14 of 18 roadway deaths OVI-related during 2024 Labor Day weekend
COLUMBUS – The Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) is urging all motorists to prioritize safety as they travel Ohio roadways this Labor Day weekend. Troopers will focus enforcement efforts on removing impaired drivers from the roads to ensure everyone’s journey is a safe one.
The Patrol’s 2025 Labor Day weekend reporting period begins on Friday, August 29 at midnight and concludes on Monday, September 1 at 11:59 p.m.
BLUFFTON__The host Bluffton High School girls golf team finished second in a three-team match on Wednesday, August 27 at the Bluffton Golf Course.
Northwest Conference foe Delphos Jefferson nosed out the Pirate girls by four strokes, 218-222. Ottoville finished a distant third with 279 strokes.
Co-match medalist Katie Bauman led Bluffton with a solid round of 44 on the par-36 front nine. She finished tied for first individually in the field of 13 golfers with DJ ace Brylee Geary.
VAN WERT - The Bluffton High School boys golf team finished second in a very close and competitive Northwest Conference quadrangular match at Hickory Sticks Golf Course in Van Wert on Wednesday, August 27.
Lincolnview edged Bluffton in a fifth-man playoff after both teams ended up with a total score of 157. Allen East finished right behind them by just one stroke at 158, with Crestview last at 180.
Bluffton improved to 9-4 and 4-2 in NWC play with the results.
WAPAKONETA__The visiting Bluffton High School girls tennis team lost 4-1 to WBL foe Wapakoneta in a dual match on Wednesday, August 27.
Wapak improved to 8-1 with their seventh consecutive win, while the Pirates fell to 2-5 after the loss.
The Pirate tandem of Peighton Bowers and Leah Hoffman swept Redskins Allisa Collins and Lily Dodds at second doubles 6-0, 6-3 to provide the Bluffton win.
“Leah and Peighton stayed strong and extended their win streak to six matches,” said Pirate head coach Trish Nieman.
AUG 23 MEDIA RELEASE__Bluffton University officially welcomed the Class of 2029 during Opening Convocation Forum, Tuesday, Aug. 19, with a welcoming address from Megan Bowsher, MSW, LISW, clinical psychotherapist at Creative Hope Counseling, Bluffton, Ohio. In her address, Bowsher encouraged students to embrace courage, imperfection and the transformative journey ahead.
Bowsher opened with words of gratitude before inviting the audience to pause and breathe. "This is our evidence of being alive," she said, before extending a message of congratulations, "You made it."
