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yesterday in News Photo: Crawford County Now BUCYRUS—On July 26, 1971, a young man by the name of Howard S. “Bud” Logan was hired into the Crawford County Sheriff’s department. Fifty years later, and he’s still here. Bud served in the United States Naval Construction Battalions, “Navy Seabees,” in Vietnam from 1966 until 1968. When Bud came back from Vietnam, he got into law enforcement because he wanted to help somebody. “I was working in a factory and came back to Galion, my hometown, and joined the reserve unit—the special deputy unit—with Floyd Smith,” Bud said. “...

Monday in News Photo: Crawford County Now BUCYRUS—On July 26, 1971, a young man by the name of Howard S. “Bud” Logan was hired into the Crawford County Sheriff’s department. Fifty years later, and he’s still here. Bud served in the United States Naval Construction Battalions, “Navy Seabees,” in Vietnam from 1966 until 1968. When Bud came back from Vietnam, he got into law enforcement because he wanted to help somebody. “I was working in a factory and came back to Galion, my hometown, and joined the reserve unit—the special deputy unit—with Floyd Smith,” Bud said. “I w...

The Army’s First Standard-Issue Parachute Was Invented by a Trapeze Artist Turned Pilot One of the members of Major E.L. Hoffman’s parachute research team makes a test jump at McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio, in May 1919. (National Museum of the United States Air Force) Floyd Smith probably understood the importance of a controlled fall better than any pilot of his time. Before Smith was flying in the skies above Los Angeles, he was a high-flying trapeze daredevil in a circus act. It was where he met his wife and probably learned to keep his composure while free-falling to Earth.

Jury trial begins for co-defendant in case where victim fatally stabbed in neck Floyd Wayne Smith is getting his day in court. His jury trial began on Tuesday with jury selection and the first five state witnesses. Posted: Mar 16, 2021 8:56 PM Updated: Mar 17, 2021 2:59 PM Posted By: Anna Darling LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - Floyd Wayne Smith is getting his day in court. His jury trial began on Tuesday with jury selection and the first five state witnesses. Smith is facing three charges:murder, conspiracy to commit murder and assisting a criminal. As we previously reported, Lafayette Police we...

Letters to editor for Friday, March 5, 2021 Letter writers Rover on Mars, but few shots on Earth I am writing out of frustration over the last six weeks of attempting to get an appointment for my wife and me to receive the COVID vaccine. We are both high-risk senior citizens. I have gone to every website that is available to receive the vaccine, been put on waiting lists and have heard nothing in response. I have gone on the Publix COVID vaccine website every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7 a.m. and am never able to get through. I have called every phone number for the Department of Heal...