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Press Release on April 21, 2025

On April 21, 2025, the Ada Police Department was requested to assist the United States Marshal's Service in serving an arrest warrant at 530 Liberty Street.

The immediate area was notified and evacuated during the incident as a precaution. The male, Craig Sutherly, was taken into custody without incident, and transported by the Marshal's Service.

By Cort Reynolds

ADA – The Ada High School boys track and field team won a four-team meet Tuesday, April 22 on a sunny evening at War Memorial Stadium.

The Bulldog boys nosed out Botkins 88.5 points to 84. Allen East was third with 50 points, followed by Delphos Jefferson with 33.5.

Botkins won the girls team title with 95.5 points. The Lady Bulldogs were second with 69 points, followed by AE (47) and Jefferson (29.5).

Bulldog senior Logan Jolliff and junior Kayleb Hickman each won two events to pace the victors. 

Two weeks ago, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) implemented a significant number of job cuts that will impact our response to sexual assault here locally.

The Program Branch of the CDC Division of Violence Prevention (DVP) was eliminated. This section, which is part of the Injury Center, is responsible for administering the Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) program that has provided Crime Victim Services with vital funding to carry out prevention programming since 2013.

Note from editor Paula Pyzik Scott

On March 31, Ada Icon photographer Mark Andreasen found himself at the Ada High School home track tri-meet at War Memorial Stadium. 

The Icon now has a gallery format that does justice to his pictures, so we're taking a step back in time to share them. Click on the photos to enlarge and view at your own pace. 

Read coverage of the event by Cort Reynolds HERE.

Ohio Northern University is celebrating April—and Earth Day—by becoming even greener.
From www.ONU.edu

ONU’s Donald J. Bettinger Department of Chemistry/Biochemistry recently became a Green Chemistry Commitment Signing Institution, a designation awarded by Beyond Benign, a chemistry education organization.

From www.BlufftonIcon.com

Attention garage sale fans, it's the start of the season on BlufftonIcon.com! 

Find two garage/estate sales for the weekend of April 24-25-26 on the Bluffton Icon classifieds and on our Google map.

Garage sale ads are free! Send ads to [email protected]. (Or [email protected].)

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