FROM FACEBOOK__Mark your calendars to join the fun at the Bluffton Athletic Boosters Reverse Raffle Ticket Pick-Up Party on March 28 at Southgate Lanes from 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Pick up your tickets
Purchase Big Board early
Additional games
Live Music by Memory Lane
The public is welcome, so bring a friend and come hang out with us!
ROSSFORD – Five members of the Bluffton High School wrestling team competed well in the Div. III district tournament at Rossford on Friday and Saturday, March 6-7.
Two Pirates finished fifth in their weight class, while another took sixth.
Archbold won the district team crown with 177 points. Delta came in second (161), while Liberty Center was a distant third (104).
Bluffton finished a solid 17th at the 50-team tournament with 39 points.
Bluffton's Ten Thousand Villages shop, 115 S. Main, has officially changed its name to World Goods Et Cetera. The change came after store volunteers and board members considered nearly 30 names.
Previously, Ten Thousand Villages was part of a chain including 13 company-owned stores. In 2025, the parent company decided to spin off its brick-and-mortar locations and focus the brand on wholesaling and e-commerce.
KANSAS__The Bluffton High School boys basketball team saw its season come to an end at the hands of top-seeded Castalia Margaretta 55-30 in their Div. V Northwest 2 district final game on Friday, March 6 at Lakota High School.
Margaretta raced to a 15-2 lead after the first quarter and never trailed. The Polar Bears won a closer second stanza 15-8 to build a 30-10 halftime lead. Pirate Parker Lovell scored two baskets in the second period.
MEDIA RELEASE__ArtSpace/Lima will host the 38th Annual Kewpee High School Art Invitational from March 20 through April 11, 2026, celebrating the creativity and talent of student artists from across the region. Generously sponsored each year by Kewpee Restaurants, this longstanding exhibition continues a proud tradition of highlighting outstanding work from area high schools.
MEDIA RELEASE__Alaina Murray, a 14-year-old female (DOB 6/30/2011), was last seen around midnight on March 6, 2026 near Nuebrecht Road in Lima, Allen County, Ohio.
Alaina was wearing a black hoodie, jeans, pink crocs, and a Spider-man watch.
Alaina is diabetic and could be experiencing a medical emergency.
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5’ 4”
Weight: 148 lbs.
If you’ve seen Alaina or have any information regarding her whereabouts, please call the Allen County Sheriff’s Office at 419-227-3535 or 9-1-1.
MEDIA RELEASE__Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 North Main Street, Jenera, will hold a special service for Lent on Wednesday evening, March 11, beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Pastor Nicholas Lilienthal, from Abiding Word Lutheran church in Bowling Green, will base his sermon, "The Kingly Priest," on Zechariah 6:9-13. Hymns are: "Shepherd of Tender Youth, Jesus, My Great High Priest and Lord, Support Us All Day Long." The Choir will sing "Is this the King?"
Does taking up painting at age 80 sound like a daunting prospect? George Fischer of Bluffton has done just that. You could say that painting is Fischer’s third or fourth career. He worked in advertising until age 50, when he earned his law degree. In retirement, George and his wife Lois traveled the country in an RV, often volunteering at national parks.
