DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Van Wert County Common Pleas Judge Charles D. Steele has made it known that he was not pleased with the initial action of an attorney he appointed to represent the Van Wert County Hospital Commission. In an email addressed to County Prosecutor Charles F. Kennedy III — who recommended the appointment of […]
POSTED: 04/26/11 at 3:13 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent A Middle Point man who was supposed to go to trial Monday on rape charges, instead entered into a plea agreement just minutes before the trial was to get underway. Thomas M. Roberts Jr., 36, pleaded guilty to a charge of gross sexual imposition, a third-degree felony, which replaced the original rape […]
POSTED: 04/26/11 at 3:04 am. FILED UNDER: News
POSTED: 04/26/11 at 3:01 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert County Sheriff Stan D. Owens would like to remind everyone that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency-sponsored prescription drugs drop-off ends this Saturday, April 30. The DEA will be picking up the prescription drugs on Monday, May 2. Prescription drugs can be dropped off in the lobby of the Van Wert County Sheriff’s Department, […]
POSTED: 04/26/11 at 2:57 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert Police April 23, 1:26 p.m. — A woman in the 600 block of Woodland Avenue reported that a tire on her vehicle was cut while it was parked at her residence. April 22, 11:04 p.m. — A burglary was reported in the 100 block of North Washington Street. April 24, 2:26 p.m. — […]
POSTED: 04/26/11 at 12:39 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
Anthony R. “Tony” Clouse, 67, of Knoxville, Tenn., died at 6:25 p.m. Thursday, April 14, 2011, at the Ft. Sanders Medical Center in Knoxville from complications of cancer diagnosed in 2009. He was born July 25, 1943, in Van Wert, the son of Marge H. (Severn) Clouse, who survives in Van Wert, and the late […]
POSTED: 04/26/11 at 12:22 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Anna Mae Freshwater, 90, of Antwerp, died Wednesday, April 20, 2011, at Laurels of DeKalb in Butler, Ind. She was born August 20, 1920, in Oakwood, the daughter of the late Frank and Gail (Stauffer) Carnahan. On September 18, 1943, she married Howard Freshwater, who preceded her in death in 1992. Survivors include a daughter, […]
POSTED: 04/26/11 at 12:21 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Dorothy Osborne, 88, of Prestonsburg, Ky., and formerly of Payne, died February 19, 2011. She was born February 27, 1922, the daughter of the late Elwood and Victoria (Bratcher) Rone. On June 21, 1941, she married Edgar Osborne, who preceded her in death on March 20, 1988. Survivors include three children, Carol Snellenberger and Brady […]
POSTED: 04/26/11 at 12:20 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Van Wert Police No new reports. Delphos Police No new reports.
POSTED: 04/25/11 at 4:21 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
CINDY WOOD/independent feature writer There are often “perks” to being a small business owner. Laura Harshman, who recently celebrated her 10th year in business in downtown Van Wert, would know. Perks, Harshman’s coffee house, actually came to be because of her simple desire for a good cup of coffee. Traveling frequently to California to visit […]
POSTED: 04/25/11 at 4:19 am. FILED UNDER: News