Information submitted Average retail gasoline prices in Ohio have fallen 12.9 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.70 a gallon on Sunday. This compares with the national average, which has fallen 4.3 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.81 a gallon, according to gasoline price website OhioGasPrices.com. Including the change in […]
POSTED: 09/24/12 at 5:46 am. FILED UNDER: News
VWHS golf information BRYAN — In one of the better fields that Van Wert golfers compete in all year, the Cougars shot 327 and finished third behind of traditional powers Toledo St. John’s (315) and Lima Central Catholic (316) at the Golden Bear Invitational. Van Wert again was led by its two seniors, Jacob Brake […]
POSTED: 09/24/12 at 5:21 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Animal Protective League information The following pets are available for adoption through The Animal Protective League: Cats Male and female, 7 years old; gray, longhaired tiger; fixed, front declawed. Male and female, 4-8 years old; white with yellow, black; fixed. Shadow, a 5-year-old male gray cat; fixed. A 1-year-old female gray tiger. Lily, a 1-year-old […]
POSTED: 09/24/12 at 5:11 am. FILED UNDER: News
VWHS information Van Wert High School will be observing Blue Shirt Day — World Day of Bullying Prevention on October 1 (is also the first day of “Spirit Week” for Homecoming). Students and staff who support this cause will be wearing blue shirts, and also urge community members to do the same. An open invitation […]
POSTED: 09/24/12 at 5:03 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert volleyball information BRYAN — The Van Wert Cougar varsity volleyball team played in a tri-match at Bryan on Saturday. The first game was against Bryan and the Cougars lost in three by game scores of 25-17, 16-25 and 18-25. The second match was against the Wayne Trace Raiders and the Cougars won in […]
POSTED: 09/24/12 at 5:00 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Richard O. Brown, 82, of Cloverdale, died at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 19, 2012, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. He was born January 2, 1930, in Lima, the son of the late Robert Oliver and Martha Jane (Bollinger) Brown. On June 19, 1981, he married Janet Wieging, who preceded […]
POSTED: 09/24/12 at 4:56 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Both the Van Wert-Lima Bath and Crestview-Allen East football games have been postponed until today. The Van Wert-Bath game will resume at noon today with Bath leading 20-7 in the second quarter. The Crestview-Allen East game will resume at 11 a.m. to start the second half with the Knights leading 13-0.
POSTED: 09/22/12 at 7:12 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Crime Stoppers will pay you cash for information if it will help the Van Wert Police Department solve a burglary that occurred at 222 Shaffer St. in Van Wert. Sometime between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., an unknown person entered the residence located at 222 Shaffer St. and stole an undisclosed amount […]
POSTED: 09/22/12 at 7:01 am. FILED UNDER: Crime Stoppers
Van Wert Police No new reports. Delphos Police No new reports.
POSTED: 09/22/12 at 6:58 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
ODJFS information COLUMBUS — Ohio’s unemployment rate remained at 7.2 percent in August, unchanged from July, according to data released Friday morning by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS). Ohio’s nonfarm wage and salary employment decreased 2,000 over the month, from the revised 5,189,600 in July to 5,187,600 in August. The number […]
POSTED: 09/22/12 at 6:55 am. FILED UNDER: News