Submitted information Average retail gasoline prices in Ohio have fallen 6.1 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.12 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 nine-tenths of a cent per gallon in the last week to […]
POSTED: 03/27/17 at 7:13 am. FILED UNDER: News
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra String Trio entertained a small audience at First Presbyterian Church on Sunday afternoon with a program of music from composers Josef Haydn, Ludwig Van Beethoven, and Hungarian Erno Dohnanyi. Trio members Yoonshin Song on violin, Eric Nowlin on viola, and Wei Yu on cello, all principal players with the DSO, played […]
POSTED: 03/27/17 at 7:10 am. FILED UNDER: Arts & Entertainment, News
Submitted information LIMA — The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) encourages the public to attend and participate in its local 2018-2021 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) open house. The meetings will provide the public the opportunity to review and comment on the draft STIP, which is Ohio’s four-year transportation planning document that presents a fiscally-balanced, […]
POSTED: 03/27/17 at 7:09 am. FILED UNDER: News
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor The Van Wert Cougars opened the 2017 high school baseball season in impressive fashion by sweeping a doubleheader against Delphos Jefferson Saturday at Smiley Park. Caleb Fetzer went the distance, tossing a one-hitter, and the Cougars defeated the Wildcats 5-0 in the first contest. Fetzer went the distance in Game 1, and […]
POSTED: 03/26/17 at 8:59 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports ELIDA — It was a rough start to Crestview’s softball season. The defending Division IV state champions lost to Marion Local 5-1 in eight innings, then lost to Edgerton 13-3 in Saturday’s four-team event at Elida’s Dorothy Edwards Field. Ashley Call, Lexi Gregory, and Alyssa Gent each went 2-for-3 at the plate for […]
POSTED: 03/26/17 at 8:38 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Lester E. “Butch” Fisher, 69, of Van Wert, passed away at 2:52 p.m. Thursday, March 23, 2017, at Van Wert County Hospital in Van Wert. He was born April 20, 1947, in Van Wert, the son of Bernard E. Fisher and Mentra (Beech) Ross, who both preceded him in death. On July 23, 1976, he […]
POSTED: 03/26/17 at 8:35 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Delores N. Darwood, 90, of Van Wert, passed away at 10:16 p.m. Saturday, March 25, 2017, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born November 7, 1926, in Greenville, the daughter of Doyt and Bessie Lou (Smith) Downing, who both preceded her in death. On February 7, 1948, she married Norman R. […]
POSTED: 03/26/17 at 4:25 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Don Mefferd of Van Wert passed away on Thursday, March 23, 2017, at his residence. He was born in Van Wert County on September 14, 1928, the son of Kesler and Anna (North) Mefferd, who both preceded him in death. His father died when Don was 8 years old and he and his mother and brother […]
POSTED: 03/26/17 at 4:13 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Christina L. Smith, 47, of Portland, Indiana, passed away after a brief battle with cancer at Indiana University’s Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie, Indiana. She was born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, the daughter of James and Kay (Reece) Smith. She was a 1988 Van Wert High School graduate and was a manager for Kentucky Fried […]
POSTED: 03/26/17 at 4:12 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Ramona Mae (Landrum) Bostick, 85, of Convoy, passed away with her family at her side at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 25, 2017, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born November 8, 1931, in Haviland, the daughter of Orville Landrum and Ruth (Powell) Foley, who both preceded her in death. On July […]
POSTED: 03/26/17 at 4:11 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries