SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor ELIDA — Tiffin Calvert entered Wednesday’s Division IV regional semifinal game with previous tournament wins over the top two seeds in the Fostoria district, and the Senecas came in allowing just 29 points per game in tournament play. No. 4 Crestview scored 29 points less than three minutes into the second quarter, […]
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Crestivew is off to the Division IV regional finals at Elida after Wednesday’s 65-41 win over Tiffin Calvert. The Lady Knights will face a familiar foe, Columbus Grove at 1 p.m. Saturday for the regional championship at Elida. Bob Barnes/Van Wert independent
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VW independent sports/submitted information COLUMBUS — The Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association has announced the finalists for the 2024 Ohio Ms. Basketball Award. The winner will be announced next Wednesday, March 13. Voting is currently underway for the 224 registered OPSWA members and will end at noon on Monday, March 11. The voting process for OPSWA […]
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Fawn Burley, 64, of Convoy, passed away Sunday evening, March 3, 2024, at her residence. Fawn was born on December 12, 1959, in Van Wert, to Lester F. Storm and Rachel (Klinger) Wyandt. She married Mark Burley. She was currently the Vice-President of Finance for Community Health Professionals in Van Wert. Fawn attended St. Mark’s […]
POSTED: 03/06/24 at 1:33 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Martha Rose Cox, 80, of Van Wert, passed away Tuesday morning, March 5, 2024, at Vancrest Nursing Home. She was born on March 4, 1944, in Van Wert the daughter of James W. and Mary Eileen (Felger) Amweg, Sr., who both preceded her in death. She married Don Wayne “Tuck” Hurless December 28, 1963, and […]
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Tuesday March 5, 2024 4:39 a.m. – Dispatched Van Wert EMS to a location on Towne Center Boulevard in the City of Van Wert for a subject who fell. 6:47 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of Ohio 49 in Willshire Township on a report of an injured deer. 9:24 a.m. – Dispatched Middle […]
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By Quincy Thompson Get ready to laugh until your sides hurt, because the iconic comedian Jay Leno is making his way to Van Wert’s crown jewel The Niswonger Performing Arts Center on Saturday, March 23rd. Renowned for his quick wit, charming demeanor, and timeless humor, Leno promises an unforgettable night of laughter that Van Wert […]
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Paula Miller/special to the VW independent Back in 1987, President Ronald Reagan made a proclamation claiming March to be National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. At that time, nearly four million Americans had grown up with severe physical or mental impairments that slowed their learning, limited their mobility, inhibited their expression, and rendered them dependent on […]
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VW independent staff The Van Wert City Schools Board of Education has scheduled a special meeting/work session at 4 p.m. today in the S.F. Goedde Conference Room. The purpose of the meeting is planning and discussion of the Eggerss Stadium renovation project and facilities. No board action will be taken during the meeting. During last […]
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Van Wert independent staff OHIO CITY — A Rockford man wanted on several felony charges was arrested at his place of employment on Monday. Van Wert County Sheriff’s deputies served a Mercer County warrant at Skinner Street location at 9 a.m. Monday. The charges included rape and aggravated burglary. He was transported to the Mercer […]
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