Cougar wrestlers 3rd at Fairborn meet

Van Wert independent sports FAIRBORN — The Van Wert Cougar wrestling team finished third in the Fairborn Dual Match Invitational held over the weekend. Six teams competed in the tournament. Individual Van Wert wrestler records are as follows: 106 pounds – Korbin Schalois, 1-4 113 pounds – Ritchie Espinosa, 1-0 120 pounds – Reed Baxter, […]

C’view sponsors cancer fundraising event

Crestview winter sports coaches, with the help of the school’s Student Council, sponsored a “Coaches vs. Cancer” contest that will culminate today. Students have been donating money, placing the donation into containers with their favorite coaches’ names on them. The coach who has the most money will get a pie in his or her face […]

Eugene Wayne Brown

Eugene Wayne “Gene” Brown, 73, of Van Wert, died at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, January 22, 2012, at his residence. He was born February 2, 1938, in Liberty Township, Van Wert County, the son of the late Pearl Raymond and Laura Etta (Johnson) Brown. On July 28, 1983, in Findlay, he married Betty D. (Purk) Brown, […]

William A. Carpenter Sr.

William A. Carpenter Sr., 65, of Haviland, died at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, January 21, 2012, at his residence. He was born August 12, 1946, in Continental, the son of the late James L. and Maggie E. (Scott) Carpenter. He married Jeannie A. (Timbers) Carpenter, who survives in Haviland. Other survivors include four children, Sherry Moyer […]

County Foundation disburses $150,000

DAVE MOSIER/independent editor The Van Wert County Foundation made distributions totaling $152,000 to 15 local organizations on Friday at the Foundation office on East Main Street (click here for more donation photos). Organizations receiving donations include the following (Foundation funds from which donations were drawn are in parentheses): $1,500 to both Crestview and Lincolnview schools […]

Ohio jobless rate continues to decrease

Van Wert independent/ODJFS information COLUMBUS — Ohio’s unemployment rate was 8.1 percent in December, down from 8.5 percent in November, according to data released Friday morning by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS). Ohio’s nonfarm wage and salary employment decreased 3,300 over the month, from the revised 5,109,900 in November to 5,106,600 […]

Wortman files for county commissioner

Van Wert independent/contributor content Denzil “Denny” Wortman has formally announced his candidacy for the Van Wert County commissioner position that takes office on January 2, 2013. Wortman is a lifelong resident of Van Wert County who graduated from Ohio City-Liberty High School, earned a degree from ITT institute in electronics engineering and attended Rhodes State […]

Court employee retires

Colleagues and friends gathered (above) Friday afternoon to honor Van Wert County Juvenile Court Deputy Clerk Ruth Ann Glass (fourth from right), who is retiring after 20½ years of service to the court. Ray Able, court administrator and chief probation officer, thanked Glass for her years of service to the court and wished her the […]

Suspected Delphos drug house busted

Van Wert independent/Delphos PD information DELPHOS – A 22-year-old Delphos man faces multiple charges as a result of an investigation of a suspected drug house in Delphos. After receiving complaints about an alleged “drug house at 515 West Sixth Street in Delphos, agents from the West Central Ohio Crime Task Force began a short term […]

Cold 1st half leads to Cougar WBL loss

DAVE MOSIER/independent sports One bad half was the story for Van Wert as the Cougars lost to Lima Bath 69-61 in a Western Buckeye League clash played in the Cougar’s Den on Friday. The Wildcats took a 15-12 first-quarter lead and expanded their advantage to 8 points, 30-22, at the half. Van Wert played even […]