VW independent staff COLUMBUS — Legal sales of recreational marijuana began on Tuesday and the Ohio Division of Cannabis Control will issue a weekly update regarding sales. The division already issues a weekly medical marijuana sales report, which includes pounds of plant material, product sales, units of manufactured product, total receipts and more. The first […]
POSTED: 08/08/24 at 9:34 pm. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information COLUMBUS — Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Director Matt Damschroder is reminding Ohioans receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to be extra cautious following ongoing warnings by officials with the U.S. Food and Nutrition Service and the FBI indicating that criminals are targeting SNAP benefit recipients in every […]
POSTED: 08/08/24 at 9:33 pm. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information PAULDING — The John Paulding Historical Museum will host the Canal Society of Indiana for its fall tour on Saturday, Aug. 17. The theme is “Towpath & Warpath,” following the Wabash & Erie Canal from Antwerp to Junction. The event is open to the public. Activities get under way with a meeting […]
POSTED: 08/08/24 at 9:32 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Editor’s note: The Friday Flashback feature is back on the Sports page of the VW independent until the end of August. Each Friday, the VW independent will turn back the hands of time by featuring a sports story dating back 10 years or longer. This installment goes back to January of 2013 and a NWC […]
POSTED: 08/08/24 at 9:29 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Lincolnview’s Bosten Bailey was the match medalist at the Edgerton Invitational today. Bailey shot an 83 and the Lancers finished third by three strokes, with a 357. Teammate Chayse Overholt fired an 84, followed by Lucas Grubb (92), Seth Brant (98) and Bennett Kill (101). Pettisville won the team team with a 354 score and […]
POSTED: 08/08/24 at 9:29 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent sports BLUFFTON — Mathew Dealey was the match medalist for the second time in as many outings, but Crestview (179) fell to Bluffton (168) and Columbus Grove (176) at Bluffton Golf Club on Thursday. Dealey shot a 37, while Logan Schlemmer fired a 43. Evan Hart (49) and Keenan Smith (50) rounded out […]
POSTED: 08/08/24 at 9:28 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor The upcoming trial of a Van Wert man charged with murder has been put on hold. Larry Andrus Jr., 48, was scheduled to stand trial August 12-14 in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court on charges of murder, voluntary manslaughter, two counts of involuntary manslaughter and strangulation. However, the trial has been […]
POSTED: 08/08/24 at 12:35 pm. FILED UNDER: News
Wednesday August 7, 2024 2:14 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of U.S. 30 in Washington Township to check a report of a disabled vehicle in the roadway. 6:06 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of Convoy Road in Union Township for a motor vehicle crash involving a deer, no injuries were reported. […]
POSTED: 08/08/24 at 7:46 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
VW independent staff/submitted information With the 2024 Van Wert County Fair quickly approaching, the Junior Fair Coronation Committee has announced this years’s candidates for King, Queen, Species, and Project Prince or Princess. This year’s list includes a record-breaking 22 candidates. All royalty winners will reign over the 168th Van Wert County Fair, which will take […]
POSTED: 08/07/24 at 8:49 pm. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information PAULDING — Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative will host a joint PAC legislative dinner with St. Marys-based Midwest Electric on Monday, August 19. The dinner will feature confirmed speakers U.S. Congressman Jim Jordan, State Representatives Angela King and Roy Klopfenstein, and State Senator Rob McColley. America’s Electric Cooperatives PAC is a bipartisan […]
POSTED: 08/07/24 at 8:48 pm. FILED UNDER: News