DAVE MOSIER/independent sports The Van Wert Cougars overcame a slow start to down the Coldwater Cavaliers 59-43 in a non-conference boys’ basketball game played Saturday. The Cougars had three players in double figures, led by Jake Myers’ 25 points. AJ Smith added 13 points on the night, while Reggie Phillips scored 12 points for Van […]
POSTED: 12/12/11 at 7:15 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Ricky Skaggs (shown playing his mandolin) and his family, the Whites, entertained a capacity crowd Sunday afternoon at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio with “A Skaggs Family Christmas” concert. (Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent)
POSTED: 12/12/11 at 6:28 am. FILED UNDER: News
BOWLING GREEN — A New York man is facing federal drug charges after Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers seized more than 17 pounds of heroin, valued at more than $3 million, following a traffic stop last week on the Ohio Turnpike in Wood County. Troopers stopped a 2011 Dodge Caliber with Rhode Island registration for […]
POSTED: 12/12/11 at 6:22 am. FILED UNDER: News
The following pets are available for adoption through The Animal Protective League: Cats Hank and Caesar, 3-year-old males; black and white, fixed. Cotton, a 1-year-old male; neutered, declawed, shots, white. Kittens Male and female, 4 months old, black and white. Male and female, 7 weeks old, black and white, white and light brown. Dogs Spook, […]
POSTED: 12/12/11 at 6:21 am. FILED UNDER: News
The Van Wert Police Department is seeking information on the theft of brass flag holders from veterans’ graves at Woodland Cemetery. Police are investigating reports from Saturday that possibly as many as three dozen flag holders were taken from beside veterans’ tombstones at the cemetery. Those making the report also found approximately a dozen flag […]
POSTED: 12/12/11 at 6:20 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent sports The Van Wert varsity wrestling team finished third among 12 teams at the Lincolnview Invitational Tournament held on Saturday. The Cougars scored 216½ points in the tournament. Ayersville was the tourney champion with 275½ points, while Delphos St. John’s was second with 229 points. Individual champions for the Cougars were James […]
POSTED: 12/12/11 at 6:09 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SANDRA GROOMS/for The Van Wert independent NAPOLEON — The Cougar swim team visited Napoleon for the annual Wildcat invitational involving 18 high schools. Van Wert girls finished 11th overall and the boys took sixth place. Host Napoleon took first place for both boys and girls. Other schools in the meet included: Ada, Akron Archbishop Hoban, […]
POSTED: 12/12/11 at 5:53 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
WAPAKONETA — The Van Wert Lady Cougar bowling team improved its season to 2-2 by defeating the New Bremen Cardinals at Astro Lanes in Wapakoneta on Saturday. The Cougars started off their bowling on a slow note, with much of the first game close on pin count, but ended up on top after the first […]
POSTED: 12/12/11 at 5:51 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert Police December 11, 6:47 p.m. – Joseph P. Demarco, 21, of 207 Burt St., was charged with three counts of assault for allegedly spraying three people with pepper spray following a dispute. December 11, 5:15 p.m. – A local landlord reported that someone forced open a door on a house in the 700 […]
POSTED: 12/12/11 at 5:44 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
The Rev. Clarence Torrie Owsley Jr., 92, of Eureka, Ill., died at 3:25 p.m. Saturday, December 10, 2011. He was born in Grain Valley, Mo. He married Elizabeth Owsley, who survives. Other survivors include three sons, Philip (Dorothy) Owsley of New Berlin, Wis., Paul (Marsha) Owsley of Chesterfield, Ill., and Daniel (Hope) Owsley of Spring […]
POSTED: 12/12/11 at 12:21 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries