The first annual Lincoln Highway Classic baseball game will be played under the lights at Smiley Park in Van Wert at 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 24. The game, sponsored by Lee Kinstle GM Sales and Service ...

The Friday Flashback has returned for the summer season and will continue until the start of the 2026 fall sports season.

Vantage Career Center is able to boast not one, but two national champions at the recent SkillsUSA competition in Atlanta, Georgia. In addition to that, a group of Vantage students had a chance to ...

An Ohio City man convicted of sexual battery learned his fate during a hearing held in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court this week. Seth Marbaugh, 34, was sentenced by Judge Martin D. Burchfield to ...

More than 70 Ohio school districts, including one in Paulding County, and 15 Christian schools have staff members who are authorized to carry weapons on school grounds, according to the Ohio School ...

The YMCA and the Department of Health collaborated to provide free swim lessons and water safety training to residents in Van Wert County. Lessons began on Tuesday, June 2, and will end on Thursday.

PAULDING — The 2026 Paulding County Fair saw a new organization with the arrival of the Libertarian Party of Ohio. Christopher Elder, Libertarian candidate for Ohio House District 82, spoke with ...

Two Van Wert EMS units were dispatched to a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of S. Shannon St. and W. Crawford St. at approximately 5:15 p.m. Thursday. A Chevy van was northbound on Shannon St ...

COLUMBUS — Ohio’s new capital budget bill, for fiscal years 2027 and 2028, was signed by Governor Mike DeWine on Monday. It includes funds for five projects in Van Wert County (listed below). “The ...

A seat is coming open on the Van Wert City Schools Board of Education. At Wednesday’s monthly meeting, the school board accepted the resignation of board member Thaison Leaser, effective June 30.

2:30 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of Knittle Road in Ridge Township for a report of an injured deer. 4:04 a.m. – Dispatched Convoy EMS to a residence on Franklin Street in the Village of ...

A $2,500 Summer Reading Grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation is providing a boost to the YWCA of Van Wert County. The funding will be used to purchase books for children participating in ...