Van Wert independent sports Here are this week’s high school basketball broadcast schedules for 99.7 WKSD and WERT 1220AM/104.3FM. All games will air live and games are subject to change. WKSD Monday, January 24: Fort Jennings at Wayne Trace (girls)Tuesday, January 25: Crestview at Antwerp (girls)Thursday, January 27: Hicksville at Antwerp (girls)Friday, January 28: Antwerp […]
POSTED: 01/24/22 at 4:47 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
This was a common sight on Sunday after about three inches of snow fell around the area. City, county, township and ODOT crews spent much of the day trying to clear the roads. 1-2 more inches of snow is expected today. Bob Barnes/Van Wert independent
POSTED: 01/24/22 at 4:43 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent news ANTWERP — The body of a Paulding County man missing since mid-January has been found and one person has been arrested in connection with his death. According to a press release issued Saturday by the Antwerp Police Department, a missing persons report was filed on Friday, January 21, for Christopher Franklin, 47, […]
POSTED: 01/24/22 at 4:36 am. FILED UNDER: News
It was ESPN night at Van Wert High School Saturday night, as students dressed up as sportscasters and studio hosts for the boys’ basketball game between the Cougars and Coldwater. A game story can be found on the Sports page. Bob Barnes/Van Wert independent
POSTED: 01/24/22 at 4:35 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff COLUMBUS — Ohio’s unemployment rate was 4.5 percent in December, 2021, down from 4.8 percent in November. Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment increased 8,800 over the month, from a revised 5,396,600 in November to 5,405,400 in December 2021. The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in December was 256,000, down from […]
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VW independent news The Lincolnview Local Schools Board of Education will meet in special session tonight for strategic planning purposes. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in the Neubrecht Lecture Hall. No board action is anticipated.
POSTED: 01/24/22 at 4:35 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent news DELPHOS — A domestic dispute led to a brief standoff and the arrest of a Lima man on Friday. The Delphos Police Department was summoned to a home in the 700 block of Skinner Street and met with the alleged victim, who was outside of the residence. She told officers that a […]
POSTED: 01/22/22 at 2:51 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Mary Ellen Cruz, 55, of Harlingen, Texas, passed away Tuesday, January 18, 2022, at Valley Medical Center in Harlingen. She was born March 22, 1966, in Homestead, Florida, to Heriberto and Lupe Gonzalez. She graduated from Ohio City-Liberty High School in 1984. She married the love of her life, Abel Cruz, May 23, 2003. In […]
POSTED: 01/22/22 at 8:49 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Van Wert independent staff and submitted information Main Street Van Wert has officially announced Joe Dray as the organization’s new executive director. Dray is taking over for Mitch Price, who resigned last month to take a job in the financial sector. Dray graduated from Delphos St John’s High School in 1999 and then joined the […]
POSTED: 01/22/22 at 12:25 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information The Lincolnview Local School District will be renewing membership fobs for the Lincolnview Community Center during the month of January and February for 2020-2021. Those who renewed or signed up from June 2021 to present do not need to renew until August 2022. To make sure the membership renewal is convenient and easy, […]
POSTED: 01/22/22 at 12:23 am. FILED UNDER: News