SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor Two more Van Wert County student athletes signed letters of intent Wednesday to continue their academic and athletic careers at the collegiate level. Crestview’s Micah Snyder will play football at the University of St. Francis, while Van Wert’s Hayden Maples will play baseball at Ancilla College. Micah Snyder A key contributor […]
POSTED: 02/14/19 at 6:15 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor Lincolnview and Crestview will be in action Friday and Saturday, while Van Wert will play Friday and again on Tuesday. Lincolnview vs. Paulding, at Arlington Lincolnview (10-8, 5-2 NWC) will host Paulding on Friday before heading to Arlington on Saturday. The Lancers snapped a three game losing streak with a win […]
POSTED: 02/14/19 at 6:14 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports OTTAWA — Van Wert bowled the in the Western Buckeye League tournament at Highland Lanes in Ottawa last Friday, with the Cougars finishing sixth in the tournament and the WBL and the Lady Cougars placing fifth in the tournament and sixth in the league. Along the way, senior Nathan Bidlack and […]
POSTED: 02/14/19 at 6:13 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Submitted information CONVOY – Presale tickets for Crestview’s boys’ varsity basketball games at Spencerville Friday night and home against New Knoxville Saturday night will be on sale from 7:45 a.m. until 3:15 p.m. Friday in the athletic office. Presale ticket prices are $5 for adults and $4 for students. All tickets at the doors will […]
POSTED: 02/14/19 at 6:13 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Van Wert Manor Administrator Jacque Welch was named the winner of the Ray Miller Award, while Van Wert Health earned the Crystal Image Award for its community activities and projects during the Van Wert Area Chamber of Commerce’s 97th Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony. The event was held Wednesday evening at Wassenberg […]
POSTED: 02/14/19 at 1:50 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor A man given more than seven years in prison on sex-related charges was one of six people sentenced this week in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. Michael Closson, 69, of Delphos, was sentenced to 30 months on each of three counts of gross sexual imposition. Each of the charges was a […]
POSTED: 02/14/19 at 1:25 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information Who was the first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean? Most history books will tell you Charles Lindbergh, and he did make the first solo flight. However, the first plane to make a trans-Atlantic flight was co-piloted by Van Wert County native Walter Hinton. On Saturday, May 18, a “World Record […]
POSTED: 02/14/19 at 1:23 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information SCOTT — The Scott Lions Club will be host an all-you-can-eat Pancake and Sausage Day on Saturday, March 2, from 6 a.m. until 1 p.m. All proceeds from the event will go to local Lions Club projects. The breakfast will be held at the Lions Club building in Scott. Donations only […]
POSTED: 02/14/19 at 1:12 am. FILED UNDER: News
Ethel E. Rollins, 73, died at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, February 12, 2019, at her residence in rural Liberty Township. She was born October 11, 1945, in Van Wert County, the daughter of Eugene Fields and Mary F. (Summers) Shindeldecker, who both preceded her in death. On April 2, 1966, she married John Kenneth Rollins, who survives […]
POSTED: 02/13/19 at 9:37 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Louise Wallick Dull, 95, of Van Wert, died at 11:52 a.m. Monday February 11, 2019, Vancrest Health Care Center in Van Wert. She was born January 17, 1924, in Kokomo, Indiana, the daughter of Ethel Franklin and Anna Mae (Rodgers) Doan, who both preceded her in death. She was married to Clarence Robert Wallick, who died May […]
POSTED: 02/13/19 at 9:35 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries