Gas prices average $1.50/gallon in Ohio

Gasoline price information Average retail gasoline prices in Ohio have fallen 12.8 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.50 per gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 5,345 gas outlets in Ohio. This compares with the national average that has fallen 5.2 cents per gallon in the last week to $1.74 […]

Marion E. ‘Mary’ Winters

Marion E. “Mary” Winters, 91, of Van Wert, died at 7:55 p.m. Friday, February 5, 2016, at Van Wert Manor. She was born October 20, 1924, in Van Wert, a daughter of Ira G. and Cora E. (Handwerk) Davis, who both preceded her in death. On June 7, 1947, she married Joseph C. Winters, who […]

Helen M. Remlinger

Helen M. Remlinger, 83, of Delphos, died Friday, February 5, 2016, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born July 7, 1932, in Delphos, the daughter of Raymond and Florence (Geise) Lindeman, who both preceded her in death. On July 24, 1952, she married William T. “Bill” Remlinger, who died February 8, […]

Lancers’ unbeaten streak ends; VW loses

DAVE MOSIER/independent sports The Lincolnview Lancers had an off night at the wrong time Friday as Lima Central Catholic ended the Lancers’ unbeaten streak at 19 with a 62-44 non-conference win at Lincolnview. Fittingly, though, Lincolnview lost to LCC Coach Frank Kill, a member of Lincolnview’s 1997 state championship team. With the loss, Lincolnview is […]

Lancer Homecoming

Lincolnview High School Homecoming King and Queen Chandler Adams and Ashton Bowersock are shown with their court during ceremonies held Friday night in the LHS gymnasium. (Bob Barnes/Van Wert independent)

Chocolate Walk

A nice crowd walked Van Wert’s downtown area on Friday evening for Main Street Van Wert’s second annual Downtown Chocolate Walk. Local residents purchased tickets and downtown businesses provided chocolate treats for those who visited their stores. Here, retired Van Wert County Common Pleas Judge Charles D. Steele and his family and friends eat their […]

Bust nets $200,000 in heroin, cocaine

VW independent/submitted information TOLEDO — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and members of the Toledo Bulk Cash Smuggling Task Force announced the arrest of a California man after the search of a Toledo storage unit uncovered heroin and cocaine with an estimated street value of more than $200,000. Task force members arrested Olemuel Ricks, 26, […]

244,000 Ohioans sign up for Obamacare

COLUMBUS (AP) — Nearly 244,000 Ohioans signed up for private insurance or renewed coverage through the federal marketplace created by President Barack Obama’s health law. Federal officials announced the latest enrollment figures Thursday. The third open enrollment period under the law ended January 31. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says fewer than […]

Local group making Valentines for Vets

VW independent/submitted information Buckeye Y Youth Inc. will host Valentines for Vets on Monday, February 8, at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5803, 111 N. Shannon St. in Van Wert. The event will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend and show appreciation to veterans for all they have sacrificed […]

Ohio tobacco control efforts earn an F

COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio’s efforts to prevent and control smoking and other tobacco use got another failing grade in an anti-smoking group’s latest national review. The American Lung Association’s State of Tobacco Control report, out Wednesday, gave Ohio an F for prevention and control program funding and for its tobacco tax structure. But the group […]