Elizabeth Saracson 14-years-old, who had spent the evening with her sister in Ada, and had left her home during the night hours, was found in Indianapolis, Ind., according to Michael Harnishfeger, Ada police chief.
On Monday, the Ada Police Department in concert with the Forest Police Department and the F.B.I. tracked Elizabeth down to a house in Indianapolis, Ind., where F.B.I. agents successfully located her and recover her from the home.
As initially believed, Elizabeth did leave Ada and arrive in Indianapolis on her own accord, according to Harnishfeger.
The investigation continues as to exactly how Elizabeth was transported to Indianapolis.
ReStore Community Center, 210 N. Main, Ada, will host a gospel sing at 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 30, to benefit the center.
Scheduled to perform are:
Rita Motter, Lafayette
Randy Long, Van Wert
Chris Baldwin, Springfield
Jake Reel, Upper Sandusky
Marlene Vance, Clyde
Tony Crowe, Kenton
Trina Crowe, Kenton
Sonya Petty, Kenton
Melissa Schmitmeyer (left) and Bailey Platz place the Kappa Alpha Theta banner in a McIntosh Center hallway as part of the recent Greek Week. Members of the fraternities and sororities on campus had many fun activities, including kickball, mud tug, trivia, volleyball, ultimate relay, chariot race, six-legged race, and egg toss. (Monty Siekerman photo)
Passing by the McIntosh ballroom on last week, passers-by heard a beautiful voice rehearsing songs.
The singer was none other than 11-year-old Reagan Cox, preparing for the Liberty National Bank annual shareholders meeting to be held there that evening.
Reagan was invited to audition for "Americas Got Talent" last November in Detroit.
She is the daughter of Heather and Craig Cox of Miller City. Her mom is an assistant vice president at the bank and her dad manages a grocery store in Lima.
During the week of Monday, May 2, through Saturday, May 7, Liberty National Bank will have locked containers at the bankd for individuals to drop off unwanted paperwork to be destroyed.
This is a free service to the community to help fight the growing concern of Identity Theft.
Accoridng to the bank, it is estimated that as many as 9 million U.S. residents have their identities stolen every year.
The containers will be available during office hours, Monday through Saturday. Please limit the shred to 5 boxes, no larger than 20-inches wide by 10-inches high.
Shannon Upton, Christian speaker and author of the Organizing You books, is the guest speaker at County Line Church of the Brethren's Mother's Day banquet, at 6 p.m., Friday, April 29.
Upton helps women clear out their spiritual clutter so they can grow closer to their families and their Lord.
Reserve tickets ($5 adults, $3 youth) by calling the church office at 419-649-5364.
Following her talk her books are available at a discounted price and she will sign them.
For more information about Upton, her books and her ministry check out OrganizingJesusMoms.com.
Stephan Johnson of Ada will entertain at this year's Bluffton Arts and Crafts Show. Johnson plays the Irish bagpipe. He will be at the show at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 14, and will do a walk-through the show area.
More than 200 vehicles passed through the Drug Take-back sites in Ada, Forest, and Kenton Saturday morning where volunteers collected hundreds of pounds of unused prescription and over the counter medications for disposal.
The event was a cooperative effort of the North Central Ohio Solid Waste District, Hardin Memorial Hospital, The Hardin County Sheriff's Office, The Forest Police Deptment and the Ohio Northern University College of Pharmacy.
There's a famous 111-year-old Ada resident getting a facelift this week. It's the building housing the Ada Herald and Body Works in the 200 block of North Main Street.
The building is also known by residents who look into the sky and see "IOOF 427 1905."
The means that the top floor of the building was one the lodge all for the Ada Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a once popular society at the turn of an earlier century.
On April 23 the Ada Police Department took a report of a missing juvenile.
The incident occurred in Ada. According to the report, Elizabeth Saracson was spending the night at her sister's on Friday April 22. Elizabeth was last seen around 10 p.m. that night at her sister’s house.
Elizabeth is 14 years old and is a white female with brown hair slightly below her shoulders and brown eyes. Elizabeth has a mole on her neck.
Elizabeth is 5-8 and 140 pounds. She was last seen wearing blue jeans, tennis shoes, and a Bowling Green t-shirt. She is also carrying a blue duffel bag with the name “Lizzy” in sparkle letters.
