SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor HAMLER — Pitching has been a big strength for No. 6 Lincolnview this season and Saturday was no exception as the Lancers captured a Division IV regional championship, the program’s first since 1974, thanks to a dominating performance by Collin Overholt. The senior took to the hill against 10th-ranked Leipsic and […]
POSTED: 06/06/21 at 8:29 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor PICKERINGTON — Make room on the All-Ohio Wall of Fame at Van Wert High School. The boys’ 4×400 meter relay team of Ethan Brown, Nate Phillips, Trey Laudick and Connor Pratt will be added after finishing second in the Division II finals at Pickerington North High School on Saturday. After qualifying […]
POSTED: 06/06/21 at 8:27 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Lincolnview’s Daegan Hatfield (above) earned All-Ohio honors by finishing eighth in the Division III high jump at Westerville North. Hatfield finished with a jump of 6-02 in the finals. The 4×100 meter relay team of Dylan Schimmoeller, Landon Moody, Cole Gorman and Camden Miller finished 15th in the preliminaries with a time of 44.587, the […]
POSTED: 06/06/21 at 8:26 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports The Monday Mailbag feature will return next Monday, June 14. If you have a sports question or comment for the next Monday Mailbag, please email it to sports@thevwindependent.com. You may choose to have your name included or withheld if your question is published in the next edition.
POSTED: 06/06/21 at 8:26 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Lois Eileen Egley, 87, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, went to be with her Lord and Savior at 6:40 p.m. Friday, June 4, 2021, at Adams Memorial Hospital in Decatur, Indiana. She was born July 25, 1933, in Mercer County, the daughter of Arlie Oscar and Nora Marie (Bauer) Miller, who both preceded her in […]
POSTED: 06/06/21 at 5:10 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor Remi Fokine may have been one of the most surprised people in the S.F. Goedde Building when they named her this year’s Peony Pageant queen. “I didn’t believe it! I was, like, ‘oh my gosh!’” the 2021 Parkway graduate said of her response after being named Queen Jubilee XLVI by emcee Susan […]
POSTED: 06/06/21 at 12:58 am. FILED UNDER: News
The above is a collage of photos from Saturday morning’s Peony Festival Pageant held at the S.F. Goedde Building. photos by Bob Barnes/Van Wert independent
POSTED: 06/06/21 at 12:49 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information COLUMBUS — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on Saturday announced that the Ohio Department of Health is reporting the two-week statewide average of cases per 100,000 residents is 49.5. These cases occurred with onset dates in a two-week period from May 22 to June 4. “Ohioans have shown our resilience and grit, and by […]
POSTED: 06/06/21 at 12:34 am. FILED UNDER: News
Eldon M. Helmke, 77, of Fort Jennings, died at 4:16 a.m. Friday, June 4, 2021, at Mercy Health St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima. He was born April 15, 1944, in Lima, to Louis Helmke and Margaret (Rower) Helmke Saul, who both preceded him in death. On November 21, 1964, he married Dorothy Huber, and […]
POSTED: 06/05/21 at 3:41 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Candidates for the title of Queen Jubilee XLVI spent Friday in Fountain Park as they prepare for Saturday’s pageant, scheduled for 10 a.m. in the S.F. Goedde Building’s gymnasium. Bob Barnes/Van Wert independent
POSTED: 06/05/21 at 7:12 am. FILED UNDER: News