In its infancy in 1924 it was a community park A Bluffton fixture turns 100 this fall, and it is as vibrant today as it was during its...

A.C. Burcky: sit on a rotted tree stump and listen quietly till a mushroom pops, then go look for it. It’s mushroom season. To prove it,...

And thermometers reach 25 below - plus, lots of snow photos below M. Twain wrote: “Weather is a literary specialty, and no untrained hand...

30,000-plus viewers must be on to something What’s so historic about Bluffton history anyway? Approximately 804 days ago, Oct. 18, 2021,...

Swiss Community Historical Society will sing traditional New Year's carols on Dec. 31 Go to bottom of this story for the carols in German...

He called his memories "Nostalgic ramblings for the reader but therapy for the writer" The late Robert Kreider, who spent several of his...

A tragic Bluffton story from 1914 involving "The Amstutz Ghost" Here is the third preview story from the recently-released book "Where...

Even though the 19th amendment wasn't ratified until 1920 The 19th amendment guaranteed all American women the right to vote on Aug....

4 to 5:30 p.m. Fred Steiner signing his books during Jingle Bell Stroll Fred Steiner will autograph his books for shoppers at The Black...

We used to believe the old lady who had lived there was a witch When I was a child we lived across the fields from my grandmother, her...

Fred Steiner shared his writing background with Meredith Bixel's social studies classes Bluffton fifth graders gained some writing tips...

Apparently things do go bump in the night in Ada Ohio Northern University in Ada apparently houses several ghosts we don’t believe, but...

• One Bluffton ghost story presentation Tuesday • Two presentations Wednesday Three Bluffton ghost story talks by Fred Steiner take...

Here's our second ghost story preview Putnam County officials seemed to have a first class mystery on their hands in the discovery of...

Our first preview story from "Where Bluffton's Ghosts Sleep" Some stories carry a script from the TV series The Twilight Zone. An...

and, where to hear stories to creep you If ghost stories give you the creeps you have four opportunities to make that happen this month,...

Presentations set for Bluffton, Ada and Findlay in October Four Bluffton ghost story talks by Fred Steiner take place in October,...

Saturday morning book signing for "Where Bluffton's Ghosts Sleep" at Senior Citizens Center - 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Does Bluffton ooze...

2023: Automobiles replace electric railroad Some photos are worth one-thousand words. This photo (on the right) could rival War and...

Retold to audience of 180 persons on Bluffton History Day Aug. 12 Approximately 180 persons attended the retelling of the 90th...