Lincolnview Local Schools recently recognized National School Bus Safety Week and the importance of all car drivers to take the time each and every day to the follow the rules of driving and recognizing the need to slow down and stop around all school buses. The National Theme this year is “1 Bus + 1 […]
POSTED: 10/27/22 at 3:43 am. FILED UNDER: News
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor Another regular season is in the books and just like that, it’s playoff time around Ohio. Whether you like the 16-team per region format or not, here we are. Yes, upsets can and will happen but I feel like those will be few and far between, at least in the opening round. […]
POSTED: 10/27/22 at 3:42 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Tracey J. Walters, 54, of Convoy, passed away Wednesday morning, October 26, 2022, at his home. He was born on August 8, 1968, in Lima, the son of Jerry Wayne Walters of West Liberty and Bonnie Lou (Phillips) Walters, who preceded him in death. He married Rhonda Jean Walters of Convoy June 29, 1991, and […]
POSTED: 10/26/22 at 8:05 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor A total of 11 hearings were held before Van Wert County Common Pleas Court Judge Martin Burchfield Tuesday and Wednesday, with six of them being sentencing hearings on various felony and misdemeanor charges. Ernest Vasconcellos, II, 53, of Van Wert, was sentenced to three years of community control, two years of intensive […]
POSTED: 10/26/22 at 1:32 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information COLUMBUS — Tickets for the Ohio High School Athletic Association football state championship games December 1, 2 and 3 in Canton are now on sale, and the OHSAA has also announced the schedule for finals weekend. All seven state championship games will be played at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, located beside the Pro […]
POSTED: 10/26/22 at 8:20 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Tuesday October 25, 2022 6:32 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of Lincoln Highway in Pleasant Township to investigate a report of a loud explosion. 8:13 a.m. – Dog Warden responded to an area in the city of Van Wert on the report of loose dogs. 8:16 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of U.S. 30 […]
POSTED: 10/26/22 at 8:15 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
Joe B. Quevedo, 58, of Van Wert passed away at 11:55 a.m. Monday, October 24, 2022, at St. Rita’s Mercy Health Center in Lima. He was born October 9, 1964 in Westminster, California. Survivors include his mother, Lupe Escombebo, of Van Wert; three sons: Joe, Richard and Eric Quevedo; a grandson, Cooper Eric Quevedo, and […]
POSTED: 10/26/22 at 8:09 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor History will be made at 4:45 Sunday afternoon at Piqua’s Alexander Stadium. That’s when the Van Wert Cougar Pride Marching Band will compete in the Ohio Music Educators Association state finals for the first time ever. The band qualified for state at the Versailles Marching Band Invitational, held October 8. Since then, […]
POSTED: 10/26/22 at 3:52 am. FILED UNDER: News
Turnout was great for the first ever Coffee with a Cop event, held Tuesday morning at 133 Bistro in downtown Van Wert. Van Wert County Sheriff Tom Riggenbach along with deputies, and Van Wert Police Chief Doug Weigle and some of his officers were on hand to chat with local residents, to hear concerns and […]
POSTED: 10/26/22 at 3:51 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff GROVER HILL — A Rockford man suffered serious burns in a two vehicle crash at Paulding County Road 72 and Ohio 637 near Grover Hill shortly before 3 p.m. Tuesday. Thomas L. Snell was flown by Mercy Life Flight to St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo, after his 2013 Freightliner hauling scrap […]
POSTED: 10/26/22 at 3:51 am. FILED UNDER: News