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Recapping the top performances from around the state in the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association’s Week 4 High School Football Notebook: -Ontario’s Ohio State-bound Bodpegn Miller ran for 212 yards on ...

COLUMBUS — The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio and the Ohio Rail Development Commission are participating in See Tracks, Think Train Week, September 23-27. The week is dedicated as a reminder to ...

Give Vantage Career Center a gold star – or perhaps five stars. The Van Wert-based career center earned the top rating, five stars, on the state’s latest school report card. It was a topic of ...

I’m finding this hard to process – by 10 p.m. Friday night (Saturday night for Delphos St. John’s and Anna), 60 percent of the 2024 high school football season will be complete. We’re at the point of ...

The state’s latest school report card was the main topic of dicussion during Wednesday’s meeting of the Van Wert City Schools Board of Education. The district earned a three-star rating out of five ...

One person was taken to OhioHealth Van Wert Hospital after a Friday morning crash in the 1100 block of E. Ervin Rd. A call ...

COLUMBUS — Sales of legal recreational marijuana topped $76.2 million in the first 50 days. The latest figures supplied by the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Cannabis Control show as of ...

The United Way of Van Wert County and Vantage Career Center held its 26th annual Day of Caring events this past weekend. This annual event helps replenish food and blood supplies within our community.

What a match it turned out to be. No. 7 Crestview dropped the first two sets but rallied to defeat No. 4 Marion Local on the road, 21-25, 25-27, 25-17, 25-23, 19-17 on Monday. Adelyn Figley finished ...

After recent announcements of Eggerss Stadium naming rights, there is more good news to share. The Van Wert County Foundation has awarded a $150,000 grant for the ...

The Marsh Foundation’s Foster Care and Adoption Division has moved its offices back to the historic main Marsh campus on Lincoln Highway. The much-anticipated move will help ensure a strong continuum ...