CHILLICOTHE: Richard D. Kerry, 66, of Chillicothe, transitioned from earthly life 12:55 a.m. Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at the VA Medical Center, Chillicothe following a three month illness.

While it has not yet led to any reported fisticuffs, the city's money-saving decision not to pick up leaves this fall is causing some residents to rebel.

The 3rd District Court of Appeals in Allen County on Monday, Nov. 9, ruled that a charter bus company and driver in the March 2007 fatal crash involving the Bluffton University baseball team were not covered under two policies with the university that provided a combined $20 million liability limit.

By ERIC SCHAADT Staff Writer MOUNT CORY -- An early Sunday morning fire destroyed a vacant Mount Cory home that had been struck twice by suspicious fires in 2007.

Two females died in a trailer fire reported at 1:54 a.m. Saturday on Columbus Grove's North Main Street across from Jennings-Gomer Equity's grain elevator.

Recently, Ken and I traveled to Bluffton, Ohio to do an appraisal day for a local toy/antique shop.

Two women were injured in a three-vehicle accident at 7:15 p.m. Friday on Ohio 235 near County 28 in southern Hancock County.

A two-vehicle crash at Hancock County 313 and County 26 left five people injured Friday afternoon.

I bumped into Mayor Ted Ellis at Bluffton Elementary School on Thursday. He was visiting third grade students to talk about local politics.

Memorial services will begin at 11 a.m. Friday at Chiles-Laman Funeral Homes, Bluffton.

Bluffton High School officials are now accepting nominations for the Tiger Athletic Hall of Fame.

Bluffton city employees will receive no pay increases in 2010 and the city will operate on a flat-line budget, Mayor Ted Ellis said.

A 29-year-old Bluffton man who was tried in May for the 2006 shooting death of his teenaged niece plead guilty Thursday to aggravated assault and battery in connection with the incident.

Hancock County's unemployment rate fell last month to 10.3 percent from 10.8 percent, but that was because fewer people were seeking jobs.

By ERIC SCHAADT Staff Writer Two rural Bluffton men have been indicted by a Hancock County grand jury on robbery charges for allegedly robbing and assaulting a Findlay resident early Tuesday.