Van Wert independent sports While not technically ACME Baseball, summer hardball is back in Van Wert County, as Van Wert, Lincolnview and Crestview each took the field Monday night. Wayne Trace 6 Van Wert 5 HAVILAND — The Cougars scored a pair of runs in the seventh inning but came up short in a 6-5 […]
POSTED: 06/16/20 at 5:49 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Jacob Forwerck fires a pitch during Monday’s summer season baseball game against Delphos St. John’s. The game was the first of the season for both teams and the Knights posted a 9-4 victory over the host Blue Jays. Crestview will entertain rival Lincolnview on Wednesday. Photo by Wyatt Richardson/Van Wert independent
POSTED: 06/16/20 at 5:48 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor This week’s Random Thoughts center around progress being made, fall sports in Ohio, online horse racing from Paulding County and the national anthem controversy. Making progress NASCAR, golf and hopefully soon, Major League Baseball – slowly but surely, different sports are trickling back. It appears NBA basketball will be back in […]
POSTED: 06/16/20 at 3:50 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent writer CONVOY — Answers from parent surveys, along with surveys given to teachers and classified staff members, and information gathered by building principals will be used to help plan the start of 2020-21 Crestview school year. During Monday night’s Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Kathy Mollenkopf said school officials are in the process […]
POSTED: 06/15/20 at 11:34 pm. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information COLUMBUS — In an annual coordinated effort with the National Weather Service (NWS), the Ohio Committee for Severe Weather Awareness is promoting June 21-27 as National Lightning Safety Awareness Week and encourages all Ohioans to know what to do before, during, and after thunderstorms and to practice severe weather safety and preparedness throughout […]
POSTED: 06/15/20 at 11:24 pm. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information Due to Covid-19 restrictions, Central Insurance’s summer TechCamp, sponsored by Central’s Charitable and Education Foundation and the Van Wert County Foundation, is canceled for this summer.
POSTED: 06/15/20 at 11:19 pm. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information PAULDING COUNTY – A Payne man was injured in a one-car accident that occurred Monday morning in Paulding County. Troopers from the Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, responded at approximately 10:01 a.m. Monday to a crash that occurred on Ohio 66 south of County Road 166, in Brown […]
POSTED: 06/15/20 at 1:53 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Crime Stoppers will pay you cash for information if it will help the Van Wert Police Department solve its investigation of a theft at the Van Wert Walmart store. On May 28, a woman with long black hair, a pink-colored outfit, black shoes, sunglasses, and a blackface mask (see photo at right) left the Van Wert Walmart […]
POSTED: 06/15/20 at 1:34 pm. FILED UNDER: Crime Stoppers
POSTED: 06/15/20 at 11:35 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information PAULDING — Time is growing short to preorder books and submit photos for Paulding County, Ohio: A Pictorial History Volume III, which is planned for publication by the John Paulding Historical Society in November. The book committee has been calling for images covering every decade of the past 200 years to help celebrate […]
POSTED: 06/15/20 at 6:48 am. FILED UNDER: News