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Crowder walks off Knights to send Tigers to Semi-State championship

Carrie Penrod - June 13, 2026

Historic Vera Cruz bridge is scheduled for August removal

Bluffton Land Trust begins acquiring downtown properties

LynSkynyrd at Kehoe

Curtain Call for ‘Matilda Jr.’ cast

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Destination Recreation 06-13-2026

Carrie Penrod - June 13, 2026

The Kehoe Park Summer Concert Series is already off to a fantastic start, with last night’s show, LynSkynyrd and Johnny Folsom 4,...

Police Notebook 06-13-2026

June 13, 2026

INCIDENTS City: Thursday, 12:07 p.m.,...

Local Roundup 06-13-2026

June 13, 2026

County health board cancels Monday meeting The board...

LynSkynyrd at Kehoe

June 13, 2026

LynSkynyrd, a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute band...

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Sports

Crowder walks off Knights to send Tigers to Semi-State championship

Carrie Penrod - June 13, 2026

By RYAN WALKER OAK HILL — The story continues for the Bluffton Tigers' baseball team.

High School Calendar 06-13-2026

June 13, 2026

BASEBALL (Semi-State): Bluffton vs. Lafayette Central Catholic, 10 a.m. at Oak...

Sports Roundup 06-13-2026

June 13, 2026

Bluffton youth baseball scores and results Below are...

Junior Golf finals

June 13, 2026

Friday was the final day ...

Predicting USMNT’s World Cup

June 12, 2026

Jonathan Snyder The World Cup is in...

E-EDITION

Saturday, June 13, 2026

June 13, 2026

Today’s news: APC approves Well County’s Vision 2035 Master Plan ;...

Friday, June 12, 2026

June 12, 2026

Today’s news: Summer sprucing for City Hall; Bluffton Verizon tower down...

STATE / NATIONAL NEWS

Indiana’s toxicology department sees increase in cases

June 11, 2026

By JACK FORREST Indiana Capital Chronicle

How GOP candidates are campaigning for Indiana secretary of state bid

June 11, 2026

By TOM DAVIES Indiana Capital Chronicle

Indiana rejects, cancels voter registration for more than half of flagged...

June 10, 2026

By LESLIE BONILLA MUÑIZ Indiana Capital Chronicle

Indiana child well-being rank declines in a national report

June 10, 2026

By MACKENZI KLEMANN Indiana Capital Chronicle

Indiana Senate’s No. 2 Republican steps down from post

June 5, 2026

By TOM DAVIES Indiana Capital Chronicle

Gov. Mike Braun extends suspension of Indiana’s gas taxes for another...

June 4, 2026

By MACKENZI KLEMANN and TOM DAVIES Indiana Capital Chronicle

VIDEOS & PHOTO GALLERIES

Wells 4H

Halley Edington - August 2, 2024

Photos from Southern Wells’ 2023 Homecoming Football game

Doug Brown - September 9, 2023

Photos from Bluffton’s 2023 Homecoming Football game

Doug Brown - September 2, 2023

OPINIONS

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USA 250 red, white and blue

June 11, 2026

With all of the local, regional, and national anticipation for the...

School board elections can and should be transparent

June 10, 2026

The stories that our pets’ names carry

June 9, 2026

We were half-way through the dinner party that we were hosting...

It all depends on your definition of ‘funny’

June 6, 2026

Two things this week. One is not funny in the ha-ha...

THE WAR OVER LOVE

June 6, 2026

Rosaria Butterfield calls herself the “unlikely...

No more cries from a lovesick moose

June 5, 2026

In the movie “The Paper,” (not...

BUSINESS

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Grief group organizing at First Presbyterian Church

Carrie Penrod - May 18, 2026

Bluffton’s First Presbyterian Church is creating a bereavement group, with plans to meet monthly at the church. The...

A Legacy of Service: Elks Lodge Named April Member of the Month

Spencer Sumwalt - April 9, 2026

Pictured holding the Member of the Month sign, from left are Tracy Beer, Club Manager; Kevin Poling, Former Exalted Ruler;...

BRMC makes donations to local groups

Carrie Penrod - April 3, 2026

As a continued tradition, Lutheran Health Network has a unique way to commemorate National Doctors’ Day...

Ribbon cut, confidence built: Progeny Martial Arts launches in Ossian

Spencer Sumwalt - March 6, 2026

The Wells County...

LIFESTYLE

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Lifestyle

GRANTING ACCESS TO GOD

Carrie Penrod - June 13, 2026

by Martha Paxson Almost everything we do in today’s society requires some form of identification: renewing a driver’s license,...

Curtain Call for ‘Matilda Jr.’ cast

June 13, 2026

Live theater is alive ...

Colonial games at five points

June 11, 2026

One of the summer activities the Bluffton Parks Department was...

At the Community Garden plots

June 10, 2026

Gardeners having plots at the Community Gardens (W. Cherry Street...

Five Points School breakfast June 13

June 10, 2026

Supporters of Five Points School will be offering their annual Pancake...

SPECIAL SECTIONS

Senior Living, Summer 2026

June 4, 2026

Graduation 2026

May 28, 2026

A Salute to Excellence 2026

April 15, 2026

2025/26 Norwell Girls’ Basketball: The Road to State

March 27, 2026

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WHAT'S UP

Events at the Creative Arts Council of Wells County: June 9,...

June 9, 2026

428 S. Oak St. in Bluffton www.wellscocreativearts.com

What’s happening at the Wells County Public Library: June 2, 2026

June 2, 2026

The Wells County Public Library takes its mission to “provide the...

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