VW independent sports Wrestling Crestview wins Parkway Holiday Invitational ROCKFORD — Crestview had five individual champions and a second place finisher and won the Parkway Holiday Invitational on Saturday. Dylan Cress won the 103 pound weight class by pinning Celina’s Ava Kelley in 91 seconds in the finals. Grant Grubb took the 115 pound title […]
POSTED: 12/28/25 at 9:47 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert’s Griffin McCracken (above) leads the break during Saturday’s boys varsity basketball game against Ottoville. Keaten Welch (5) tries to dribble by a defender and Zach Crummey (23) and Ottoville’s Grady Leach (24) get tangled up while jockeying for the basketball. Van Wert won the game 63-32. Bob Barnes/VW independent
POSTED: 12/28/25 at 9:46 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent sports Here are this week’s high school basketball broadcast schedules for 99.7FM WKSD and WERT 1220AM/104.3FM. All games will air live. Pregame coverage will begin at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. WKSD Friday, January 2 – Paulding at Crestview (boys) Saturday, January 3 – Crestview at Antwerp (boys) WERT Saturday, January 3 – […]
POSTED: 12/28/25 at 9:45 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent staff Get ready for windy conditions. The National Weather Service Northern Indiana has issued a Wind Advisory for most of northwest Ohio, including Van Wert County and surrounding counties and all of northeast Indiana from 8 p.m. tonight (Sunday) until 7 p.m. Monday. Winds will come from the west at 20-30 miles per […]
POSTED: 12/28/25 at 11:21 am. FILED UNDER: News
Friday, December 26, 2025 12:23 a.m. – Dispatched Wren EMS to a residence on Ohio 49 in the Village of Wren for a subject with back pain. 12:33 a.m. – Deputies responded to a residential alarm on Peter Collins Road in Pleasant Township. 9:27 a.m. – Dispatched Convoy EMS to a residence on North Main […]
POSTED: 12/28/25 at 11:14 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
Patricia “Pat” Jeanne (Muncey) Weaver, age 71, of Van Wert, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 25, 2025 , after a short battle with cancer. She was born on November 27, 1954, in Euclid, to Thomas James and Joanne Margaret (Funk) Muncey, and grew up in Wickliffe. Pat was blinded at birth by retinopathy of […]
POSTED: 12/28/25 at 10:55 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
VW independent sports Here are scores from boys high school basketball games played on Saturday, December 27. MAC Marion Local 58 St. Henry 51 Non-conference Allen East 61 Dayton Stivers 52 Ayersville 61 Napoleon 47 Bluffton 57 Wayne Trace 43 Columbus Grove 51 Patrick Henry 48 Delphos St. John’s 80 Pettisville 54 Evergreen 51 Tinora […]
POSTED: 12/28/25 at 9:07 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Editor’s note: As the end of 2025 draws near, the Van Wert independent is publishing a recap of what it judges to be the Top 10 stories of the year. Articles featuring two stories each will be published daily, with the top two stories published on Wednesday, December 31. Today’s article features the No. 8 and […]
POSTED: 12/26/25 at 11:08 pm. FILED UNDER: News
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor PAULDING — New trial dates have been established for a Grover Hill man facing murder and other charges. Corbin Delgado, 21, is now scheduled to stand trial April 14-17 in Paulding County Common Pleas Court on one count of murder, an unclassified felony; felonious assault, a second degree felony, and assault, a […]
POSTED: 12/26/25 at 11:06 pm. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information COLUMBUS — The holidays may be winding down, but the risk of fire involving live Christmas trees is getting greater by the day. The State Fire Marshal’s Office is reminding Ohioans to keep fire safety in mind by removing dried-out trees from their homes before they become a potentially dangerous fire hazard. […]
POSTED: 12/26/25 at 11:05 pm. FILED UNDER: News