ODPS information COLUMBUS — This year, Ohio law enforcement agencies are joining thousands of other highway safety partners throughout the nation to take part in the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over crackdown on impaired driving. The enforcement blitz will run through Labor Day. During the enforcement period, law enforcement partners have planned more than […]
POSTED: 08/21/12 at 5:30 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent A Van Wert man was sentenced to prison on a drug trafficking charge during a hearing held Monday morning in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. Joshua Lane, 26, earned a nine-month prison sentence on the fifth-degree felony offense, although Judge Charles D. Steele also gave him credit for 125 days already […]
POSTED: 08/21/12 at 5:24 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert Police August 18, 12:15 p.m. — Joe B. Quevedo, 47, of 233 South Ave., was charged with possession of heroin for an incident that occurred in the 400 block of South Vine Street. August 18, 1:33 a.m. — Daniel JW Miller, 25, of Paulding, was charged with possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia […]
POSTED: 08/20/12 at 5:46 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
Staff/VW County CSEA information Ohio Governor John R. Kasich and the Van Wert County Commissioners have designated August as Child Support Awareness Month. Child support enforcement agencies around the state are conducting activities that emphasize the theme, “Support Your Children, Support Their Dreams.” According to Dyann M. Balyeat, deputy director of the Van Wert County […]
POSTED: 08/20/12 at 5:39 am. FILED UNDER: News
Information submitted Average retail gasoline prices in Ohio have fallen 6.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.73 a gallon on Sunday. This compares with the national average, which has increased 2.1 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.70 per gallon, according to gasoline price website OhioGasPrices.com. Including the change in […]
POSTED: 08/20/12 at 5:35 am. FILED UNDER: News
Craig Bell of US Bankcorp Foundation presents a contribution check totaling $2,000 to the YWCA of Van Wert County Transitional Living Program for the homeless. Receiving the check on behalf of the YWCA are Executive Director Stacy Looser and Stacey Baer, YWCA Finance Committee member. (YWCA photo)
POSTED: 08/20/12 at 5:34 am. FILED UNDER: News
Information submitted The following pets are available for adoption through The Animal Protective League: Cats Male and female, 8 years, 4 years old; white with yellow, black, fixed. Male and female, 1-15 years old; brown, black and white, gray tiger, yellow tiger, tabby, clack, long- and shorthaired; fixed. Shadow, a 5-year-old male; gray, fixed. A […]
POSTED: 08/20/12 at 5:22 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert cross country information HEBRON — The Van Wert Cougar cross country teams kicked off their 2012 campaign in the same spot that they left off in 2011, at National Trail Raceway in Hebron. The site played host to the first ever OHSAA Pre-Season High School Invitational. As it did in 2011, the Van […]
POSTED: 08/20/12 at 5:11 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Lincolnview cross country information HEBRON — The Lincolnview boys varsity cross country team competed in the Ohio High School Athletic Association preseason invitational located at National Trail Racetrack, site of the state cross country meet, on Saturday. The Lancer boys’ team placed eighth out of the 34 scheduled teams to participate in the small school […]
POSTED: 08/20/12 at 4:57 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Grace June Boyce, 85, of Van Wert, died at 3 p.m. Sunday, August 19, 2012, at Vancrest Health Care Center in Van Wert. She was born May 9, 1927, in Anna, Ill., the daughter of the late James and Sarah Tucker. In 1929, she was adopted by Robert Dee and Mae Mocabee of Van Wert. […]
POSTED: 08/19/12 at 9:01 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries