Van Wert’s Aubrey Wollett has been named first team All-WBL softball in balloting done by league coaches this week. She’s one of three Cougars to earn all-league honors. Teammate Emma West was named ...

Lincolnview’s Holden Price (above) scores a run during Friday’s Division VI sectional championship game against Crestview. Below, Crestview’s Zaine Cereghin motors down the first base line. The ...

Sunday afternoon officially marked the end of the high school careers of more than 140 Van Wert High School students. Those students, all seniors, graduated during the school’s 154 th annual ...

COLUMBUS – The State Fire Marshal’s Office and Division of Liquor Control are urging Ohioans to prioritize fire safety while enjoying the Memorial Day holiday weekend. With many families planning to ...

The following criminal hearings were held between Friday, May 16, and Wednesday, May 21 in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. Judge Martin D. Burchfield presided over each of the hearings.

Van Wert Elks Lodge 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks has announced the winners of the 2024-2025 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Americanism Essay Contest. This fraternal year, the ...

A portion of Lincoln Highway was closed Friday night after a car/tractor collision. It occurred at approximately 6 p.m. at the intersection of Lincoln Highway and Hoagland Center Rd. The tractor was ...

This rendering shows what the YWCA of Van Wert County’s new facility will look like. Construction of the new facility on Lincoln Highway is slated to begin next spring and should be complete in 2027.

The following ODOT construction projects are anticipated to affect roadways in Van Wert County, starting Tuesday, May 27. All work is weather permitting. U.S. 30 chip seal resurfacing U.S. 30 ...

Officials with the YWCA of Van Wert County, The Marsh Foundation and Mercy Health – Lima gathered Friday morning at the site of the YWCA’s future facility to unveil more plans for the facility, which ...

5:16 a.m. – Dispatched Van Wert EMS to a location on Van Wert Decatur Road in Pleasant Township for a subject not feeling well. 5:39 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of Greenville Road in York ...

The Middle Point Fire Department was dispatched via 911 to a house fire in the 6500 block of Middle Point Wetzel Road Thursday evening. The call came in shortly before 6:30 p.m. and mutual aid was ...