DAVE MOSIER/independent sports COLDWATER — The Van Wert Cougar boys started out great, but couldn’t solve Coldwater’s defensive adjustments, losing 54-41 to the Cavaliers in a non-conference game played Saturday in Coldwater. With the loss, the Cougars are now 6-9 overall, while Coldwater is 6-6 on the season. Van Wert led by 10 points, 19-9, […]
POSTED: 02/02/15 at 8:51 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Although it could have been worse, Van Wert County schools are closed for the day, while residents dig out this morning from a storm that dumped approximately 7.5 inches of snow on the county According to County Emergency Management Director Rick McCoy, a change in the track of the storm, which veered […]
POSTED: 02/02/15 at 8:22 am. FILED UNDER: News
Home Free, the five-man a capella Country music sensation, brought its unique sound to the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio on Saturday night. Group members moved and grooved onstage while their unaccompanied vocal harmonies wowed the sellout audience. (Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent)
POSTED: 02/02/15 at 8:16 am. FILED UNDER: Arts & Entertainment, News
Command Sergeant Major (retired) Richard E. “Buck” Whitcraft, 88, of East Lansing, Michigan, and formerly of Van Wert, died at 10:25 a.m. Saturday, January 31, 2015, at The Marquette in East Lansing. He was born July 10, 1926, in Van Wert, the son of Forest L. and Mildred (Marvin) Whitcraft, who both preceded him in […]
POSTED: 02/01/15 at 5:53 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries