VW independent news GROVER HILL — An area man was killed Friday afternoon in a head-on collision that occurred on Ohio 114, near Grover Hill in Paulding County. According to the Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, William Bates, 63, of Grover Hill, was pronounced dead at the scene by Paulding County […]
POSTED: 04/23/16 at 12:00 am. FILED UNDER: News
Gene Allen Wisener, 58, of Ohio City, died at 2:26 p.m. Friday, April 22, 2016, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born June 18, 1957, in Van Wert, the son of Lester J. Wisener, who preceded him in death, and Patricia Ann (Bayles) Wisener, who survives in Van Wert. Other survivors […]
POSTED: 04/22/16 at 11:48 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
VW independent/submitted information CONVOY — Crestview High School is currently accepting letters of interest/applications for the varsity girls’ basketball coaching position. There may also be teaching opportunities in high school English and special education. Crestview maintains a strong program in girls’ basketball and has experienced consistent success, participating in the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s state […]
POSTED: 04/22/16 at 8:22 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
KELSEY CLEMONS/independent correspondent CONVOY — The Crestview Local Board of Education heard a prize-winning student speech, learned about a project created to fight hunger, and also took a number of personnel actions at its April board meeting on Thursday. Crestview student Courtney Cearns gave her first-place Optimist Club Oratorical speech to the board. This year’s […]
POSTED: 04/22/16 at 8:18 am. FILED UNDER: News
Denny Pearson, owner of Kitchens and Bathrooms Plus, cuts the ribbon on the company’s new store at 210 E. Main St. in Van Wert. The company, which also has a store in Celina, has been in business nine years and provides installation services and also various kitchen and bathroom equipment to contractors. Looking on is […]
POSTED: 04/22/16 at 7:51 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information COLUMBUS — With the arrival of mosquito and tick season in Ohio, the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) urges Ohioans to “fight the bite” and take precautions to prevent mosquito bites and tick bites to avoid diseases they may carry, such as Zika virus, West Nile virus and Lyme disease. In Ohio, […]
POSTED: 04/22/16 at 7:48 am. FILED UNDER: News
Out of 6,000 engineering and biomedical plans judged in Ohio, three teams from Van Wert High School engineering and biomedical programs have advanced to state competition May 7 in Columbus. The VWHS teams moving on and their project titles are: Sadie Zartman and Doug Billingham, ”Light-Up Motion Sensor Outlet Cover”; Domonique Grothause and Katie Trittschuh, […]
POSTED: 04/22/16 at 7:43 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) voted in favor of several pieces of legislation to ensure the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is putting the best interests of American taxpayers ahead of any political or agency agenda. “Over the past few years, the IRS has become the face of […]
POSTED: 04/22/16 at 7:40 am. FILED UNDER: News
Darian Tijerina of Continental, a senior at Vantage Career Center in the Electricity program, created a new telegraph display for the Van Wert County Historical Society’s railroad caboose that will open this weekend. Stop by and check it out. (photo submitted)
POSTED: 04/22/16 at 7:38 am. FILED UNDER: News
Dorothy L. Stemen, 79, of Van Wert, died at 10 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, 2016, at Kindred Care Hospital in Lima. She was born March 8, 1937, in Van Wert, the daughter of Lewis Harold Johnson and Dorothy M. (Lee) Death, who both preceded her in death. On November 27, 1955, she married Robert L. […]
POSTED: 04/22/16 at 6:47 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries