Howard Dailey Jones

Howard Dailey Jones, 85, of Ohio City, died at 10:06 p.m. Sunday, June 1, 2014, shortly after arrival at Van Wert County Hospital in Van Wert. He was born July 1, 1928, in Willshire Township, the son of the late Clarence Clyde and Ada (Fluckiger) Jones. On September 3, 1950, he married Joan Marie (Clark) […]

Area woman sees world from carrier deck

CINDY WOOD/independent feature writer So what’s a small-town girl from Spencerville do to conquer her fear of water? Well, if you’re Miranda Barnes, you join the United States Navy. The former Bearcat cheerleader left the small-town life behind for an adventure on the open seas, stationed aboard one of the Navy’s biggest ships: the aircraft […]

Latta calls new EPA rules ‘job killers’

VW independent/submitted information WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Ohio), member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Energy and Power Subcommittee, has issued the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) release of its greenhouse gas regulations for existing power plants. “The EPA’s latest billion-dollar regulation on existing power plants is […]

DeWine: Ohioans target of tax scams

Ohio Attorney General’s information COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine warned that Ohioans are being targeted by tax scams, even though tax season has ended. Since April 15 (the 2014 tax-filing deadline), the Ohio Attorney General’s Office has received more than 50 reports of tax-related scams from consumers across the state. Most consumers do […]

VWHS Graduates of Distinction

Graduates of distinction for the Van Wert High School Class of 2014 include (front row, from the left) Amanda Clay, Audrey Nicolai, Hannah Hulbert, Lauren Mathew, McKenna Merkle, Holly Lawson, Sydney Dull, Kaitlynn Hall; (back row) Lexi Myers, Allison Smith, Eric Easley, Korbin Sanderson, Daniel Patterson, Jacob Braun, Andrew Dingle, and Taylor Doidge. (photo by […]

Failure to yield 2nd highest crash cause

Ohio State Highway Patrol information Motorists running red lights, stop signs or failing to yield to traffic are causing far too many crashes in Ohio each year. In fact, these violations were the second-highest cause of fatal crashes in 2013. That is why the Ohio State Highway Patrol is urging all motorists to take their […]

County DARE camp dates announced

VW DARE information Van Wert County and City DARE Officers Keith Allen and Greg Blackmore would like to remind county students in grades 4-6 that DARE Camp will be held June 10-12. There are still several openings available, and applications can be picked up at the Van Wert County Sheriff’s Office and Van Wert Police […]

Vera Marie Laukhuf

Vera Marie Laukhuf, 93, of Paulding, passed into eternity Sunday evening, June 1, 2014, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born February 6, 1921, the daughter and fourth child of the late Joel and Ida Mae (Gilliom) Maller. She and her siblings, Helen, Melvin, Naomi and Robert, were all raised on […]

Class of 2014 graduates Sunday at VWHS

DAVE MOSIER/independent editor It was just a coincidence, but a total of 143 seniors were listed as graduating Sunday during Van Wert High School’s 143rd annual commencement exercise held in the VWHS gymnasium. The seniors processed into a gym packed with friends and relatives to the strains of Edward Elgar’s “Pomp and Circumstance” played by […]

Historical Society donation

Kacy Wagner, human resource manager for Cooper Farms, presents a $1,500 check from the Cooper Family Foundation to Joe Steffan, past president of the Van Wert County Historical Society. The grant will be used to restore the last free standing tourist cabin on the Lincoln Highway in Van Wert County. Alexander & Bebout Inc. moved […]