A pretrial hearing to establish trial dates for a Van Wert man accused of killing his stepfather was delayed on Monday. The Van Wert County Common Pleas Court hearing for Larry Andrus Jr., 49, was ...

Two local school boards will hold their first meetings of 2025 this week. The Lincolnview Local Schools Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. tonight (Tuesday) in the Neubrecht Lecture Hall. Prior to ...

Gayle Howard Klinger, 81, of Convoy, passed away Friday afternoon, January 3, 2025, at the Meadows of Delphos. He was born on January 24, 1943, in Van Wert, the son of Harry Klinger and Edna (Wheeler) ...

LIMA — The Lima-Allen County Regional Planning Commission received news earlier this week from the office of Governor Mike DeWine that the proposed planning committee – the West Central Ohio Rural ...

It appears the Lincolnview Local Schools will switch the district’s affiliation from the Western Buckeye Educational Service Center to the Mercer County Educational Service Center. A vote will be ...

Lincolnview guard Max Hammons (2) finds himself surrounded by Kalida defenders on Friday night. Unfortunately for the Lancers, the Wildcats went on a big second quarter run and left with a 69-53 ...

With 2024 coming to an end, the Van Wert independent will publish a series of articles on what it deems the top 10 news stories of the year. The series will run Thursday, Friday and Saturday, December ...

HICKSVILLE – An early Sunday morning earthquake occurred in northwest Ohio and could be felt in parts of the area, including Van Wert County. According to the United States Geological Survey, a 2.9 ...

Van Wert FOP Lodge 62 recently presented custom-made challenge coins to the law enforcement agencies of Van Wert County. This was done to honor and recognize the men and women that hold the thin blue ...

COLUMBUS — According to provisional statistics, two people were killed in two fatal crashes on Ohio roadways this Christmas holiday. Of the two people killed, one was not wearing a safety belt. The ...

It was a classic snowball effect at Lincolnview High School Friday night. Max Hammons had just hit a bucket and the Lancers and Kalida were tied 22-22 with 4:45 left in the second quarter but from ...

Van Wert guard Keaten Welch (above) sizes up a shot attempt against Ottoville on Saturday. Teammate Griff McCracken (below), launches a three pointer against the Big Green. The game went down to the ...