VW independent/submitted information The Buckeye Insurance Professionals, a chapter of the International Association of Insurance Professionals (IAIP), recently donated $500 to the “No Child Sleeps Unprotected” Van Wert County smoke detector program. Started in 2014 by the fire chiefs of Van Wert County, the program has distributed 4,785 smoke detectors to students in grades K-9 […]
POSTED: 03/27/18 at 7:16 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information The Van Wert County Board of Elections has announced that the close of registration for the May 8 Primary Election is 9 p.m. Monday, April 9. The elections board office, 120 E. Main St., will be open from 8:30 a.m. until 9 p.m. that day. Those not currently registered in Van Wert […]
POSTED: 03/27/18 at 7:11 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent sports SPENCERVILLE — Lawson Blackmore and Owen Treece combined for a no-hitter, and the Van Wert Cougars defeated Spencerville 14-0 in Monday’s season opener. Blackmore struck out eight and walked two in four innings, while Treece fanned three and walked one in the remaining three innings. Meanwhile, the Cougars piled up 14 […]
POSTED: 03/27/18 at 6:36 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports ELIDA — Crestview rallied from an early 5-1 deficit to defeat host Elida 7-5 in the softball season opener on Monday. The Lady Knights trailed 2-0 after the first inning, but got on the board in the second when Ally McCoy scored on a grounder by Olivia Skelton. Elida countered with […]
POSTED: 03/27/18 at 6:35 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Emergency responders were called to a fire at Continental Structural Plastics, 1276 Industrial Drive, at 9:02 p.m. Monday. According to County Emergency Management Director Rick McCoy, a fire occurred in a containment mixing tank when approximately 1,000 pounds of Styrene, a highly flammable hazardous material, along with rubber beans, suddenly ignited due to an unknown […]
POSTED: 03/26/18 at 11:10 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Barbara “Jean” Ludwig, 87, of Van Wert, returned to meet her Lord at 7:43 a.m. Saturday, March 24, 2018, following a year-long battle with cancer. Her devotion to God and family supported her in her battle and ultimately provided her with peace. Jean was born December 14, 1930, the daughter of Samuel “Paul” Hertel and […]
POSTED: 03/26/18 at 4:30 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Thad Warren Summersett, 40, of Los Angeles, California, died at 8:52 a.m. Saturday, March 24, 2018, at Blake Hospital in Bradenton, Florida. He was born April 27, 1977, in Van Wert, the son of Dennis “Denny” Summersett, who preceded him in death, and Judy (Dr. Gary) Pancake Painter of Fort Wayne, Indiana. In addition to […]
POSTED: 03/26/18 at 4:29 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
VW independent/submitted information A Van Wert man faces a felony drug charge following a traffic stop in Hoaglin Township on Saturday. Van Wert County Sheriff Thomas M. Riggenbach said deputies confiscated a moderate amount of methamphetamine during the traffic stop. According to the sheriff, a deputy stopped a vehicle Saturday in Hoaglin Township for multiple […]
POSTED: 03/26/18 at 4:14 pm. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor While hundreds of thousands of people marched across the nation on Saturday, nearly 50 students, teachers, and other adults did the same in Van Wert during the national March for Our Lives event that honored the 17 students and staff who were killed in a school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High […]
POSTED: 03/26/18 at 7:46 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert firefighters were called to another residential fire on Sunday afternoon at Thistlewood Apartments on North Franklin Street. Firefighters were there for several hours extinguishing the blaze and providing clean-up afterwards, while members of the Van Wert County Emergency Management Agency’s CERT disaster team provided a canteen for firefighters, and the American Red Cross […]
POSTED: 03/26/18 at 7:30 am. FILED UNDER: News