VW independent/submitted information LIMA — The Ohio Department of Transportation’s District 1 office has provided the following list of highway projects underway this week in Van Wert, Paulding, and Putnam counties: Van Wert County Bridge repair, pavement repair and resurfacing on the following routes within the Delphos and Ottoville area will have the following impacts to […]
POSTED: 07/02/18 at 7:25 am. FILED UNDER: News
Members of the Van Wert/Paulding Ohio State University Alumni Club recently volunteered at the Salvation Army. As part of their community service program, club members helped serve meals, clean tables, and clean up the kitchen following the meal. Volunteering were Alice Schaufelberger, Angie Watkins, Dave Watkins, Emily Tempel, Joanne Wolford, Carl Jeffery, Tony Fisher, and […]
POSTED: 07/02/18 at 7:23 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information Most, but not all, of Van Wert gasoline prices are below the statewide average, according to the GasBuddy.com gas price website. The low city gasoline price as of today is $2.56 per gallon at the Murphy USA service station in the Towne Center shopping center. That price is down a penny from […]
POSTED: 07/02/18 at 7:20 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information The alumni of Hoaglin Jackson School will meet on Saturday evening, July 7, in the Fireside Room at Trinity Friends Church. The doors will open at 5:30 p.m., with dinner served at 6 that evening. Invitations have been mailed to graduates of the school, from the first graduating class of 1929 through […]
POSTED: 07/02/18 at 7:17 am. FILED UNDER: News
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor It’s official – LeBron James is leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers to join the Los Angeles Lakers. The announcement was made via a simple press release on Sunday. No fanfare, just a few sentences that said LeBron had agreed to a four year, $154 million dollar contract with the Lakers, which has […]
POSTED: 07/02/18 at 7:12 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Larry G. Mumma, 78, of Van Wert, passed away at 2:40 p.m. Thursday, June 28, 2018, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born May 27, 1940, in Bluffton, the son of Merlin M. and Lavon (Cook) Mumma, who both preceded him in death. A graduate of Bluffton High School, Larry was a […]
POSTED: 07/01/18 at 9:25 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries