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Icon to schedule Memorial Day weekend edition

Posted by Paula Scott on May 24, 2023 - 2:43pm

The Bluffton and Ada Icons will have an extended weekend publishing schedule for Memorial Day weekend 2023. New content will appear on Friday morning and, except for breaking news, pause until Tuesday morning.

The Icon office will be closed from Friday, May 26-Monday May 29.

Our newsgathering schedule will continue through the weekend, including Bluffton and Ada High School graduations and Memorial Day events.

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New OhioMeansJobs.com features announced

Posted by Staff on May 24, 2023 - 11:23am

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – New user-friendly features have been announced for www.OhioMeansJobs.com 

The updates are coordinated by InnovateOhio, the Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation and the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. These new features take a faster, streamlined approach to connect unemployed Ohioans with jobs while helping employers identify new talent. The enhancements are the next phase to improve customer experience with www.OhioMeansJobs.com

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Advertisers of the Week: Ed Reichenbach-State Farm Agent and First National Bank of Pandora

Posted by Paula Scott on May 24, 2023 - 11:10am

Join us in thanking our advertisers of the week. They make it possible to provide FREE news updated daily.

Ed Reichenbach-State Farm Agent, 341 S Main St, Bluffton, OH 45817; 419-358-7781

First National Bank of Pandora, 112 Cherry St, Bluffton, OH 45817; 419-358-5500

Meet our Bluffton Icon advertisers HERE.

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Rhodes State College spring 2023 graduates

Posted by Staff on May 24, 2023 - 8:54am

The following graduates from the Ada Icon and Bluffton Icon readership areas received their Associate degrees from Rhodes State College following spring semester 2023.

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Hoff wins trip for BHS Latin III students from Ohio Lottery

Posted by Staff on May 24, 2023 - 6:55am

Teacher Appreciation Week video by Ohio Lottery HERE.

“You think it’d be hard to learn Latin, but she does such a great job,” says Ella, a Bluffton High School student featured in a video about teacher Brigette Hoff, who won an adventurous field trip in the Teacher Appreciation Week Giveaway from the Ohio Lottery and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

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Search expands for escaped Lima inmates; Lee apprehended in Kentucky

Posted by Paula Scott on May 24, 2023 - 6:49am

UPDATE POSTED AT 9:53 A.M.

According to www.13abc.com / 13 Action News early on Wednesday, May 24, "A police department in Henderson, Kentucky ... "had arrested one of the men that escaped from the prison in Lima earlier this week."

James Marion Lee was arrested but Bradley Gillespie, fled on foot and had not yet been apprehended. Gillespie was convicted for a double murder.

The following media release was issued at 11:32 p.m. on Tuesday, May 23:

LIMA – The Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and  Correction are investigating after two inmates, Bradley Gillespie, 50, and James Lee, 47 escaped from the Allen/Oakwood Correctional Institution (AOCI). 

Today [Tuesday, May 23] during a prisoner count at 11:00 a.m., ODRC officials determined Lee was missing. Angela Stuff, AOCI warden, approved an emergency count of all prisoners in  the facility and escape posts were manned. During the emergency count, it was  discovered Gillespie was also missing. The ODRC notified law enforcement and officers from multiple jurisdictions, the Allen County Sheriff’s Office, and the Patrol responded to the facility. 

During the course of the investigation, prison officials determined Gillespie and Lee  were last observed on surveillance video inside the facility at 8:41 a.m. on May 22. 

The Patrol continues to work with our local, state and federal law enforcement partners  to investigate potential leads.

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