VW independent staff/submitted information Van Wert Lodge No. 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks has announced Finley Foster has been awarded a $4,000 Legacy Award Scholarship by the Elks National Foundation to Finley Foster. The Legacy Award Scholarships are awarded by the Elks National Foundation and are only available to children and grandchildren of […]
POSTED: 05/31/23 at 3:43 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information COLUMBUS — The Ohio State Highway Patrol is reporting 22 crashes resulting in 23 deaths on Ohio’s roadways during the 2023 Memorial Day weekend, according to provisional statistics. This is the highest number of traffic fatalities in Ohio since 2020 when 20 individuals were killed. The four-day reporting period began Friday, […]
POSTED: 05/31/23 at 3:42 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information WILLSHIRE — The Willshire Sportsman’s Club has announced its annual Flea Market and Trade Days will be held from dawn to dusk, July 27-29, at 3385 Ohio 81, two miles east of Willshire. Admission and parking will be free and there will be all types of flea market items, crafts, cement […]
POSTED: 05/31/23 at 3:41 am. FILED UNDER: News
Feel Good Fridays… Downtown Van Wert will be electrified this Friday night with the sounds of ’80s and ’90s jukebox hero, Foreigner, coming from the Fountain Park Stage. The HeadGames Foreigner tribute concert, which will begin at 7:30 p.m., is a featured highlight of the Peony Festival Weekend that ushers in thousands of guests from […]
POSTED: 05/31/23 at 3:41 am. FILED UNDER: Arts & Entertainment
VW independent sports Thursday’s Division III regional semifinal baseball game between No. 13 Wayne Trace (22-5) and No. 6 Edison (22-4) will be broadcast live on 99.7 WKSD. The game will be played Garrold Parratt Field at Patrick Henry High School. Pregame coverage is scheduled to begin at 1:45 p.m., followed by first pitch at […]
POSTED: 05/31/23 at 3:40 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Diana Louise Thatcher, 69, of Van Wert, passed away peacefully Monday, May 29, 2023, at Parkview Inpatient Hospice in Fort Wayne, Indiana, after a courageous battle with lung cancer. She was born July 21, 1953, in Marietta to Bernard V. McCarthy and the lNorma Pearl Lowe, who both preceded her in death. Diana married the […]
POSTED: 05/30/23 at 1:30 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Robert Lee Gunderman, 89, of Paulding, passed away at 6:16 p.m. Friday, May 26, 2023, at Vancrest of Payne. He was born on March 14, 1934, in Van Wert County, the son of Harry Burton and Nellie Rieta (Davis) Gunderman, who both preceded him in death. The family moved to Scott in Paulding County in […]
POSTED: 05/30/23 at 12:34 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
VW independent staff The Gospel Heralds from Appalachian Bible College will sing at 7 p.m. Monday, June 5, at the First Baptist Church, 13887 Jennings Road, Van Wert.
POSTED: 05/30/23 at 12:21 pm. FILED UNDER: Church
Monday May 29, 2023 12:32 a.m. – Dispatched Convoy EMS to a residence on Sycamore Street in the Village of Convoy for a subject who fell. 2:44 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of Richey Road in Pleasant Township to assist the Ohio State Highway Patrol. 7:44 a.m. – Deputies responded to a residence […]
POSTED: 05/30/23 at 12:09 pm. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
Sunday May 28, 2023 1:04 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of U.S. 30 in Tully Township for a report of a wrong way driver. 3:27 a.m. – Deputies responded to a location in the City of Van Wert to assist a motorist locked out of their vehicle. 5:35 a.m. – Deputies responded to […]
POSTED: 05/30/23 at 12:02 pm. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement