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Ohio Patrons Brace for Impact as State Budget Cuts $25M for Public Library Funding

Education · Ohio

Ohio Patrons Brace for Impact as State Budget Cuts $25M for Public Library Funding

91% Center coverage: 11 sources

Ohio's newly approved two-year state budget that just passed two days ago by both the House and Senate includes major funding cuts to public libraries.See the Story

Port Angeles council begins 2026 budgeting

Port Angeles · Port Angeles

Port Angeles council begins 2026 budgeting

100% Center coverage: 2 sources

Peninsula Daily News Peninsula Daily News - Your #1 News Source for the Olympic Peninsula, Port Angeles, Sequim, Port Townsend and beyond. Looks at staffing, taxes and expenditures Port Angeles council begins 2026 budgeting Emily Hanson See the Story

Wrong-Way Driver Killed in Five-Vehicle Crash on I-75

Beaverdam · Beaverdam

Wrong-Way Driver Killed in Five-Vehicle Crash on I-75

100% Center coverage: 2 sources

On July 1, 2025, at approximately 3:02 P.M., the Lima Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to a report of a crash on I-75 near Beaverdam, Ohio in Allen County. Donald Eckler, age 82, from Lincolnton, North Carolina was driving a 2021 Chevrolet Silverado southbound in the northbound lanes of I-75. Mr. Eckler hit a 2022 MercedesBenz Sprinter van head on. The Mercedes-Benz was driven by Yazan Aljayousi, age 22, from Dearborn, Michigan. A…See the Story

Felony charges dismissed in 2021 shooting trial

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

LIMA__On July 2, Allen County Common Pleas Court Judge Jeffrey Reed dismissed felony charges against Ronald Powell of Findlay, who was alleged to have discharged a firearm while being pursued by Bluffton Police officers in December 2021. The Lima News has reported that Reed found the state in error when it provided Powell with the wrong address for the Common Pleas Court, which delayed his request to proceed to trial within 180 days.Section: Pol…Lima, Ohio · Lima Read Article

Dean A. Diller was a farmer and missionary

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

UPDATED with service and visitation__Dean A. Diller, 93, of Anchorage, Alaska and formerly of Pandora passed away July 1, 2025, at Willow Ridge-Betty House in Bluffton. Dean was born March 20, 1932 in Pandora to the late Earl and Alma (Luginbill) Diller. On September 1, 1951, he married Alice (Baer) Diller and she preceded him in death on April 14, 2008. On November 28, 2009 he married Carol (Roten) Diller who survives.Section: ObituariesAnchorage, United States · Anchorage Read Article

Janet A. Messinger worked at Bluffton Dari Freeze

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Janet A. Messinger, 93, passed away peacefully on June 30, 2025 at the Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton, Ohio. Janet was born March 13, 1932 in Kalida, Ohio to Floyd and Fanny (Basinger) Stover, who preceded her in death. Her sisters, Betty Baxter, Annabelle “Annie” Ropp and her best friend and dog, Tippie also preceded her in death.Section: ObituariesBluffton, Ohio · Bluffton Read Article

Dean A. Diller was a farmer and missionary

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Dean A. Diller, 93, of Anchorage, Alaska and formerly of Pandora passed away July 1, 2025, at Willow Ridge-Betty House in Bluffton. Dean was born March 20, 1932 in Pandora to the late Earl and Alma (Luginbill) Diller. On September 1, 1951, he married Alice (Baer) Diller and she preceded him in death on April 14, 2008. On November 28, 2009 he married Carol (Roten) Diller who survives.Section: ObituariesAnchorage, United States · Anchorage Read Article

Bluffton swimmers sweep Shawnee, Ada

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

By Cort Reynolds BLUFFTON__ The Bluffton Sardines summer swim team hosted and won a West Ohio Aquatic League triangular meet with Ada and Shawnee on Monday evening, June 30. The host Sardines won the boys meet decisively. They dunked Shawnee 382-96 and drowned the Ada boys, 328-151. The Gator males beat Shawnee, 243.5 to 144.5. The Bluffton girls defeated Shawnee Tides, 293-211. Shawnee then beat the Ada females, 312-115.5. The Sardine girls ham…Bluffton, Ohio · Bluffton Read Article

Val "John" Harris served in the U.S. Navy

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Val "John" Harris, 84, passed away peacefully on June 27, 2025 at the Meadows of Ottawa. John was born September 8, 1940 in Columbus, Ohio to the late Jack and Lucille (Ambos) Harris who preceded him in death. He was a 1958 graduate of Lima Senior High school and on August 29, 1964 he married Joyce (Eikenbary) Harris. Section: ObituariesU.S. Navy · Columbus Read Article

Icons cover breaking news, sports, obituaries during Summer Break week

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Thoughts on the death of a friend and BHS Pirate “50-year-athlete”

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

By Fred Steiner Bluffton Icon founder Seems like several football season ago, I stood on a September Harmon Field Friday night sideline. During a timeout, the focus of the group surrounding me quite naturally turned to a peculiar discussion: Ranking the greatest Pirate football players to sink their cleats into the 100-yard-lawn where we stood. Can’t recall the exact group, maybe Bob Badertscher, Owen Ziessler, John Schmutz, Jake Basinger, cert…Bluffton, Ohio · Bluffton Read Article

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