Van Wert boys’ tennis information The Van Wert boys’ tennis defeated Lima Bath 5-0 in a Western Buckeye League match played Thursday. Lance Mansfield, Erik Yeung and Brandon Amstutz all won singles victories, while the doubles teams of Nick Etter and Gabe Rollins and Kory Schlatter and Eli Alvarez also won. “It was another nice […]
POSTED: 05/02/14 at 7:11 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
JIM COX/for the Van Wert independent The Van Wert County Tennis Association is sponsoring its fourth annual Midwest Youth Team Tennis for seven Wednesdays, June 4 through July 16 at the Van Wert County Foundation Tennis Complex behind Van Wert High School/Middle School. The program is under the direction of Kara Thomas. The schedule is […]
POSTED: 05/02/14 at 7:05 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
It took a couple of hours, but an outage that affected telephones at several local government offices has been repaired. The outage occurred sometime after 8 a.m. this morning, and affected the Van Wert County Sheriff’s Office (not 9-1-1), Van Wert County Health Department, Van Wert Municipal Court and the Van Wert Municipal Building, at […]
POSTED: 05/01/14 at 7:29 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor The 2014 Relay for Life is right around the corner, with activities to begin this Friday, May 2, with the Torch Walk that begins at the YWCA of Van Wert County at 5 p.m. tomorrow and ends 18 hours later with a closing ceremony at the Van Wert County Fairgrounds. As organizers […]
POSTED: 05/01/14 at 6:29 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Two people were arraigned and several other appeared for other reasons Wednesday in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. Robert Spooner, 37, of Fort Wayne, Ind., entered not guilty pleas to three counts of breaking and entering, each a felony of the fifth degree, and safecracking, a fourth-degree felony. No bond was […]
POSTED: 05/01/14 at 5:51 am. FILED UNDER: News
Ohio State Highway Patrol information COLUMBUS — May is National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month and the Ohio State Highway Patrol would like to remind motorists that there will be an increase in motorcycles on the roadways with the warmer weather and to remind motorcyclists to ride endorsed, trained and sober. In 2013 there were 132 […]
POSTED: 05/01/14 at 5:49 am. FILED UNDER: News
Ohio Attorney General’s information COLUMBUS — Attorney General Mike DeWine and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) thanked Ohio residents for properly disposing of 14.2 tons (28,466 pounds) of unwanted prescription medications during last Saturday’s drug take-back day. The DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Initiative provides a safe, convenient, and responsible means of prescription drug disposal. […]
POSTED: 05/01/14 at 5:46 am. FILED UNDER: News