The Vantage Career Center Board of Education has taken a step toward transforming the former Thomas Edison Adult Center across the street from the career center into the Vantage Academy of Medical ...

The Van Wert County Humane Society and YWCA of Van Wert County have joined forces to organize a new event in October aimed at raising awareness about the connection between animal cruelty and domestic ...

Van Wert City Schools are secure in terms of safety and a new security measure will be added this fall. That was the message delivered by Assistant Superintendent Bob Priest during Wednesday night’s ...

COLUMBUS — Governor Mike DeWine will observe Ohio’s fourth annual Overdose Awareness Day today. Established in 2021, Ohio Overdose Awareness Day aims to raise public awareness about substance use ...

The latest installment of Random Thoughts centers around a surprise team, some sad news, stat of the day, fun facts, predictions and Texas A&M football. Hands down, the surprise football team in the ...

Monday’s Van Wert City Council agenda was light in terms of legislation, but a variety of different topics were addressed during the meeting, which lasted slightly longer than 90 minutes. Council ...

For the second straight season against McComb, an early Crestview injury seemed to swing momentum in favor of the Panthers, as McComb rolled to a 31-14 victory on Friday night. Last year, quarterback ...

COLUMBUS — And just like that, the 2024 high school football regular season is 20 percent in the books. But Week 2 was quite impressive. Let’s take a look at some of the top performances from all ...

FINDLAY — Flag City Honor Flight is preparing for its 28th mission on Tuesday, September 10, to take 87 veterans, primarily from the Vietnam War era, to Washington, D.C., to visit memorials built in ...

This week’s Monday Mailbag, which is a day later than usual due to the Labor Day holiday, features questions about the WBL football race, Van Wert boys’ soccer, Ohio State football and Paulding ...

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LIMA — Bath capitalized on a late Van Wert fumble, turning it into eight points and giving the Wildcats a wild 43-37 shootout victory over the Cougars in the Western Buckeye League opener on Friday ...