Van Wert City Council will have three new members in 2026. Two of the newcomers will fill at-large seats – Dewaine Johnson, who collected the second highest vote total (924) and Hall Block, who ...

Middle Point Fire Rescue and EMS units were called to the scene of a single vehicle accident at Convoy Rd. and Slane Rd at around 4:25 p.m. Monday. A Chevrolet Sierra pickup truck was eastbound on ...

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, ...

1:25 a.m. – Deputies, along with Scott EMS, responded to an area of Sherman Street in the Village of Scott for a report of a motor vehicle crash. The accident was investigated by the Ohio State ...

Trinity Friends Church, in partnership with the Ohio Christian Education Network (OCEN) and Center for Christian Virtue (CCV), opened Kingdom Connection Academy (KCA) on Tuesday, welcoming students in ...

PAULDING — When today’s residents look back on Paulding County’s 200 years of history and think about what it took to clear and drain the Great Black Swamp, few may realize the struggle to drain the ...

DELPHOS — The Lima Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a Monday night crash that claimed a Delphos resident. According to a report from the Lima Post, the accident occurred just ...

Northwest State Community College has announced plans to offer an innovative “first class free” scholarship for Van Wert and Paulding County and surrounding area students to its Van Wert campus. The ...

The Isaac Van Wart Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution met for Christmas 2025 fellowship and food recently. Special guests were: DAR State Regent Christina Eberst-Nehring and NW ...

12:14 a.m. – Dispatched Van Wert EMS to a residence on South Shannon Street in the City of Van Wert for a subject with chest pain. 1:22 a.m. – Dispatched Convoy Fire to a residence on North Main ...

46 years ago today is when all of Ohio was in the second day of the worst winter storm in the state’s history. It’s now known as the infamous “Blizzard of 1978” and it literally paralyzed the entire ...

During Van Wert City Council’s first meeting of October, members heard a request for funds by officials with the Business Development Corporation of Van Wert . Capital Campaign Manager John White ...