CONVOY — There was a showdown of sorts at Thursday night’s meeting of the Crestview Local Schools Board of Education, but it was a friendly showdown. The middle school and high school Scholastic Bowl ...

ROCKFORD — A Willshire man injured in a tractor accident Tuesday afternoon has succumbed to his injuries. Larry Caffee, 83, was operating the tractor with a front end loader and a utility trailer in ...

Dutch John Road, between Elm Sugar Road and Dixon Cavett, along with Feasby Wisner Road, between John Brown Road and U.S. 127 were closed early this morning due to several downed power poles and lines ...

This two-vehicle accident occurred shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of Lincoln Highway and Middle Point Wetzel Road, near Van Del Drive-In Theater. The Middle Point Fire Department, ...

History will be made today and tomorrow at the University of Dayton, when the 50 th annual OHSAA girls basketball state championship games tip off at UD Arena. The same can be said for the boys ...

Crestview Elementary recently named its Students of the Month sponsored by Van Wert Cinemas. Students making the Knight Leader Board each month will be put into a drawing for a free 30-day pass to the ...

VENEDOCIA — The Venedocia Lions Club awards one-time scholarships in the amount of $500 to graduating high school or home-schooled seniors residing in York and Jennings Townships in Van Wert County, ...

A out-of-state man serving jail time locally for his role in a fatal crash that claimed two Van Wert County men last fall is facing a new set of unrelated felony charges. Timothy Kiester, 61 of ...

COLUMBUS — With St. Patrick’s Day and the beginning of the NCAA basketball tournament slated to take place on back-to-back days, the Division of Liquor Control reminds Ohio permit holders to be ...

The Van Wert Police Department and Van Wert Fire Department were dispatched to Central Insurance shortly after 6 a.m. Saturday morning after nearby residents heard a loud popping sound. After ...

One juvenile was detained in connection with thefts from vehicles and Van Wert Police Chief Doug Weigle said he believes others were involved. Weigle said the police department has received reports of ...

COLUMBUS — Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Health (ODH) Director Bruce Vanderhoff have detailed plans for a new pilot program aiming to improve the dental health of school-age children in ...