Van Wert independent sports ROCKFORD — Lincolnview used a 14-3 third quarter scoring advantage to pull away from Parkway 39-22 on Tuesday. The Lady Lancers led 9-6 after the first quarter and 17-13 at halftime, then Brianna Ebel scored 10 of her game high 16 points in the third period. Annie Mendenhall chipped in with […]
POSTED: 01/22/19 at 11:46 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports Ottawa-Glandorf, Minster and Ottoville continue to be the only area teams ranked by the Associated Press in this week’s Ohio high school girls basketball poll Ottawa-Glandorf is ranked No. 4 in Division III, while Minster and Ottoville are No. 2 and No. 10 in Division IV. Below is the full poll […]
POSTED: 01/22/19 at 11:45 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Submitted information CONVOY — Presale tickets for Crestview’s boys’ varsity basketball games Thursday night at Lima Central Catholic and Saturday night at home with Celina will be on sale Thursday and Friday from 7:45 a.m. until 3:15 p.m. in the Crestview athletic office. Ticket prices for the game at Lima CC are $6 for adults […]
POSTED: 01/22/19 at 11:45 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Richard Lee “Dick” Leiter, 88, of Van Wert, passed away at 3:50 a.m. Tuesday, January 22, 2019, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born March 10, 1930, in Van Wert County, the son of Carey and Velma (Mongold) Leiter, who both preceded him in death. He is survived by a daughter, […]
POSTED: 01/22/19 at 10:12 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
VW independent/submitted information Ohio’s unemployment rate was 4.6 percent in December 2018, unchanged from November. Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment increased 2,900 over the month, from a revised 5,647,900 in November to 5,650,800 in December 2018. The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in December was 265,000, up 2,000 from 263,000 in November. The […]
POSTED: 01/22/19 at 8:50 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information COLUMBUS — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has announced the creation of a new council that will advise the Ohio Governor’s Office on critical matters concerning mental illness and substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery support services in Ohio. Governor DeWine signed an executive order creating the RecoveryOhio Advisory Council. “As I travel […]
POSTED: 01/22/19 at 8:43 am. FILED UNDER: News
Citizens National Bank completed its 2018-19 United Way campaign. The bank had 100-percent participation from its employees, and also saw an increase over last year’s campaign. Citizens National Bank not only donates through the United Way campaign, it donates all year long. Bank employees are always active in the Day of Caring food drive, Fiesta […]
POSTED: 01/22/19 at 8:28 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information Van Wert Lodge 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, will be hosting a free Spaghetti Supper for all Van Wert County veterans. The supper will be held at the Elks Lodge, 1197 Elks Drive in Van Wert, from 5-7 p.m. Monday, January 28. Spouses, children, and parents of veterans are also […]
POSTED: 01/22/19 at 8:24 am. FILED UNDER: News
Diane Fennig, 64, of Celina, passed away Sunday, January 20, 2019, at The Laurels of Shane Hill in Rockford, after battling pancreatic/liver cancer for 18 years. She was born March 2, 1954, in Norfolk, Virginia, the daughter ofDallas Pierstorff, who preceded her in death, andKathryn “Kitty” Gengler Pierstorff, who survives in Celina. On September 27, 1986, she married Barry Fennig, who also […]
POSTED: 01/22/19 at 7:56 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor In a game of spurts by both teams, Crestview led by as many as 13 in the second half, then held off Van Wert 49-43 in girls’ non-conference basketball action at Van Wert High School on Monday. “I think it was a gritty effort from both squads,” Crestview head coach Mark […]
POSTED: 01/21/19 at 11:43 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports