He was born November 19, 1959, in Van Wert, to Richard Frederick Goodwin and Carol Mary Louise (Unterbrink) Gribler, who both preceded him in death. Survivors include his two sons, Evan J. Goodwin of ...

Girl Scout Troop 2024 had a great cookie selling season. Not only were they able to enough boxes to raise money for a troop camp out this summer, but they obtained enough donations to be able to ...

Three senior girls were winners of the 2025 YWCA of Van Wert County Scholarship for Young Women. Amanda Burenga (right) finished first and received an $800 scholarship, Lakyn Bailey (left) finished ...

Wednesday started with a bang and ended with one in much of Van Wert County, including a tornado just outside of Van Wert. Strong thunderstorms moved through the county early Wednesday morning. Those ...

Once again, one of Van Wert County’s neighbors has the lowest unemployment rate in all of Ohio. According to figures supplied by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services on Tuesday, Mercer ...

Van Wert High School band director Bob Sloan has been placed on paid administrative leave, but no other information is available. A brief statement emailed Thursday afternoon by Superintendent Mark ...

Powerful storms with high winds and heavy rain moved through the area late Wednesday night, causing damage that became more evident at daybreak. Pictured is damage at Church Rd., Dog Creek Rd., Elgin ...

Crestview Elementary recently named its Students of the Month, sponsored by Van Wert Cinemas. Students making the Knight Leader Board each month will be put into a drawing for a free 30-day pass to ...

50 years of the Peony Queen Pagaent – the Golden Jubilee – was celebrated Friday night at LifeHouse Church. Eight area high school senior girls competed for the coveted title and it wasn’t an easy ...

Ohio Senate President Rob McColley and Ohio House District 82 Representative Roy Klopfenstein met with Paulding and Van Wert County superintendents and treasurers last Friday. The meeting was held at ...

COLUMBUS — With Tuesday’s release of the “2024 Capital Crimes Report,” Attorney General Dave Yost stressed that little, if anything, has changed in the past year to fix Ohio’s broken and costly ...

Crestview school board member Andy Perrott was honored for 10 years of services during Thursday night’s monthly meeting. He was presented with a certificate by a representative of the Ohio School ...