Rita K. Cummings, 81, of LaGrange, Indiana, died Sunday, May 21, 2023, at Life Care Center of LaGrange. Mrs. Cummings was born April 14, 1942, in Van Wert to Byron V. and Frances (Bauer) DeLong. Living for many years in the LaGrange area, she had been a respiratory therapist for LaGrange Hospital. Mrs. Cummings was […]
POSTED: 05/25/23 at 2:59 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Wednesday May 24, 2023 1:13 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of U.S. 30 in Tully Township for a report of pallets in the roadway. 5:27 a.m. – Deputies responded to a residence on Wayne Street in the City of Van Wert to standby during a child exchange. 7:30 a.m. – Deputies responded to the area of […]
POSTED: 05/25/23 at 8:17 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
VW independent sports Softball Hopewell-Loudon 9 Lincolnview 1 GIBSONBURG — Lincolnview’s season came to an end in the Division IV regional semifinals with a 9-1 loss to No. 3 Hopewell-Loudon on Wednesday. Chieftain pitcher Isabelle Beidelchies had a perfect game through five innings and finished with 13 strikeouts, while allowing just two hits, including a […]
POSTED: 05/25/23 at 3:57 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent staff LIMA — One of two inmates who escaped from the Allen-Oakwood Correctional Institution in Lima remains at-large. Bradley Gillispie, 50, was serving a sentence of 30 years to life for committing two murders in Paulding County in 2016. Gillispie, along with James Lee, 47, fled from the prison on Monday. Their disappearance […]
POSTED: 05/25/23 at 3:43 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information The Van Wert County Treasurer’s Office has completed and sent out bills for the second half collection of 2022 real estate taxes. The due date is Wednesday, July 12. The Treasurer’s Office is open Mondays from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. […]
POSTED: 05/25/23 at 3:42 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information COLUMBUS — Ohio’s annual observational seat belt survey shows that seat belt usage has dropped in Ohio to its lowest level in nearly two decades. According to the study conducted by the Department of Public Safety’s Ohio Traffic Safety Office the statewide seat belt compliance rate dropped from 84.1 percent in […]
POSTED: 05/25/23 at 3:42 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information PAULDING — Members of Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative recently donated $13,152 to 16 local charities and community projects through the cooperative’s Operation Round Up program. This list includes three recipents from Van Wert County and two others just outside of it. About 80 percent of PPEC members round up their electric […]
POSTED: 05/25/23 at 3:41 am. FILED UNDER: News
Crestview Elementary recently named its Students of the Month, sponsored by Van Wert Cinemas. Students making the Knight Leader Board each receive a free 30-day pass to the movie theater for their entire family. Van Wert Cinemas April Students of the Month were: Emory Reichert, Oscar Salazar, Azalea Hammons, Truitt Grose, and Jackie Dennie. Photo […]
POSTED: 05/25/23 at 3:38 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff Two people admitted to violating bond during hearings held this past week in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. Torrey Moss, 29, of Lorain, admitted to violating his bond by failure to appear to probation on a charge of aggravated possession of drugs, a third degree felony. Judge Martin Burchfield continued bond […]
POSTED: 05/24/23 at 9:21 am. FILED UNDER: News
Tuesday May 23, 2023 11:19 a.m. – Dispatched Van Wert EMS to a location on Washington Street in the City of Van Wert for a subject having seizures. 11:35 a.m. – Dog Warden responded to a residence on Allingham in the City of Van Wert to remove animals from the property. 11:42 a.m. – Deputies […]
POSTED: 05/24/23 at 9:08 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement