SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor This week’s Monday Mailbag includes questions and comments about the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s 2020 football plan, the playoffs, schedules and the status of major college football. Q: I don’t understand why so many people are upset with the OHSAA’s six-game plan, followed by expanded playoffs. The complainers should be […]
POSTED: 08/10/20 at 3:56 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports Van Wert High School’s golf team opened the 2020 season on Friday and the girls’ tennis team followed suit on Saturday. Cougar golfers compete in Mercer County CELINA — Evan Knittle shot a 93 to lead Van Wert at the season-opening Celina Invitational at Celina Lynx Golf Club on Friday. Blake […]
POSTED: 08/10/20 at 3:55 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
1990 Lincolnview High School graduate Clark Allen was named the Player of the Game after singling in Benji Wise in the ninth inning, giving the Blue team a 17-16 victory in Saturday’s fifth annual Lincolnview Alumni baseball game at Middle Point Ballpark. Alumni playing in the game ranged from 1990-2019. Photo provided
POSTED: 08/10/20 at 3:54 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
John Andrew Cowan, 47, of Van Wert, passed away at 9:25 a.m. Saturday, August 8, 2020, at Mercy Health in Lima. He was born April 22, 1973, in Van Wert, the son of Beverley Jean (Camp) Cowan, who preceded him in death, and Philip M. Cowan, who survives in Van Wert. Survivors include his six […]
POSTED: 08/09/20 at 12:07 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Connie Sue Johnson, 66, of Convoy, passed away at 1:58 p.m. August 7, 2020, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was born October 15, 1953, in Van Wert, the daughter of Carl and Bonnie (Harter) Schaadt, who both preceded her in death. On June 27, 1980, she married the love of […]
POSTED: 08/09/20 at 12:04 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
VW independent/submitted information This past Thursday, August 6, marked the culmination of a project on which planning began more than 18 months ago. The Van Wert Rotary Club will celebrate its 100th anniversary on November 22. In preparation, members decided that the addition of a permanent art installation and digital sign at Fountain Park would […]
POSTED: 08/07/20 at 11:09 pm. FILED UNDER: News
A number of people had the chance to explore unusual — and unused — spaces in the downtown area during Main Street Van Wert’s Hidden Spaces tour on Friday. Those taking the tour were able to see four different spaces, the area known as the Arcade block (100 W. Main St.), the Union block (101 […]
POSTED: 08/07/20 at 10:47 pm. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information COLUMBUS — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted provided the following update Friday on the status of the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. School broadband connectivityLt. Governor Husted announced Friday that schools can begin applying for the new BroadbandOhio Connectivity Grant on Monday, August 10. A total of […]
POSTED: 08/07/20 at 10:29 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent/submitted information According to Van Wert Safety-Service Director Jay Fleming’s office, the Ohio Department of Transportation is to begin work on North Washington Street, from the railroad tracks to U.S. 30, starting this Monday, August 10. Traffic is to be maintained along the construction route.
POSTED: 08/07/20 at 10:25 pm. FILED UNDER: News
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor It’s a plan that pleases some people, while others have questions and concerns or just plain don’t like it, but it’s a plan that should allow high school football games to take place in Ohio this fall, despite COVID-19. The plan, released Friday afternoon by the Ohio High School Athletic Association, […]
POSTED: 08/07/20 at 9:04 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports