Lincolnview finished second at the Edgerton Golf Invitational at Suburban Golf Club in Bryan on Thursday. Jacob Geier led the ...

10:13 a.m. – Dispatched Mendon Fire, and Ohio City Fire to a location on Owens Road in York Township for a railroad ties that caught fire from a controlled burn.

COLUMBUS — Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Transportation Director Pamela Boratyn have announced details of a new plan to address the shortage of safe, accessible commercial-truck parking ...

Here are this year’s high school football broadcast schedules for radio stations 99.7FM WKSD and WERT 1220AM/104.3FM. WKSD will once again offer a variety of the top games from Paulding and Van Wert ...

The Van Wert Cougars experienced a second week of frustration against another top Western Buckeye League opponent as the ...

Coty Baer of Van Wert won a 2025 Harley Davidson Street at the Wetzelland 2025 biker rally. The winning ticket was pulled from a drum containing thousands of other tickets. The drawing was held ...

The Legendary Trainhoppers will perform as the third installment of the Feel Good Fridays summer concert series on Friday night. The Legendary Trainhoppers are songwriter/performers in the American ...

The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced the bracket pairings and sites for next week’s football state semifinal games on Thursday. The geography of the four state semifinalists in each ...

VW independent staff/submitted information COLUMBUS — From the Ohio Statehouse to the Ohio State Fair, lawmakers stepped into the show ring to learn what it takes to show a pig at the Ohio State Fair.

Submitted information Van Wert City Schools has announced its 2025-2026 free and reduced price meals policy for students unable to pay the full price of meals served under the National School Lunch ...

12:04 p.m. – Deputies responded to a location on U.S. 127 in Union Township for a motor vehicle crash. No injuries were reported. Kevin Kimpel of Butler, Indianas said he was backing out of the ...

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