DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Van Wert County was one of just nine Ohio counties that saw a decrease in its unemployment rate in December, according to figures released by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services on Tuesday. A total of 68 counties saw an increase in unemployment, while the jobless rate in the remaining […]
POSTED: 01/28/15 at 8:23 am. FILED UNDER: News
Ohio Attorney General’s information COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today released the Ohio Attorney General’s Office Human Trafficking Report, which outlines efforts of the Ohio Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Commission in 2014 to strengthen protections for victims, create stiffer penalties for traffickers, and educate Ohioans on human trafficking and what can be done […]
POSTED: 01/28/15 at 8:17 am. FILED UNDER: News
U.S. House of Representatives information WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representatives Bob Latta (R-Ohio) and Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) were the leads on a letter, which included other members of the Ohio delegation, to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell expressing concern about guidance released by CMS that describes the types of settings […]
POSTED: 01/28/15 at 8:16 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert SWCD information The Van Wert Soil & Water Conservation District is accepting orders for fish fingerlings. The types of fish available are: largemouth bass, blue gill, channel catfish, minnow, and white amur. The bass, blue gill, and channel catfish can be purchased in lots of 25, the larger hybrid blue gill can be […]
POSTED: 01/28/15 at 8:15 am. FILED UNDER: News
Blanche June (Hughes) Bush, 94, of Convoy, died at 10:24 a.m. Sunday, January 25, 2015, at Van Wert County Hospital in Van Wert. She was born March 14, 1920, in Ranger, Texas, the daughter of Clark Chester and Allie Victoria (Hopkins) Hughes, who both preceded her in death. On August 8, 1937, she married Howelee […]
POSTED: 01/28/15 at 7:50 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Iola May Roth Huffine, 96, died Monday, January 26, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center in Sumter, South Carolina. Arrangements are pending at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter and Cowan & Son Funeral Home in Van Wert.
POSTED: 01/28/15 at 7:34 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
This past weekend was a busy, but educational, productive and inspiring one at the Hoverman home. Michael Levine, founder and trombonist of Dallas Brass, returned to Van Wert to share with some of us a dream he has been working on for the past four years. Dallas Brass performed at the Niswonger this past November […]
POSTED: 01/28/15 at 7:33 am. FILED UNDER: News
Paulding County Sheriff’s information ANTWERP — The all-clear has been given at Antwerp Local Schools, according to the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office. The building has been searched by the Allen County Bomb Squad and nothing was found. Paulding County Sheriff Jason Landers said his office assisted the Antwerp Police Department, along with the bomb squad […]
POSTED: 01/27/15 at 2:51 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert Federal Savings Bank information On January 21, Van Wert Federal Savings Bank held its 125th annual meeting. At the meeting, Jon D. Bagley was elected as the newest director of Van Wert Federal Savings Bank. Bagley has been very active in the community, serving as past chairman of the Van Wert County Hospital […]
POSTED: 01/27/15 at 8:52 am. FILED UNDER: Business
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor The Van Wert Lady Cougars and Crestview Lady Knights met in a non-conference game that was more one-sided than usual, as the Knights’ defense triumphed to give Crestview a 44-27 win. After the Lady Cougars got off to a four-point lead, 8-4, in the first quarter, the Crestview defense ratcheted down a […]
POSTED: 01/27/15 at 8:48 am. FILED UNDER: Sports