2:34 p.m. – Deputies served two warrants issued by Van Wert County Common Pleas Court for theft, a fifth degree felony. Michael Daniel Moore, 41, of Lima, and Michael Craig Melvin II, 35, of Mansfield ...

Van Wert will lose its Big Lots store, as the discount retailer prepares to close all 900 remaining stores after a potential sale to a private equity firm fell through. The Columbus, Ohio-based chain ...

OHIO CITY – Van Wert County Sheriff Thomas M. Riggenbach has announced that deputies are investigating the deaths of two people found in Ohio City on Sunday, along with the death of a third person ...

COLUMBUS — A pair of area projects have been grant assistance from the Ohio Rail Development Commission. The grants were announced last week. The projects will help create and retain jobs, generate ...

Local radio stations 99.7FM WKSD and WERT 1220AM/104.3FM have released tentative broadcast schedules for the 2022 high school football season. WKSD will cover several area teams including Paulding, ...

A sense of normality returned somewhat to local high school graduations, as Van Wert and Lincolnview high schools held their first in-person graduation ceremonies since 2019. Last year’s graduations ...

COLUMBUS – The Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission has unanimously approved recommendations put forth by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Future of Police Training, ...

HAVILAND — It’ll be up to the Wayne Trace Local Schools Board of Education to find two new varsity basketball coaches for the 2025-2026 season. This week, boys head coach Jim Linder and girls head ...

Van Wert High School band director Bob Sloan has been placed on paid administrative leave, but no other information is available. A brief statement emailed Thursday afternoon by Superintendent Mark ...

COLUMBUS — Nearly 10 percent of Ohio school districts need support to meet state standards, according to the new state report cards the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce released last Monday.

The Convoy Fire Department responded to a barn fire on State Line Rd. at approximately 5:30 p.m. Saturday. An immediate request for mutual aid went out to area departments, with manpower and equipment ...

The Van Wert County Sheriff’s Office is in mourning after the death of Chief Deputy Adam Clark. His death was announced in a Facebook post made by Sheriff Tom Riggenbach early Saturday afternoon.