🌱 How Pandora Police helped track down a fleeing semi driver

Hello Pandora! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How Pandora Police helped track down a fleeing semi driver
• Pandora officers assist in arrest after serious Putnam County crash

Today's riddle: What gets wetter & wetter as it dries? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny, a shower or two, with a high of 56 and low of 41 degrees.
• Friday: Cool with clouds and sun, temps: high: 52, low: 31.
• Saturday: Cool with clouds and sun, with a high of 53 and low of 34 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Semi driver arrested after hit-and-run crash in Putnam County (limaohio.com) — A truck driver was arrested on Road 6 near Pandora after allegedly fleeing a crash at Ohio 65 and Road 7 that injured a woman and two minors. Pandora Police and the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office made the stop, and investigators say impairment is suspected as they continue looking into the incident.
   

• Area police reports 4-30-26 (crescent-news.com) — Among this week’s regional police calls, Putnam County deputies and Pandora Police arrested a truck driver on County Road 6 near Pandora after a serious crash at Ohio 65 and County Road 7. Two minors were taken to Putnam County Ambulatory Care Center, and investigators say impairment is suspected as they review the case.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday April 30

• 50 North Choir →
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  3:00 pm
• HS Track & Field @ USV Invitational
  Cory-Rawson Local Rawson, OH 45881
  4:30 pm
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  5:00 pm
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  5:00 pm
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  5:00 pm
• FHS BLAX @ Perrysburg
  Perrysburg Junior High School, 550 E South Boundary St, Perrysburg
  6:30 pm
• Lincolnview at Bluffton →
  106 W College Ave, Bluffton
  9:00 pm

Friday May 1

• Parkinson's Pound →
  50 North, 339 E Melrose Ave, Findlay
  9:45 am
• Friends of the Library Book Sale →
  Findlay-Hancock County Public Library, 206 Broadway St, Findlay
  10:00 am
• Cardio Drumming →
  50 North, 339 E Melrose Ave, Findlay
  11:00 am
• FHS BT @ Toledo St Francis (Time TBA)
  St. Francis de Sales School, 2323 W Bancroft St, Toledo
  4:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Ada

• Weekly top Ada Icon stories, April 20-26 (adaicon.com)
• Bulldog boys track 2nd at Elmwood tri (adaicon.com)
• Black Swamp Area Council Honors Distinguished Volunteer Service at 2026 Scouters Conference (wktn.com)

Lima

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of West Central Ohio to Host 2026 Golf for Kids' Sake in Allen County (wktn.com)
• Veterans Food Pantry receives $60,000 for new home (limaohio.com)
• Beloved Lima Father Alex C. Tone Passes Away at 31, Surrounded by Family (theunionstar.com)

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Ok Pandora! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A towel (Thank you Beth H. for sending it in!)
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