A long awaited public hearing on a petition to re-zone Mega Site property I-2 General Industrial upon annexation into the City of Van Wert will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 4, in the First Federal ...

NEW ALBANY — Local media representatives traveled to central Ohio on Wednesday to get a firsthand look at data centers. Representatives from the VW independent, the Times Bulletin and WERT ...

An Ohio City man facing a number of sex charges has changed his plea and now awaits sentencing. During a hearing held in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday, Seth Marbaugh, 34, changed his ...

The Van Wert Optimist Club is pleased to announce the winners of the 2026 Service Award Scholarship. Recipients include two Crestview seniors, Ellieana Ward and Lulu Ross. Ward plans to attend Rhodes ...

The 2025-2026 high school basketball season is in the rear view mirror but the Lincolnview boys basketball program and the school board spent some time reminiscing about the season Wednesday night.

This week’s installment of Random Thoughts includes congratulations, teams in first, a quick firing, a college quarterback entering rehab, and a draft that looks good. Congratulations to Lincolnview’s ...

The only mention of a possible data center on Monday’s Van Wert City Council agenda was a reminder about a public hearing scheduled for next Monday. Nonetheless, discussion of a proposed data center ...

Van Wert Elks Lodge 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks has announced the winners of the 2025-2026 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Americanism Essay Contest. This fraternal year, the ...

The number of calls handled by the Van Wert Fire Department in 2025 decreased by nearly 10 percent compared to the previous year. According to the fire department’s annual report, compiled by Chief ...

Community members are invited to attend a free skin lesion screening clinic from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, at OhioHealth Van Wert Hospital. The clinic is open to the public and offered on a walk-in ...

The year 2051 – that’s when a time capsule buried at Vantage Career Center on Friday will be opened. Students and staff gathered Friday to bury the capsule filled with an item from each of Vantage’s ...

TROY — The Crestview girls placed 12 out of 16 teams and the Knights boys finished 10 out of 15 teams at Friday’s Troy Relays. Troy won the team title on the girls’ side with Springfield finishing as ...