Lincolnview freshman Ila Hughes was named NWC softball Player of the Year in voting done by conference coaches. She’s hitting .552 this season with 10 home runs and 36 RBIs, and has a 13-2 record on ...

Students at Lincolnview earned academic honors from the College Board Rural & Small Town National Recognition Program. The programs celebrate the hard work of thousands of high school students ...

COLUMBUS — Last week, Governor Mike DeWine joined members of the Ohio Juvenile Justice Working Group to announce the recommendations for significant changes to Ohio’s state and local juvenile justice ...

If the deal goes through, a data center will be built on 220 acres of land known as the Mega Site in Van Wert. Van Wert Area Economic Development Corporation Executive Director Brent Stevens confirmed ...

MONTREY TOWNSHIP — The Lima Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a late Monday morning crash in Putnam County that left one person dead and another with serious injuries. It occurred ...

SWANTON — On Sunday, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) recognized students from Ohio’s Fifth Congressional District on their acceptance to one of the U.S. Military Service Academies at 180th Fighter Wing, ...

A man awaiting trial on charges tied to the shooting death of a Van Wert woman in September of 2023 now says he has an alibi. According to paperwork filed with the Van Wert County Clerk of Courts ...

Van Wert City Council will hold a pair of meetings on Monday, with the first one focused on salaries. A “Council of the Whole” meeting is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. to discuss council member, ...

This week’s installment of Random Thoughts centers around Mother Nature, soccer, Flacco Fever, plus an NIL contract dispute. Please bring in warmer and dryer weather for spring sports. It doesn’t have ...

Several weeks after indicating it would close between 35-40 stores nationwide, Big Lots has announced that nearly 300 stores will close as the discount retailer deals with financial troubles. The ...

PAULDING — A Paulding County man accused of killing a woman and her husband in December of 2022, then stealing their car and fleeing the area has changed his plea and will spend the rest of his life ...

ALLEN COUNTY (IN) — The Allen County, Indiana Coroner’s Office has identified the man involved in a fatal crash on U.S. 30 near the Indiana-Ohio border on Friday. Brent Allen Perl, 44, of Convoy died ...