Submitted information BEREA — The Ohio Turnpike’s passenger car and commercial truck customers traveled a record 3,131,669,772 miles, up 2.2 percent in 2023 compared to 3,063,794,240 miles in 2022. Separately, passenger car customers traveled 1,936,873,837 miles, up 5.2 percent in 2023 compared to 1,841,860,120 miles in 2022, and commercial truck customers traveled 1,194,795,935 miles, down […]
POSTED: 01/27/24 at 12:56 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information If you don’t wash winter off your car, costly repair bills could clean out your wallet instead. AAA is reminding motorists to get their cars washed after every significant storm – especially the undercarriage – in order to reduce the potential for rust damage and the corrosion of brake and fuel […]
POSTED: 01/27/24 at 12:55 am. FILED UNDER: News
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor CONVOY — Balanced scoring, a third quarter run and tough defense were big keys to Crestview’s 52-37 win over Delphos Jefferson at Ray Etzler Gymnasium on Friday. It was the third straight win by the Knights (11-5, 3-2 NWC), while Delphos Jefferson dropped to 3-10 (1-3 NWC). Wren Sheets and Tommy Heffner […]
POSTED: 01/27/24 at 12:54 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Crestview and Delphos Jefferson met up in a defensive minded game on Friday night. Crestview used a big third quarter run to pull away for a 52-37 victory. Bob Barnes/Van Wert independent
POSTED: 01/27/24 at 12:52 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent staff Ottawa-Glandorf 73 Van Wert 44 OTTAWA — Van Wert hung tough in the first half but No. 2 Ottawa-Glandorf pulled away for a 73-44 Western Buckeye League victory on Friday. The Titans led 18-13 after the first quarter. A Kaden Shaffer triple in the second quarter trimmed the Ottawa-Glandorf lead to just […]
POSTED: 01/27/24 at 12:52 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Phyllis L. Lininger, 93, of Van Wert, peacefully passed away on Thursday, January 25, 2024, at CHP Inpatient Hospice in Defiance. She was born on August 15, 1930, in Van Wert, to John C. and Mary (Tribolet) Tomlinson. Phyllis was a proud graduate of Ridge High School in the Class of 1948. On April 17, […]
POSTED: 01/26/24 at 11:35 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
VW independent sports Here are final scores of area boys high school basketball games played on Friday, January 26 GMC Edgerton 49 Fairview 44Paulding 46 Hicksville 32Tinora 55 Ayersville 54Wayne Trace 53 Antwerp 49 MAC Coldwater 58 Parkway 42Delphos St. John’s 49 Versailles 47Marion Local 63 Fort Recovery 47Minster 74 New Knoxville 45St. Henry 67 […]
POSTED: 01/26/24 at 10:11 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Thursday January 25, 2024 12:04 a.m. – Deputies responded to a report of a motor vehicle crash involving a deer on U.S. 224 in Harrison Township, no injuries were reported. 9:04 a.m. – Deputies responded to a location on Washington Street in the City of Van Wert to assist a motorist locked out of their […]
POSTED: 01/26/24 at 2:56 pm. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
VW independent staff/submitted information Ashley Shepherd, gifted coordinator for Western Buckeye Educational Service Center has announced that the 2024 Van Wert County Spelling Bee will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, February 4, at the Marsh Foundation in Van Wert. The event is free and open to the public. Contestants are reminded to report to […]
POSTED: 01/26/24 at 4:48 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information Lincolnview Local Schools will again permit students from adjacent school districts to apply and enroll in the district’s schools through open enrollment for the 2024-2025 school year. Applications are being accepted through May 31 on a first-come, first-serve basis according to the time and date the application was received in the […]
POSTED: 01/26/24 at 4:48 am. FILED UNDER: News