COLUMBUS – Week No. 5 of the 2025 high school football season is in the books. Football players from all over Ohio put up some amazing performances in the fifth week of the season. Here, the Ohio Prep ...
Off Stage Productions Inc. has announced the cast and crew for “The Miss Magnolia Senior Citizen Beauty Pageant” by Leslie Kimbell. Director Mary Blanche Hengstler has put together a cast of nine ...
This is National Roundabouts Week when transportation officials across the country tout the safety improvement that follows where they’re implemented. Roundabouts are a proven safety tool for ...
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.
Earlier this week, Ohio released its 2025 school report cards and the results show school districts in Van Wert County met or exceeded state standards during the 2024-2025 school year. Districts are ...
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Ronald D. “Ron” Etzler, 85, passed away on Monday, September 30, 2025, at Country Inn Enhanced Living Center in Paulding. Ron was born on September 15, 1940, in Convoy to Willard and Doris (Schmidt) ...
Of the 19 area games on this week’s Pigskin Pick’Em slate, at least 10 can be considered games that should be fairly close. That number could go as high as 12 or 13, meaning this week’s schedule ...
Well in advance of the holidays, preparations are underway for an immensely popular holiday event in downtown Van Wert. The ...
The money raised at the golf outing will go towards scholarships specifically for Paulding and Van Wert learners. NSCC has ...
COLUMBUS — “Operation Next Door” – a statewide human trafficking operation conducted last week by more than 100 law enforcement agencies resulted in the arrest of 135 people seeking to buy sex – ...