SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor Nate Place accounted for over 300 yards of offense and Van Wert’s defense kept Shawnee in check all night in a 39-6 homecoming win at Eggerss Stadium on Friday. Place finished with 208 yards rushing and three touchdowns on just 15 carries, and completed 13 of 18 passes for 111 yards […]
POSTED: 09/22/18 at 5:04 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor CONVOY — Columbus Grove raced out to a 26-6 halftime lead then held on to stun No. 4 Crestview 33-20 on Friday night. The homecoming loss dropped Crestview’s record to 4-1 (1-1 NWC), while the Bulldogs improved to 3-2 (2-0 NWC) Columbus Grove quarterback Blake Reynolds put the Bulldogs on the […]
POSTED: 09/22/18 at 5:02 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Here are final scores from Friday’s area high school football games. Western Buckeye League Van Wert 39 Shawnee 6 St. Marys 70 Kenton 29 Wapakoneta 56 Elida 12 Celina 42 Ottawa-Glandorf 24 Defiance 28 Bath 7 Northwest Conference Columbus Grove 33 Crestview 20 Paulding 28 Bluffton 17 Spencerville 69 Ada 16 Allen East 50 Delphos […]
POSTED: 09/21/18 at 8:49 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent CELINA — A Van Wert man who has been sought after he was recently indicted on several drug charges has been arrested in Celina, along with a woman, a large quantity of methamphetamine, and a handgun. According to a news release issued by Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey, Bailey S. Parker, 19, […]
POSTED: 09/21/18 at 4:14 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Shirley Mae Prichard, 85, of Van Wert, passed away at 10:15 a.m. Friday, September 21, 2018, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born May 21, 1933, in Rockford, the daughter of Paul and Pearl (McClintock) Highley, who both preceded her in death. On September 26, 1953, she married Lloyd Raymond Prichard, […]
POSTED: 09/21/18 at 3:47 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Van Wert Civic Theatre has reached a milestone of sorts with its production of Nunsense: The Mega-Musical, according to Mary Ann Falk, who plays Reverend Mother Mary Regina in this eighth edition of the “Nunsense” series. “For whatever reason, we are one of the first community theatres in Ohio, if not the […]
POSTED: 09/21/18 at 6:33 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information CECIL — The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a suspect in the murder of a Cecil area homeowner that occurred Thursday afternoon at his residence. Michael Kent Loop, 32, of Defiance, has been arrested and is currently being housed in the Paulding County Jail on a charge of murder, an unclassified […]
POSTED: 09/21/18 at 6:30 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information Van Wert County Sheriff Thomas M. Riggenbach announced his office’s participation in Child Passenger Safety Week, a campaign dedicated to helping parents and caregivers make sure their children ride as safely as possible, every trip, every time. Sheriff Riggenbach said that Child Passenger Safety Week runs September 23-29 and is sponsored by […]
POSTED: 09/21/18 at 6:22 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information The staff of Westwood Behavioral Health Center in Van Wert invites area residents for its sessions on addiction on the second and fourth Monday of each month, from 6-7:30 p.m. The next session will be held Monday, September 24, with Anthony Greutman, LSW, LICDC, to present information on “Levels of Care”. Greutman’s presentation […]
POSTED: 09/21/18 at 6:20 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert High School cross country runner Gage Chiles is this week’s Van Wert independent/Northwest Ohio Welch Trophy Student Athlete of the Week. Chiles, who was nominated by head coach Ryan Holliday, ran a 17:36 and placed 27th out of 278 runners at last Saturday’s Trinity Valkyrie Invitational in Louisville, Kentucky. “He is our senior […]
POSTED: 09/21/18 at 6:09 am. FILED UNDER: Sports