Crestview Athletic Dept. information The Crestview Knight Pride Club is offering State Championship t-shirts to celebrate the boys’ basketball team’s state championship and 29-0 season. The club will be selling t-shirts, long-sleeved t-shirts, crew neck sweatshirts and hooded sweatshirts to commemorate this outstanding achievement. Orders can be placed through the Crestview Athletic Department via email […]
POSTED: 03/28/14 at 6:16 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Crime Stoppers will pay you cash for information if it will help the Van Wert Police Department solve a break-in at the Van Wert Variety Store, 315 E. Main St. in Van Wert. Sometime after 5 p.m. on March 25, someone entered the business and stole several items. The thief made off with over 300 […]
POSTED: 03/28/14 at 6:08 am. FILED UNDER: Crime Stoppers
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor The health of Van Wert County residents has improved dramatically over the past three years, according to the fifth Annual County Health Rankings released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. The county was ranked 24th out of the state’s 88 counties in health outcomes, while […]
POSTED: 03/27/14 at 7:52 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor The Van Wert City Board of Education heard a presentation for an Honor Flight school project and an update on the Early Childhood Center from Principal William Wisher during its March meeting Wednesday. Two students in the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America and advisor Linda Ragan talked about a project […]
POSTED: 03/27/14 at 7:44 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent Two people were arraigned and several others appeared for a variety of hearings this week in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. Christopher Britt, 24, of Van Wert, pleaded not guilty to a charge of possession of drugs, a felony of the fifth degree, during an arraignment hearing held Monday. He was […]
POSTED: 03/27/14 at 6:46 am. FILED UNDER: News
The Van Wert Rotary Club donated $450 to the Run for Warriors 5K race being held in Middle Point on Saturday, May 24. Proceeds from the race, which will begin with registration between 7:30 and 8:30 that morning at the Middle Point Community Building, will benefit Amvets Post 698 in Middle Point, the Middle Point […]
POSTED: 03/27/14 at 6:30 am. FILED UNDER: News
Ronald E. Krick passed on shortly after 6 a.m. Wednesday, March 26, 2014, at home with family. Ron was preceded by his wife, Rosella, and his father, Wilbur. Surviving family include his mother, Reba; brothers Donald and Rick; a sister, Linda; his four sons; many grandchildren; and many more great-grandchildren. Ron’s wish was to be […]
POSTED: 03/26/14 at 10:51 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
The Ohio City Blue Ribbon Workers met on Sunday March 23 . After roll call, pledges, and last meeting report from Secretary, new officers were installed and business was discussed. New officers for the 2014 season are as follows : President- Chris Kraner , Vice President- Makenzie Bowen, Secretary – Tiffany Ricketts , Treasurer- Leslie […]
POSTED: 03/26/14 at 2:07 pm. FILED UNDER: Youth
By Jamie Moore Crestview students started their week off with two days of OGT make-up tests on Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday was really the only normal day of their week. Thursday the boys’ basketball team traveled to Columbus for state semi-finals against Tri-Village and came out on top with the 54-50 win and a trip […]
POSTED: 03/26/14 at 1:59 pm. FILED UNDER: Knights in the News
By Douglas J. Heckler The Imagine Engineering Coloring Contest is a statewide youth education program for second grade students established in 1999 and sponsored by the Engineers Foundation of Ohio. This education program allows second grade teachers to schedule an in-class visit from a local member of the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE). Dexter […]
POSTED: 03/26/14 at 1:40 pm. FILED UNDER: St. Mary's News