SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports CONVOY — If Crestview Head Football Coach Jared Owens seems upbeat about the upcoming season, he has good reason to be. That’s because the Knights are poised to move up in the Northwest Conference standings and make a fourth consecutive trip to the postseason. Owens said 17 lettermen are back from last […]
POSTED: 08/13/16 at 7:10 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent/submitted information CONVOY — The Crestview varsity football team will be hosting the Van Wert Cougars in a jamboree game on Friday, August 19, starting at 7 p.m. at the Crestview Athletic Complex. The jamboree is approved by the Ohio High School Athletic Association and both schools contribute financially to the OHSAA Foundation, which […]
POSTED: 08/13/16 at 7:05 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
If only we could, as the Talking Heads once celebrated in song, burn down the house. Oh for the day when the fire department could flame out a dump for practice, back before the EPA, in its never ending crusade to save us all from things that never seemed to hurt us before, made the […]
POSTED: 08/13/16 at 6:21 am. FILED UNDER: Opinions
Mary Alberta “Bert” Reichert, 87, of Van Wert, passed away at 1:29 p.m. Wednesday, August 10, 2016, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born August 30, 1928, in Coldwater, the daughter of J. Albert and Leona (Birkmeyer) Volz, who both preceded her in death. She married Daniel J. Reichert, who died […]
POSTED: 08/12/16 at 9:08 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Van Wert Police August 10, 3:36 a.m. — Kestutis V. Tatarunas, 27, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, was cited for disorderly conduct while in the 200 block of East Main Street. August 8, 12:28 a.m. — Denise A. Farrelly, 53, of Monroeville, Indiana, was cited for having physical control of a motor vehicle while intoxicated after […]
POSTED: 08/12/16 at 8:58 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor The Vantage Career Center Board of Education received some good financial news from Treasurer Laura Peters, while new High School Director Tony Unverferth attended Thursday’s meeting in his new capacity for the first time. Peters noted that she recently received notification from the Ohio School Facilities Commission that it will reimburse Vantage […]
POSTED: 08/12/16 at 8:42 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert Area Chamber of Commerce board members and office employees help Dr. Erica Unverferth celebrate the transition Thursday of Okuley Unverferth Dentistry to Unverferth Family Dentistry at its Fox Road offices. Dr. Roger Okuley, who spent 39 years in the family dentistry practice he founded, earlier announced his retirement, noting that, like him, Dr. Unverferth puts the […]
POSTED: 08/12/16 at 8:41 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information United Way of Van Wert County Executive Director Vicki Smith announced that Mark Verville has been named the 2016 United Way Campaign chair. “I am really excited to work with Mark this year; he has so much compassion for our agencies and it shows in his drive to make this the best […]
POSTED: 08/12/16 at 8:26 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information Summer break ends for thousands of Ohio children that are heading back to school this month. For many, the trip to and from school involves riding on a school bus. The Ohio State Highway Patrol has been in the process of inspecting every Ohio school bus to ensure each bus is safe […]
POSTED: 08/12/16 at 8:23 am. FILED UNDER: News
Shown are some of the business and church sponsors of the Pregnancy Life Center’s Walk for Life, which will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday, September 11, in Van Wert’s Fountain Park. The event is the biggest fundraiser the PLC does each year, with corporate sponsorship accounting for $22,000 of the nearly $60,000 raised. To be a t-shirt sponsor, […]
POSTED: 08/12/16 at 8:22 am. FILED UNDER: News