‘Messiah’: 277 years of sustainability

Today’s performers of popular music get excited when their songs get played on radio, Pandora, Google Play, Spotify, downloaded, or whatever other way people listen to music these days, for a few weeks. To become a really popular song or piece of music requires sustainability. In other words, there needs to be a demand from the […]

Stephen Louise Cico

Stephen Louis Cico, 77, of Bluffton, South Carolina, and formerly of Decatur, Indiana, died Monday, December 3, 2018, at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida. He was born July 17, 1941, in Lorain, the son of Steve and Margaret (Golobich) Cico, who both preceded him in death. On August 28, 1965, he married the former […]

CERT, Salvation Army helping fire victim

VW independent/submitted information The Van Wert County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) and the Salvation Army are teaming up to raise support for the victim of Wednesday’s house fire. After meeting with the victim, it was determined that the following help is needed by the community: The house was a total loss. All household items […]

Delphos foundation distributes $325,000

DAVE MOSIER/independent editor DELPHOS — The Arnold C. Dienstberger Foundation distributed a record $325,000 in grants to Delphos area non-profit organizations during its annual event held at The Delphos Club on Tuesday. The foundation was created in 1966 using funds from the sale of nursing homes owned by Dienstberger in the Delphos area to Vancrest […]

Flagstar working on customers’ problems

Van Wert independent Some customers of the local Wells Fargo Bank office found that the transition to Flagstar Banks did not go as smoothly as Flagstar had promised. Flagstar recently purchased 52 former Wells Fargo banks in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin as part of Wells Fargo’s goal of reducing retail banking branches by 5,000. […]

Man gets prison on drug-related charge

DAVE MOSIER/independent editor A Van Wert man who received a prison term for drug trafficking was one of three people sentenced in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday. Tony Brown, 61, of Van Wert, was sentenced to 12 months in prison on a charge of aggravated trafficking in drugs, a felony of the […]

Travis Tritt concert tickets now on sale

VW independent/submitted information For years his songs have danced on the radio waves. Cassette tapes were played on long road trips so many times the ribbon wore out, all of his hits were essential on any CD mix, and his songs have now been downloaded countless times. He’s an artist who has no expiration date […]

Crestview downs Parkway

Crestview’s Lexi Gregory (5) is surrounded by Parkway’s Leah Harshman (24) and Kris Kirby (10) during Tuesday’s night’s non-conference game at Parkway High School. Gregory and the Lady Knights won 50-27, marking the second straight victory for Crestview. Both teams are now 2-1, and Crestview will travel to Columbus Grove on Thursday, while Parkway will […]

Shirley A. Adams

Shirley A. Adams, 83, of rural Spencerville, passed away Sunday, December 2, 2018, at her residence. She was born December 15, 1934, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the daughter of Homer Elsworth and Vera Mae (Ankney) Foreman, who both preceded her in death.Her first husband, John Gilbert Sigler, is deceased. She then married Robert Dean Adams on May 24, 1969, and he died May 11, […]

OSU Random Thoughts: Urban and Day

SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor With the announcement of Urban Meyer’s retirement, here are some Random Thoughts about the situation and what’s next for Ohio State. Looking back Urban’s pending departure shouldn’t really be a big surprise. We hadn’t heard much about his headaches/brain cyst until after the Purdue loss. That struck me as odd. Another […]