The Van Wert High School boys basketball program and Main Street Van Wert hosted the very first Main Street Madness 3-on-3 ...

COLUMBUS — The Ohio High School Athletic Association and its six District Athletic Boards have awarded $200,000 to 200 recent high school graduates as part of the OHSAA’s Scholar-Athlete Scholarship ...

VW independent staff/submitted information COLUMBUS — In indictments filed this week by the office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, 10 Medicaid providers are accused of stealing a combined $1.9 ...

SCOTT TRUXELL/ i ndependent editor Changes at a pair of downtown Van Wert intersections are becoming permanent. Monday night, members of Van Wert City Council heard the first of three readings of two ...

SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor If their nominating petitions are deemed valid, six people will run for three Van Wert City Council At-Large seats this fall. The deadline to file petitions with the ...

WREN — In the southwest corner of Van Wert County, Wren, with an estimated population of 165, will be home to considerably more people this Thursday-Saturday, as people flock to the village for this ...

SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor There will be no shortage of local issues on the November 4 general election ballot. 15 issues will appear on the ballot, but only two are countywide. Wednesday at 4 p ...

High school students at Vantage Career Center will begin the new school year next week and Superintendent Rick Turner told the school board Thursday night that everything is ready to go. “The ...

Four hearings were held in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court Wednesday morning, including three for various probation violations. Judge Martin D. Burchfield presided over each of the hearings. Scott ...

This week’s installment of Random Thoughts centers around an upcoming scrimmage, the return of the Monday Mailbag, college football preseason rankings, later kickoffs and Shedeur Sanders and the ...

With the 2025 Van Wert County Fair quickly approaching, the Junior Fair Coronation Committee has announced this year’s candidates for King, Queen, Species, and Project Prince or Princess. The newly ...

On paper, it appears the race for the 2025 Northwest Conference football championship will come down to two teams but as we all know, games aren’t played on paper. Since the 2018 season, Columbus ...