Van Wert independent sports Baseball Bryan 13 Van Wert 9Van Wert 25 Bryan 22 Van Wert and Bryan split a doubleheader with Bryan at Smiley Park on Saturday with the Golden Bears handing the Cougars their first loss of the season in the opening game, followed by a wild comeback by Van Wert in the […]
POSTED: 04/05/21 at 3:52 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports VERSAILLES — Crestview opened the 2021 track and field season by placing fourth out of 10 boys’ teams and fifth out of nine girls’ teams at the Versailles Invitational on Saturday. Top eight results are listed below. Boys Jordan Updegrove-1st-110M Hurdles (17.62), 1st 300 Hurdles (44.98)Ja’Rontae Jackson-5th 100 MDayton Schuerman-1st 1600 […]
POSTED: 04/05/21 at 3:51 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor This week’s Monday Mailbag features questions about Van Wert’s stadium situation, the Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians, game cancelations, and tonight’s NCAA men’s national championship game. Q: Does the generous donation by Mel and Arlene Hurless for play clocks mean there’s no chance a new stadium will be built in Van […]
POSTED: 04/05/21 at 3:50 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Karenann Winters, 76, of Grover Hill and formerly of Hackettstown, New Jersey, passed away Friday, April 2, 2021, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was born January 24, 1945, in Passaic, New Jersey, the daughter of Charles and Viola (Mayer) Murray, who both preceded her in death. On May 21, 1966, […]
POSTED: 04/04/21 at 9:33 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Even to the casual observer, young couple Tim and Dayna Motycka had a lot on their plate. Both had full-time jobs, were spending uncounted hours rehabbing the older home they had purchased, and were raising three young children, Kaden, Haley, and Rylee, a chronically ill baby who seemed to be always sick […]
POSTED: 04/03/21 at 6:48 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent staff LIMA — A jury on Friday found Convoy resident Vicky Shellabarger guilty of three of four counts related to the death of her 22-month-old daughter, Madilynn. Although the jury deadlocked on whether Shellabarger, 38, was guilty of murder, it returned guilty verdicts on one count of involuntary manslaughter, a felony of […]
POSTED: 04/03/21 at 5:57 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information BLUE CREEK TOWNSHIP — A Grover Hill woman was killed Friday afternoon in a two-vehicle accident that occurred at the intersection of U.S. 127 and Township Road 48 in Paulding County. Karenann Winters, 76, was pronounced dead at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, from injuries received in the accident. […]
POSTED: 04/02/21 at 11:56 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Dorotha J. Mitchener, 95, of Van Wert, died at 5:02 a.m. Tuesday, March 30, 2021, at Van Wert Manor Nursing Home. She was born March 16, 1926, in Van Wert, the daughter of George and Eva (Smith) Canny, who both preceded her in death. She married Paul F. Mitchener and he died February 23, 2006. She is […]
POSTED: 04/02/21 at 8:12 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Note: This week’s Friday Flashback takes us back to April of 2015 and the annual Van Wert County Track and Field Meet, which turned out to be a record setting event. Below is the story as it appeared on the VW independent Sports page. DAVE MOSIER/independent sports The Van Wert Cougar boys’ and girls’ track […]
POSTED: 04/02/21 at 3:56 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
The Van Wert Marlins Swim Team recently held their end of season awards presentation at the YMCA. Swimmers were recognized for participation in the Northwest Ohio YMCA Swim League Season that began in the Fall of 2020, Championship Meet top 20 places, Most Improved Swimmers in each age group, Marlin’s Time Records Broken this season […]
POSTED: 04/02/21 at 3:56 am. FILED UNDER: Sports