Ohio State Highway Patrol information The Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol continues to investigate the death of an Antwerp man that occurred Friday afternoon. The Patrol received a call at 4:31 p.m. Friday from a passerby who spotted John M. Chilcote, 58, lying beside a culvert along the north side of […]
POSTED: 10/10/15 at 10:11 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Bath pounded it out on the ground and its vaunted rushing defense — best in the Western Buckeye League — kept the Cougars from establishing much of a running game as the Wildcats downed Van Wert 21-14 to spoil the Cougars’ Homecoming. The loss also increased the frustration of a good Van […]
POSTED: 10/10/15 at 9:53 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports HARROD — The Crestview Knight football team got back on the win track Friday with a 32-26 double-overtime victory against the feisty Allen East Mustangs in a Northwest Conference game played at Allen East. The Knights had to rally from a two-touchdown deficit to tie the contest in regulation and force […]
POSTED: 10/10/15 at 9:26 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VWHS HOMECOMING — 2015 Van Wert High School football Homecoming Queen Ali Moreland (third from left) with her court (from the left) Taylor Peebles, junior attendant; Katie Trittschuh and Phoebe Eutsler, senior attendants; Noelle Heffner, freshman attendant; and Skylr Andrews, sophomore attendant. (Jan Dunlap/Van Wert independent)
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McCoy’s Flowers owner Jolanda Arts (above) cuts the ribbon on her business’ grand re-opening Friday morning as members of the Van Wert Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors look on. Arts will also be showing off McCoy’s new renovations at a Fall Open House from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. today. McCoy’s is offering beautiful fall […]
POSTED: 10/10/15 at 8:44 am. FILED UNDER: News
Main Street Van Wert information COLUMBUS — Heritage Ohio presented awards to two recently-completed Van Wert projects on October 6 at Heritage Ohio’s annual Revitalization and Preservation Awards ceremony held at the historic Southern Theatre in downtown Columbus. The awards ceremony is held each year in conjunction with Heritage Ohio’s statewide conference. The award for […]
POSTED: 10/10/15 at 8:42 am. FILED UNDER: News
The Van Wert Solid Waste Management lost its director and a good man last week. Van Wert County lost an icon. For the last quarter century, George Brake personified conservation and recycling not just for our county, but also for much of the state. Earlier this week, a delegation from a nearby six-county consortium visited […]
POSTED: 10/10/15 at 8:00 am. FILED UNDER: Opinions
Robert Dean “Bob” Thomas, 82, of Convoy, died at 4:45 a.m. Friday, October 9, 2015, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born November 14, 1932, in Van Wert, the son of Forest Thomas and Violet (Brotherwood) Heath, who both preceded him in death. On March 25, 1951, he married Joann (Bebout) […]
POSTED: 10/09/15 at 8:09 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Juanita K. Donegan died Thursday, October 8, 2015, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born December 29, 1967, the daughter of Richard “Joe” and Anita “Kay” (Stant) Best, who both preceded her in death. She married Michael Hartman Sr. on May 26, 1992, and he also preceded her in death. On December 17, […]
POSTED: 10/09/15 at 8:09 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Van Wert independent A Van Wert man is in jail today on charges related to a domestic disturbance that occurred Thursday evening. Joseph A. Mohr Jr., 39, of Van Wert, is charged with felonious assault, a felony of the second degree, for allegedly, for attacking a woman victim, while he also faces two counts of […]
POSTED: 10/09/15 at 11:54 am. FILED UNDER: News