Ohio State Highway Patrol information COLUMBUS — No Halloween costume or decoration is as scary as the consequences of drunk driving. This Halloween, remember that Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving, and the Ohio State Highway Patrol will be cracking down on impaired drivers to keep roadways safe for travel. According to the National Highway Traffic […]
POSTED: 10/27/14 at 7:00 am. FILED UNDER: News
One of local resident Judy Geary’s Halloween creatures joins with trick-or-treaters for activities at Main Street Van Wert’s Halloween Hullabaloo event in downtown Van Wert on Saturday (click here for more photos). (Bob Barnes/Van Wert independent)
POSTED: 10/27/14 at 6:58 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information The Hospital Thrift Shop, 131 E. Central Ave. in Van Wert, will be having a 50 percent off Housewares Sale from today through November 1. Shop hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, except Wednesday and Sunday, when the shop is closed
POSTED: 10/27/14 at 6:57 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent sports TIFFIN — The Van Wert and Lincolnview boys’ cross country teams qualified for the state meet, while Crestview runner Mycah Grandstaff’s third-place finish at regionals earned him a spot at state as an individual. The Cougars were led by Connor Holliday, who finished seventh in a time of 16:25.52, while Daniel […]
POSTED: 10/27/14 at 6:55 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert Marlins information WAPAKONETA — On Saturday, the Van Wert Marlins opened their winter season with a road trip to Wapakoneta to compete in the Wapakoneta YMCA Halloween Invitational. On hand were 365 swimmers from 14 area YMCAs in one of the larger meets of the season. There were two swimmers with a top […]
POSTED: 10/27/14 at 6:40 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VWHS girls’ basketball information For all high school and middle school girls considering trying out for Van Wert girls’ basketball this year, there will be a mandatory player and parent meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, October 28, in the Van Wert High School Commons. Prospective players should let their parents know about this meeting and […]
POSTED: 10/27/14 at 6:39 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Wanda B. Grant, 95 of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and formerly of Liberty Township, died at 3:33 a.m. Saturday, October 25, 2014, at Broward General Hospital in Fort Lauderdale. She was born July 21, 1919, in Liberty Township, the daughter of the late Perry Franklin and Edith Wilma (High) Sidle. On August 16, 1941, she married […]
POSTED: 10/26/14 at 9:37 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Locke Everson Maxey of Van Wert died at 5:58 p.m. Friday, October 24, 2014, at home. He was born September 11, 2014, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the son of Joshua and Shannon Maxey, who survive in Van Wert. Other survivors include maternal grandparents Angela and Trent Harding of Ohio City, and Ray and Kim Haas […]
POSTED: 10/26/14 at 7:39 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Tisha Fast, new owner of Steve Bailey’s State Farm Insurance agency, prepares to cut the ribbon on her office at 803 Fox Road. Looking on a local economic development officials and members of the Van Wert Area Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors. (Chamber photo)
POSTED: 10/25/14 at 6:57 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information DELPHOS — On November 9, the Museum of Postal History in Delphos will be hosting British author Chris West as he talks about his most recent publication, History of America in 36 US Postage Stamps. The museum will open at 3:30 p.m. and the program will begin at 4 that afternoon, with the […]
POSTED: 10/25/14 at 6:49 am. FILED UNDER: News