After months of rumors, the news became official Thursday afternoon. Downtown Van Wert is set to welcome a new dining destination with the arrival of Saisaki, an Asian fusion restaurant, opening this ...

COLUMBUS — The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the new divisional breakdowns and playoff regions for 2025 football season, and there are remarkably few changes involving teams from ...

A Van Wert woman charged in connection with the overdose death of a relative appeared in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court Wednesday morning. April Diltz, 46, of Van Wert, entered a guilty plea to an ...

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 ...

It was a decision that wasn’t entirely unexpected. Some are applauding it, others are indifferent at best. On Tuesday, Major League League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announced he was lifting ...

PAULDING — The Crestview boys took first place and the Lady Knights finished fourth in a quad meet with host Paulding, Delphos St. John’s and Wayne Trace on Tuesday. The Knights finished with 98 team ...

CONVOY — Crestview High School recently held its senior convocation to recognize its seniors for their academic and athletic accomplishments with awards from the teaching staff, along with ...

This week’s installment of Random Thoughts centers around a pair of OHSAA announcements, big shoes to fill, and a question. OHSAA announcement I Last week, the Ohio High School Athletic Association ...

Voters throughout the Vantage Career Center district, which includes all or parts of Van Wert, Paulding, Putnam, Allen and Mercer counties, will decide on an existing permanent improvement levy this ...

Van Wert Elks Lodge 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks has announced the winners of the 2024-2025 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Americanism Essay Contest. This fraternal year, the ...

Ruth Virginia (Easley) Wallick, 101, a longtime resident of Grover Hill, left this earth to be with her Heavenly Father on Monday, May 12, 2025. Ruth was born April 26, 1924, in Defiance County to ...

Known to everyone as the life of the party, an incredible gift giver, a man of witty one-liners and a leader to others because of his presence, his faithful life was a treasure to all who knew him.