DAVE MOSIER/independent sports Local cross country teams did well in the 2016 Van Wert County Hospital Invitational held Saturday at the city reservoirs. The Lincolnview Lancer boys finished highest, earning a second-place finish behind meet winner Wauseon. Van Wert was fourth, while Crestview finished in seventh place out of 20 teams. Wauseon won the boys’ […]
POSTED: 09/26/16 at 9:05 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Craig Leon, who returns to his hometown this week to be grand marshal of this year’s Van Wert High School football homecoming parade, is the epitome of perseverance. For Leon, a 2003 VWHS graduate who readily acknowledges he wasn’t even the fastest runner on his high school cross country team, hard work […]
POSTED: 09/26/16 at 9:00 am. FILED UNDER: News
Jazz greats Jonathan Butler (left) and Gerard Albright (right) had a Niswonger Performing Arts Center crowd grooving to their covers of jazz favorites during a concert Saturday evening. Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent
POSTED: 09/26/16 at 8:50 am. FILED UNDER: News
PS LUHR/for the VW independent In the mid-1960s, there were two television shows about creepy families. They each ran from 1964-’66, and every group of friends had their battles over which one to watch. Some liked the over-the-top “The Munsters,” who were decidedly not normal, but tried hard to fit in. Almost everyone else favored […]
POSTED: 09/26/16 at 8:32 am. FILED UNDER: News
Good weather and lots of activities and events enticed area residents to Convoy for that village’s Community Days celebration on Saturday. Downtown Convoy was buzzing with business displays, along with kids’ games, and food vendors (above), while Edgewood Park was the scene of lawn mower drag races and a number of other activities. The Community […]
POSTED: 09/26/16 at 8:26 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information Average retail gasoline prices in Ohio have fallen 8.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.07 per gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 5,345 gas outlets in Ohio. This compares with the national average, which has fallen 0.7 cent per gallon in the last week to $2.20 per […]
POSTED: 09/26/16 at 8:18 am. FILED UNDER: News
The Van Wert Red Cross Disaster Team was called to Haviland at 2:30 p.m. Sunday to assist a family and canteen firefighters during a house fire there that left three adults and 11 children homeless. Responding to the scene were Scott, Paulding, Grover Hill, and Payne fire departments, and the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office. The […]
POSTED: 09/26/16 at 8:15 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Public Safety (ODPS) is encouraging the public to download its “Safer Ohio” phone app, Ohio’s multi-function, mobile public safety tool for reporting suspicious activity, requesting emergency or roadside help and monitoring traffic conditions. The Safer Ohio phone app is a component of the ODPS Safer Ohio Initiative. The […]
POSTED: 09/26/16 at 8:10 am. FILED UNDER: News
A nice crowd was on hand for the Bluegrass festival held in the Dairy Barn on the Van Wert County Fairgrounds over the weekend. Here, one of several groups on the program performs for the event. Bob Barnes/Van Wert independent
POSTED: 09/26/16 at 8:08 am. FILED UNDER: News
Randi Jean (Long) Wise, 63, of Van Wert, passed away at 6:12 a.m. Sunday, September 25, 2016, at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima. She was born November 10, 1952, in Van Wert, the daughter of Robert D. Long, who survives in Middle Point, and D. Jean (Ross) Long, who preceded her in death. Other […]
POSTED: 09/25/16 at 5:40 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries