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POSTED: 02/19/22 at 1:23 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information COLUMBUS – Ohio Governor Mike DeWine issued the following three reprieves of execution on Friday: Percy Hutton, who was scheduled to be executed on June 22, 2022. The new date of execution has been moved to June 18, 2025. Douglas Coley, who was scheduled to be executed on July 20, 2022. The new […]
POSTED: 02/19/22 at 1:23 am. FILED UNDER: News
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor CONVOY — Crestview can add more numbers to the NWC boys basketball championship banner that hangs in Ray Etzler Gymnasium. The Knights clichéd a 2021-2022 conference co-championship with Bluffton by defeating Leipsic 64-52 in the regular season finale on Friday. It’s the 19th time Crestview has won at least a share of […]
POSTED: 02/19/22 at 1:09 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Crestview had good reason to smile after the Knights defeated Leipsic 64-52 to clinch a Northwest Conference co-championship Friday night. The Knights (15-6, 7-1 NWC) share the title with Bluffton. It’s Crestview’s 19th NWC boys basketball championship. Bob Barnes/Van Wert independent
POSTED: 02/19/22 at 1:07 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor LIMA — It wasn’t exactly easy but Van Wert put the wraps on a 16-6 (6-3 WBL) season with Friday’s 54-46 victory over Bath. It was the seventh straight win by the Cougars and the 16 regular season wins is the most by a Van Wert team since the 2010-2011 season. “Our […]
POSTED: 02/19/22 at 1:06 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor ADA — The regular season ended on a positive note for Lincolnview as the Lancers earned a 49-41 win at Ada on Friday. Lincolnview finished the regular season 5-17 (3-5 NWC), while Ada fell to 4-18 (0-8 NWC). “I felt that we played hard tonight,” Lincolnview head coach Brett Hammons said. “We […]
POSTED: 02/19/22 at 1:04 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent sports Here are final scores of area high school basketball games played on Friday, February 18. WBL Defiance 40 Wapakoneta 31Ottawa-Glandorf 74 Kenton 37Shawnee 74 Elida 56St. Marys Memorial 59 Celina 37Van Wert 54 Bath 46 NWC Columbus Grove 61 Allen East 50Crestview 64 Leipsic 52Lincolnview 49 Ada 41Spencerville 53 Delphos Jefferson 31 […]
POSTED: 02/19/22 at 1:01 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Lincolnview bowler Zoey Tracy is district bound, after rolling an impressive 200-192-191-583 series at the Division II sectionals at River City Bowl-A-Way in Napoleon on Friday. Tracy will compete in district competition Wednesday, Thursday, February 24, at Interstate Lanes in Rossford. Photo submitted
POSTED: 02/19/22 at 1:00 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Dixie Lou Emerick, 84, of Ohio City, passed away at 7:45 a.m. Thursday, February 17, 2022, at Van Wert Manor Nursing Home. She was born on October 21, 1937, in Celina, the daughter of Kenneth Wade Clouse and Lou Esther (Felver) Clouse Manken, who both preceded her in death. On April 8, 1956, she married […]
POSTED: 02/18/22 at 9:44 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
A combination of snow melt and a steady rain on Thursday led to standing water around Van Wert County, including this property on State Route 118 between Van Wert and Ohio City. Rain changed to freezing at approximately 5:02 p.m. Thursday before changing to snow during the early evening hours. Scott Truxell/Van Wert independent
POSTED: 02/18/22 at 4:40 am. FILED UNDER: News