Lincolnview Local Schools honored 66 military veterans during its 12th annual Veterans Day program, which was held before staff, students and others in the high school gymnasium on Friday afternoon.

If you’ve been in downtown Van Wert lately, perhaps you’ve noted the Van Wert National Bank clock is stuck at 5:06. There’s a reason for that – the project is still incomplete. According to Van Wert ...

2022 Lincolnview High School graduate Kendall Bollenbacher (15) reached a collegiate volleyball milestone over the weekend. As a junior outside hitter and team captain for the Spring Arbor University ...

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CONVOY — The Crestview Local Schools Board of Education will hold a special meeting at 5 p.m. today in the board office. According to the agenda, the purpose of the meeting is to discuss personnel and ...

Call it what you will. For 88 years, a particular part of Eggerss Stadium has been referred to as the area under the stadium or the tunnel. All that is changing this year. With a major facelift as ...

No. 9 Crestview and No. 2 St. Henry met in the nightcap of Monday’s Division VI district semifinal match at Van Wert High School. Unfortunately for the Knights. St. Henry’s was too much, as the ...

Here we are already, Week No. 10 of the season, the regular season finale. Where did it go? For whatever reason, this feels like the fastest regular season I can remember, and what a season it’s been.

A previous inquiry about the Van Wert City Schools possibly going from a traditional income tax to an earned income tax was addressed during Wednesday’s monthly school board meeting. Treasurer Troy ...

Van Wert Lodge No. 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks has announced that the Ohio Elks Association is offering scholarships to the 2025 graduating seniors who want to obtain a technical ...

YWCA of Van Wert County President/CEO Kimberly Laudick has announced the local organization has received $72,000 in grant funding to support its efforts in helping fight addiction. “The grant from the ...

A broken tie rod was blamed as the cause of this accident, which occurred shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday in the 900 block of S. Shannon St. Fortunately, no injuries were reported. The Van Wert Fire ...