Early in-person voting is now underway for the May 6 special/primary election. Those going to vote will notice the local ballot is extremely light. There are no local partisan races this year and in ...

Vantage Career Center’s permanent improvement levy will be on the November, 2025 general election ballot, but there will be a change from previous levies. During Thursday night’s Vantage school board ...

The Van Wert Service Club announces its 56th annual Pancake Day, taking place from 6:30-11 a.m. Saturday, May 3, in the Van Wert High School Commons Area. This cherished community tradition offers ...

COLUMBUS – Spring sports are underway across Ohio and the Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the dates and host venues for the state tournaments. The College of Wooster will host the ...

It’s been a week since two late night tornadoes touched down in Van Wert County, both of which were unwarned twisters. According to the National Weather Service Northern Indiana, the first tornado ...

This week’s installment of Random Thoughts centers around the Cincinnati Reds, the Cleveland Guardiana, a big contract extension, ballpark foods, UConn, primetime vs. afternoon, Travis Hunter and Ohio ...

COLUMBUS — Ohio’s Division of Unclaimed Funds has unveiled a new system designed to make it easier and potentially faster for Ohioans to search for and recover their portion of approximately $4.8 ...

Joaquin Marcos Estrada, 50, of Van Wert, passed away Sunday morning April 20, 2025, at the Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. He was born on March 14, 1975, in Bowling Green, to Mary (Vallejo) ...

Here is the list of Crestview High School honor roll students for the third nine weeks of the 2024-2025 school year.

He was born November 19, 1959, in Van Wert, to Richard Frederick Goodwin and Carol Mary Louise (Unterbrink) Gribler, who both preceded him in death. Survivors include his two sons, Evan J. Goodwin of ...

Members of the Isaac Van Wart Chapter DAR met last week at American Legion Post 178 in Van Wert for a regular meeting and pizza. The women heard an informational talk by Van Wert County Sheriff K-9 ...