Nativity scene…

St. Paul’s Church is making plans for the Christmas season. The church has purchased life-size Nativity figures and has built a permanent stable to display them this year. As the kickoff event of their 175th anniversary celebration, St. Paul’s invites the community to come by and see the “big” Nativity outside and then come inside […]

Woman sentenced in 2023 car-bike crash

SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor PAULDING — The case of a Paulding woman who struck and killed a young bicyclist on Labor Day, 2023 has finally reached its conclusion. Cynthia Switzer, 47, appeared in Paulding County Municipal Court on Thursday and was sentenced to 60 days in jail with credit for one day served on a charge […]

Annual service to be held Nov. 24

Submitted information The annual Van Wert community Thanksgiving service will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday, November 24, at Trinity Global Methodist Church, 220 S. Walnut St., Van Wert, across from Taylor Auto. It will be preceded with a time of praise and worship with the Trinity Global Praise Band at 5:45 p.m. The service […]

Local school boards meeting next week

VW independent staff Crestview, Lincolnview and Van Wert school boards will meet next week. The Crestview Local School Board of Education’s regular monthly meeting will begin with an executive session at 5:30 p.m. Monday, November 18, in the multipurpose room. The regular meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m., also in the multipurpose room. Use Door […]

Christmas trees headed to overseas troops

VW independent staff/submitted information REYNOLDSBURG — The Ohio Department of Agriculture and Ohio Christmas Tree Association are sending holiday cheer to American troops stationed overseas through Operation Evergreen. 100 Ohio-grown Christmas trees and homemade decorations will be shipped to military men and women serving overseas in Jordan. “Operation Evergreen offers us an opportunity to express […]

Union Township Trustees change meeting

Submitted information The regularly scheduled meeting of the Union Township Trustees on Thursday, November 28, will now be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, November 21, at the Union Township Building.

Football Friday Scoreboard: Week No. 13

VW independent sports Here are final scores of November 15 regional semifinal football games involving area teams. The Northwest Conference went 2-0, the Western Buckeye League went 0-2 and the Midwest Athletic Conference went 5-0. Division III Region 12 Bellbrook 24 Wapakoneta 21 London 30 St. Marys Memorial 7 Division VI Region 22 Bluffton 61 […]

Nancy Ann Gallet

Nancy Ann Gallet of Convoy passed away at 12:44 p.m. Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at Fort Wayne Lutheran Hospital. She was born in Van Wert June 18, 1949, a daughter of Lester and Clara Lucille (Eutsler) Glander both of whom are deceased. She is survived by two sons, James (Danie) Detter of Ashley, Ohio and […]

Maynard W. Kerns

Maynard W. Kerns, 88, of Pendleton, Indiana, passed away Thursday afternoon, November 14, 2024, at his daughter Teryl’s home/his former Back 40 Homestead, surrounded by his family.  He was born on May 26, 1936, in Van Wert, the son of Walter Joseph Kerns and Marie Belle (Opelt) Kerns, who both preceded him in death. On […]

Child hit, now listed in stable condition

VW independent staff A nine-year-old child is in stable condition after being struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Washington St. and Crawford St. in Van Wert this morning. The Van Wert Police Department received a 911 call at 7:26 a.m. According to Chief Doug Weigle, the child was transported to OhioHealth Van Wert […]