Van Wert’s first home football game of the season is scheduled for Friday, September 5, and with any luck, a long awaited ...

COLUMBUS — The State Fire Marshal’s Office is inviting elementary school students across Ohio to participate in its Fire Safety Poster Contest. The contest is held annually to engage young minds, ...

Van Wert will lose its Big Lots store, as the discount retailer prepares to close all 900 remaining stores after a potential sale to a private equity firm fell through. The Columbus, Ohio-based chain ...

Counseling Offices of Susan Burchfield and Jules Krizan has announced a name change to Van Wert Counseling Office. Van Wert Counseling Office counselors have over 100 years of combined counseling ...

It’s a fitting description and it’s now on full display. The Hometown Heroes Program is a tribute created for the community to honor Van Wert residents and their family members who are serving, ...

Attorneys Aaron Baker and Keri McClure have announced that Keister & Baker LLC has been re-named Baker McClure Law & Title LLC. This name changes follows the retirement of Stephen Keister and it ...

A sense of normality returned somewhat to local high school graduations, as Van Wert and Lincolnview high schools held their first in-person graduation ceremonies since 2019. Last year’s graduations ...

A Van Wert man arraigned on three drug-related counts and several other charges was among the 12 people who appeared this week in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. Rickie Welker, 41, entered not ...

PAULDING — All aboard, as readers travel through a brief history of Paulding County’s railroads and some of the communities that sprang up beside them. Over time, the names of the railroad companies ...

Wren Fire Chief Chris High said his department was dispatched to the scene in the 100 block of Washington St. at 12 p.m.

A Van Wert man was sentenced to prison on a drug count, while a city woman was convicted following a jury trial, and three people were arraigned in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. Danny Mullins, ...

Seven people appeared for various hearings in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court this past week. Three of the defendants changed their pleas and were sentenced immediately. Brandon Hershey, 34, of Van ...