COLUMBUS — The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the pairings and host sites for the football state semifinals on Friday, November 28. All games kick off at 7 p.m. The state ...

Ohio lawmakers passed a bill early Thursday morning that would ban intoxicating hemp products and make changes to the state’s marijuana laws. The Ohio House voted 52-34 to pass Ohio Senate Bill 56, ...

Due to weather conditions, the Christmas display at Fountain Park in downtown Van Wert will not be lit on Thanksgiving night.

A mistake that goes back eight years could be beneficial to hundreds of Van Wert city residents but will be costly to the city itself. Monday night, Mayor Ken Markward told members of city council ...

Tell the kids to get those Christmas lists ready – Santa Claus will be at American Legion Post 178 on W. Main St. in Van Wert from 5:30-7 p.m. this Saturday, November 29. He’ll be back from 5:30-7 p.m ...

This week’s installment of Random Thoughts centers around a rough start for WBL boys basketball teams, OSU vs. Michigan, SEC drama, and rematches. After the opening week/weekend of the boys high ...

Weather conditions, including snow and temperatures in the teens and 20s, may pose some challenges this week, but Ohio’s weeklong deer gun hunting season gets underway on Monday and runs until Sunday, ...

Carol Lynn (Vandersommen) Springer, 70, of Van Wert, peacefully passed into the arms of Jesus surrounded by her family, at 12:40 p.m. Saturday, November 28, 2025, at the Defiance Hospice Inpatient ...

An auction is scheduled for this weekend for a blighted property owned by a member of Van Wert City Council. A sign placed on the property at 600 Leeson Ave. indicates the real estate auction will ...

COLUMBUS — Ahead of the Ohio State Buckeyes’ rivalry game against the Michigan Wolverines, Governor Mike DeWine and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer have placed a friendly wager. On Saturday, the ...

The Institute for Civics and Public Policy (ICAPP) at Ohio Northern University recently completed the latest edition of the Northern Poll, a survey of Ohioans dedicated to providing cutting-edge ...

Two substantial prison sentences were handed down by Van Wert County Common Pleas Court Judge Martin D. Burchfield this week. The sentences were connected to two separate and unrelated cases. Guy ...