Van Wert volleyball information The Van Wert Lady Cougar volleyball team started slow, but defeated the Bath Lady Wildkittens in three straight games during Western Buckeye League volleyball action on Thursday. Game scores were 27-25, 25-17 and 25-20. The Cougars are now 7-3 overall on the season and in second place in the WBL with […]
POSTED: 09/21/12 at 5:39 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Crestview volleyball information PAULDING – The Lady Knights of Crestview traveled to Paulding Thursday evening and came home with another Northwest Conference victory. Crestview is now 7-4 overall and 3-1 in the NWC. The Knights will be back in action on Monday evening as the Van Wert Cougars come to Convoy for a non-conference match-up. […]
POSTED: 09/21/12 at 5:27 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Information submitted The Willow Bend Country Club hosted the Willow Bend Girls Invitational Thursday evening, with seven teams vying for the championship. The Lady T-Birds of Lima Central Catholic just nipped the Lady Bulldogs of Defiance by one shot on the par-35 layout. The T-Birds fired a fine team score of 185 to the Dogs’ […]
POSTED: 09/21/12 at 5:20 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent A Van Wert High School teacher is under investigation for what is believed to be financial improprieties. Van Wert City Schools Superintendent Ken Amstutz said Thursday that VWHS government teacher Sandy Adams has been placed on administrative leave until further notice pending the results of an investigation being conducted by the Van […]
POSTED: 09/21/12 at 5:15 am. FILED UNDER: News
Information submitted The Van Wert Police Department wants to remind motorists who regularly travel on South Shannon Street (Ohio 118) during the week that, with the new elementary school now open, the marked 20-mph school zone for motorists is now extended to include the new school property. It is important for all motorists to pay […]
POSTED: 09/21/12 at 5:10 am. FILED UNDER: News
Information submitted Van Wert Safety-Service Director Jay Fleming has announced that the last brush pick-up will be Monday, October 1. City residents are asked to place brush at the curb by 7 a.m. that day.
POSTED: 09/21/12 at 5:09 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert Police September 19, 12:32 p.m. — A 12-year-old Marsh Foundation resident was charged with assault after she allegedly hit a staff member in the mouth. September 18, 5:10 p.m. — Holly N. Dipple, 26, of 430 Prospect Ave., Apt. 3, was cited for an open container violation following a traffic stop near the […]
POSTED: 09/21/12 at 4:58 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
Mary M. Schram, 58, of Delphos, died Thursday, September 20, 2012, at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima. She was born November 10, 1953, the daughter of R. Jeanetta “Peg” (Kill) Osting, who survives in Delphos, and the late Richard “Red” Osting. Survivors include her partner of 27 years, Richard “Floyd” Schlereth of Delphos; a […]
POSTED: 09/21/12 at 4:53 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Doris I. Baksa, 90, of Paulding, died Wednesday, September 19, 2012, at Hickory Creek of Hicksville. She was born December 18, 1921, in Fort Wayne, Ind., the daughter of the late Myers L. and Ethel (Myers) Saxton. On November 4, 1942, she married Steve Baksa Jr., who preceded her in death on July 26, 1989. […]
POSTED: 09/20/12 at 9:06 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Edwin O. Lineberger, 89, of Van Wert, died at 10:55 p.m. Tuesday, September 18, 2012, at Cridersville Healthcare Center. He was born January 15, 1923, in Roxbury, the son of the late Lawrence O. and Bertha M. (Hall) Lineberger. He married Amelia B. (Benny) Lineberger, who preceded him in death on July 9, 2011. Survivors […]
POSTED: 09/20/12 at 3:09 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries