It’s a longstanding tradition in Van Wert and it continued on Good Friday with the Procession of the Cross. Outside of windy ...

COLUMBUS — Penalties for getting behind the wheel while impaired are more harsh now, thanks to a new Ohio law that recently went into effect. It raises the penalty for aggravated vehicular homicide ...

For the Cougars, the highest finish was recorded by boys 4×800 team of Evan Keuneke, Andrew Laudick, Owen Scott and Keaten Welch. The quartet finished second behind Ottawa-Glandorf with a time of 8:17 ...

The cause of a devastating early April house fire in Convoy remains undetermined, but it may have been electrical in nature.

It’s been nearly six months since deputies with the Van Wert County Sheriff’s Office started using body cameras and according to Sheriff Tom Riggenbach, the addition has been well received by his ...

Joaquin Marcos Estrada, 50, of Van Wert, passed away Sunday morning April 20, 2025, at the Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. He was born on March 14, 1975, in Bowling Green, to Mary (Vallejo) ...

The Crestview Early Childhood Center Preschool Program has received a Gold Star rating from Ohio’s Step Up To Quality (SUTQ) ...

Girl Scout Troop 2024 had a great cookie selling season. Not only were they able to enough boxes to raise money for a troop camp out this summer, but they obtained enough donations to be able to ...

Crestview Elementary recently named its Students of the Month, sponsored by Van Wert Cinemas. Students making the Knight Leader Board each month will be put into a drawing for a free 30-day pass to ...

Approximately 100 people gathered for Saturday’s “Hands Off!” protest, which began at Fountain Park in downtown Van Wert, then moved to U.S. 127 (Washington St.) in front of and across from the ...

Once again, one of Van Wert County’s neighbors has the lowest unemployment rate in all of Ohio. According to figures supplied by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services on Tuesday, Mercer ...

Ohio Senate President Rob McColley and Ohio House District 82 Representative Roy Klopfenstein met with Paulding and Van Wert County superintendents and treasurers last Friday. The meeting was held at ...