FROM BLUFFTON OHIO POLICE FACEBOOK, APPROX. 7 P.M. JANUARY 25__With the amount of snow that has fallen, Village of Bluffton snow emergency procedures will be followed.
1.) Please do not park on Main St in the business district so the snow can be safely removed.
2.) If you live in a cul-de-sac, please move vehicles into driveways so plows can access the streets. With vehicles parked on streets, plow drivers cannot get down the streets to effectively clear them.
FROM FACEBOOK__With the potential for severe weather heading to Ohio this weekend, we encourage everyone to start preparing now. Here's a few things you can do in the coming days to prepare yourself and your vehicle for inclement weather.
The Findlay Courier has reported that Gabriel Gratz of Ada was killed in a two-vehicle crash at 7:55 a.m. on Thursday, January 22.
Gratz was driving north on State Route 235 near Township Rd. 27 when he entered the southbound lane and struck a vehicle driven by Nicole Neely of Waterville.
Gratz was pronounced dead at the scene and Neely was transported to St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima.
Details were provided by the Hancock County Sheriff's Office.
MEDIA RELEASE__On January 21, 2026, at approximately 2:47 p.m., the Lima Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to a report of a commercial semi-truck striking a home in Richland Township in Allen County.
Gerry Bright, age 55, from Frankfort, Indiana, was operating a 2022 Volvo Semi westbound on US 30. The vehicle went off the right side of the roadway, struck a guardrail, and a fence. The semi then struck a house, causing it to partially collapse, before damaging three parked vehicles.
Early on Sunday morning, December 28, a high-speed chase ended in Bluffton with the arrest of Joshua Wesley Rainer of Fairborn, according to the Findlay Courier.
The pursuit began in Fostoria after a vehicle failed to pull over for law enforcement. The chase ended on foot in a field near Bluffton. A passenger was released.
Fostoria Police, Findlay Police and the Ohio State Highway Patrol were part of the law enforcement response.
DEC. 18 MEDIA RELEASE__On November 24, 2025 Paula Dirmeyer came to the Ada Police Department to report that she had been assaulted within the Village of Ada by a known individual. Officers gathered information from her and began an investigation.
