MEDIA RELEASE__The American Library Association's Banned Books Week takes place October 4–10. The theme for 2026 is “Let Books Be. Protect the Freedom to Read.”
Books on display at Bluffton Public Library will include materials that have been banned in libraries, booksellers and schools across the United States.
The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom provides information on book ban data, most challenged books, a censorship search portal, a form for reporting censorship and more at ala.org/bbooks.
FROM FACEBOOK—Please be advised that Hancock Public Health has confirmed one (1) measles case in Findlay, Ohio, with exposure in several locations. The individual was at multiple locations in Findlay while infectious during the days and times listed below.
Anyone who was at the following locations during these times may have been exposed to measles:
• NWO Urgent Care on September 29, 2026 between 2:30-5:30 p.m.
• Blanchard Valley Hospital Emergency Department on September 29, 2026 between 3:30-6:30 p.m.
Thelma Page, 94, will share her eyewitness account of seeing the Dillinger getaway car
MEDIA RELEASE__The Bluffton Ohio Historical Society has issued the following October 10 Timeline for its Dillinger Robbery Reenactment & Motorcycle Show event.
9:00 a.m. Portions of Main, Church, Vine and Cherry streets closed to traffic. Motorcyclists start arriving and parking on Main.
10:00 a.m. Motorcycle Show begins
11:30 a.m. Motorcyclists from the Wake the Dead ride arrive with a police escort
FROM FACEBOOK__Bentley Road from Sunset to Elm Street in Bluffton will be closed on Saturday, October 3 for Bluffton University's Homecoming festivities.
BLUFFTON__A week seven Northwest Conference battle of unbeatens lived up to expectations in a classic nailbiter on Friday, Oct. 2 at Harmon Field. The Bluffton High School football team rallied late but fell just short on fourth and goal in the final minute, losing 26-21. Visiting rival Lima Central Catholic spoiled Homecoming for Pirate fans.
