The Crestview Junior Acme baseball team earned a trip to the state tournament by defeating Northmont 4-2 in the South Regional championship on Sunday at Jim Hoess Field in Celina. The Knights will now play the North Regional champion, Holland Springfield, in a best 2-out-of-3 series at Patrick Henry High School for the state championship. Game 1 will be played Saturday […]
POSTED: 07/19/11 at 1:26 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent/contributor information The Van Wert Fairgrounds will again be hosting the Buy-Way Sale this August. The dates are August 3-6. The sale to start will be at 9 a.m. each day and run until 6 p.m. or later. Set-up will be on Tuesday, August 2, from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. There are still spaces […]
POSTED: 07/19/11 at 1:07 am. FILED UNDER: News
LOUDONVILLE — Buckeye Youth recently traveled to the Mohican Reservation near Loudonville to attend the 27th annual Great Mohican Powwow. The powwow is the Native American people’s way of meeting together, to join in dancing, singing, visiting and renewing old friendships. The different tribes come together to renew thought of the old ways and to preserve their rich […]
POSTED: 07/19/11 at 12:29 am. FILED UNDER: Youth
Crime Stoppers will pay you cash for information if it will help the Van Wert Police Department solve a Burglary at 324 N. Franklin St. Sometime between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 9:15 a.m. July 11, someone entered or attempted to enter the residence by breaking the window out of the back door. This […]
POSTED: 07/19/11 at 12:17 am. FILED UNDER: Crime Stoppers
Van Wert Police July 17, 9:10 p.m. — A resident of the 200 block of North Race Street reported damage to a vehicle that was parked on the street there. July 17, 6:42 p.m. — A man reportedly hit the front windshield of a vehicle with a baseball bat while at Brookside Convenience Store, 1301 […]
POSTED: 07/19/11 at 12:14 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
James Dale Dickman, 69, of Middle Point, died at 12:05 a.m. Sunday, July 17, 2011, at Richland Manor. He was born March 27, 1942, in Lima, the son of the late Valerius “Dick” and Helen (Kraft) Dickman. He married Doris Frances (Gabel) Dickman, who survives in Middle Point. Other survivors include two daughters, Doris Mary […]
POSTED: 07/19/11 at 12:05 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Charles Ralph Huffman, 81, of Elida and formerly of Van Wert, died at 4:40 a.m. Monday, July 18, 2011, at his residence. He was born September 11, 1929, in Harrison Township, Van Wert County, the son of the late Evan Allison and Hilinda Elizabeth (Muntzinger) Huffman. On October 24, 1975, he married Mary M. “Peggy” […]
POSTED: 07/18/11 at 6:21 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Debra Lynn Merkle, 46, formerly of Van Wert, died Saturday morning, July 9, 2011, at the residence of a friend in Lima. She was born April 22, 1965, in La Porte, Ind., the daughter of the late Ralph Harlan and Wanda Geraldine (Merritt) Merkle. Survivors include a son, Jared Harlan Merkle of Findlay; one brother, […]
POSTED: 07/18/11 at 2:59 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
LeRoy “Wayne” Hittle, 74, of Paulding, died Thursday, July 14, 2011, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born December 20, 1936, in Middle Point, the son of the late Roy and Cleo (Evans) Hittle. On November 7, 1970, he married Carol Sue (Fockler) Hittle, who preceded him in death on May […]
POSTED: 07/18/11 at 2:58 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Van Wert Police No new reports.
POSTED: 07/18/11 at 4:04 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement