Submitted information The Lincolnview Local Schools Board of Education will meet in special session at 6 p.m. Tuesday, January 24, in the Neubrecht Lecture Hall to review candidates for the position of treasurer. The meeting is expected to be held in executive session.
POSTED: 01/19/23 at 4:46 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information COLUMBUS — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has announced the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) will receive $48 million in federal grant dollars over the next three years to support and increase access to quality early childhood care and education. The Preschool Development Grant – Birth to Five comes from the […]
POSTED: 01/19/23 at 4:45 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information The Van Wert Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual awards dinner on Wednesday, February 15, at Willow Bend Country Club. It will be a Las Vegas themed event — “Viva Van Wert” — with music and entertainment provided by Midwest Dueling Pianos, who boast some of the best entertainers in […]
POSTED: 01/19/23 at 4:45 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information COLUMBUS — The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced that January 27-28 will be recognized as Military Appreciation Night across Ohio during athletic contests at OHSAA member schools. Some schools have already observed Military Appreciation Night earlier this season and the OHSAA gives its support throughout the school year for schools to […]
POSTED: 01/19/23 at 4:41 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent sports Van Wert grapplers enjoyed a 57-21 win over Bath at the Cougars Den on Tuesday. Renson Spear (126), Fletcher Smith (175) and Caleb Bledsoe (190) each pinned their respective opponents, while Abram Collins (138) won by decision. Van Wert also wins via void by Wesley Vaughn (106), Matthew Dunno (113), Briggs Wallace […]
POSTED: 01/19/23 at 4:40 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent sports Three Van Wert football players will participate in the Ohio High School Football Coaches Association North/South Game on Saturday, April 29, at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium in Massillon. Quarterback Aidan Pratt and receivers Nate Phillips and Maddix Crutchfield will play in the Division IV-VII South squad. In addition, the team will be […]
POSTED: 01/19/23 at 4:40 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Jill Ann Tarlton, 70, of Tucson, Arizona, passed away on Wednesday January 11, 2023, after a five year battle with leukemia. She was born May 2, 1952, in Van Wert, the daughter of David and Virginia (Foreman) Pollock, who both preceded her in death. She married Clifford Tarlton July 18, 1976, and he survives. Other […]
POSTED: 01/18/23 at 1:07 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
VW independent staff One of two men accused of breaking into a Van Wert home and beating a person there appeared in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday. Johnathon Miller, 19, of Van Wert, changed his plead to guilty to aggravated burglary, a first degree felony; felonious assault, a second degree felony; theft, […]
POSTED: 01/18/23 at 9:47 am. FILED UNDER: News
Tuesday January 17, 2023 2:46 a.m. – Dispatched Van Wert EMS to a residence on State Road in York Township for a subject who fell. 5:39 a.m. – Deputies responded to a location on Mendon Road in Ridge Township for an abandoned 911 call. 8:15 a.m. – Dog Warden responded to an area […]
POSTED: 01/18/23 at 9:30 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
Helen M. Jewett, 92 of Van Wert, passed away peacefully Monday afternoon, January 16, 2023, at Defiance CHP Hospice. She was born in August 3,1930, in Buffalo, New York, to John Wallace Nelson and Isabelle Mae (Bois) Nelson, who both preceded her in death. After high school, at age 18, she joined the US Air […]
POSTED: 01/18/23 at 9:21 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries