooms, Beaufort County School District spokeswoman Carol McMillan said.

The new Bluffton Middle School is now one step closer to being complete. Construction crews working on the new building celebrated with a topping off ceremony.

Bluffton University's Institute for Learning in Retirement, an educational program designed specifically for retired individuals, will be offering 16 classes when it begins on Monday.

Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery. DILLEN, Albert L. Jr. - Memorial Mass will begin at 10 a.m. today at St.

Kenneth John Krautter, 96, of Bowling Green, formerly of Bluffton, died at 5:35 p.m. Sept.

ELLIS, Helen D. - 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hartman Sons Funeral Home, Columbus Grove. Burial: Vaughnsville Cemetery.

A Toledo construction firm and a contractor from Bluffton, Ohio, have been cited and fined by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration for safety violations found during inspections of area work sites.