The Cougars finished 5-5 (4-5 WBL), but did not qualify for the playoffs in Division IV Region 14. The top 12 teams per ...

4:50 p.m. – Dispatched Wren EMS and Van Wert EMS to a residence on Clayton Road in Willshire Township for a subject who fell down a flight of stairs and was unresponsive. Lutheran Air responded to the ...

Trinity Friends Church, in partnership with the Ohio Christian Education Network (OCEN) and Center for Christian Virtue (CCV), opened Kingdom Connection Academy (KCA) on Tuesday, welcoming students in ...

COLUMBUS – The Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission has unanimously approved recommendations put forth by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Future of Police Training, ...

TOLEDO — A priest who served at several northwest Ohio churches, including St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Van Wert, has been sentenced to life in prison for sex trafficking. Michael ...

A sense of normality returned somewhat to local high school graduations, as Van Wert and Lincolnview high schools held their first in-person graduation ceremonies since 2019. Last year’s graduations ...

Van Wert High School band director Bob Sloan has been placed on paid administrative leave, but no other information is available. A brief statement emailed Thursday afternoon by Superintendent Mark ...

Local radio stations 99.7FM WKSD and WERT 1220AM/104.3FM have released tentative broadcast schedules for the 2022 high school football season. WKSD will cover several area teams including Paulding, ...

Here are this year’s high school football broadcast schedules for radio stations 99.7FM WKSD and WERT 1220AM/104.3FM. WKSD will once again offer a variety of the top games from Paulding and Van Wert ...

Grant funding is coming to Van Wert County through the Ohio Brownfield Remediation Program and the Building Demolition and Site Revitalization Program. Both grant programs were developed to create ...

1:47 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of East Main Street in the City of Van Wert to assist the Van Wert Police Department. 2:33 a.m. – Deputies served a warrant issued by Van Wert County Common ...

COLUMBUS — State Representatives Roy Klopfenstein (R-Haviland) and Brian Lorenz (R-Powell) introduced legislation this week to modernize Ohio’s driver education requirements, using technology to make ...