"Any inconvenience to the adult is not worth the risk”

COLUMBUS __ The Ohio AMBER Alert Advisory Committee is reminding Ohioans that leaving unattended children in running vehicles, even for a brief period of time, can result in stranger abductions requiring an AMBER Alert activation.

RICHLAND TOWNSHIP__ On November 10, 2024, at approximately 8:37 p.m., the Lima Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to a report of an injury crash involving a single vehicle on Interstate 75 North at the State Route 696 overpass in Allen County.

Media release from Allen County Sheriff's Office

November 7, 2024 

Lima Refining Company is responding to a release of gasoline vapors from a tank vent, which  contributed to benzene readings in an isolated area for a short time. Shawnee Township Fire  Department and EMA are on scene. 

As a precautionary measure, community members were asked to avoid Buckeye Road. That road has since been opened.  

From Riley Twp. Fire Chief Craig Fischer

Riley Township Pandora Fire Department, was dispatched at 15:58 [on October 22] for reported corn stubble fire near the intersection of Road 4 and Road O, outside of Pandora, OH.

Weather conditions quickly pushed the small fire to an area covering approximately 55 acres, near a ditch with standing corn on other side.

At the Monday, August 12 meeting of the Bluffton Council, Police Chief Ryan Burkholder reported that a bicycle was stolen at National Night Out on August 6.

He is seeking information on the theft. A $750 reward from the Crimestoppers Fund has been created to help solve this crime. If you have information about this incident, please contact Burkholder at 419-358-2961 x 109 or [email protected].

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