Of the 19 area games on this week’s Pigskin Pick’Em slate, at least 10 can be considered games that should be fairly close.

COLUMBUS – The Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission has unanimously approved recommendations put forth by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Future of Police Training, ...

Local radio stations 99.7FM WKSD and WERT 1220AM/104.3FM have released tentative broadcast schedules for the 2022 high school football season. WKSD will cover several area teams including Paulding, ...

COLUMBUS — The State Fire Marshal’s Office is inviting elementary school students across Ohio to participate in its Fire Safety Poster Contest. The contest is held annually to engage young minds, ...

Summertime in Ohio usually means fireworks on certain dates and during certain local celebrations, but those are usually commercial shows. Three years ago, Ohio’s fireworks law changed, allowing ...

The Van Wert County Sheriff’s Office is in mourning after the death of Chief Deputy Adam Clark. His death was announced in a Facebook post made by Sheriff Tom Riggenbach early Saturday afternoon.

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 ...

A Van Wert man arraigned on three drug-related counts and several other charges was among the 12 people who appeared this week in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. Rickie Welker, 41, entered not ...

COLUMBUS — State Representatives Roy Klopfenstein (R-Haviland) and Brian Lorenz (R-Powell) introduced legislation this week to modernize Ohio’s driver education requirements, using technology to make ...

COLUMBUS — Last week, Governor Mike DeWine joined members of the Ohio Juvenile Justice Working Group to announce the recommendations for significant changes to Ohio’s state and local juvenile justice ...

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Sunday afternoon officially marked the end of the high school careers of more than 140 Van Wert High School students. Those students, all seniors, graduated during the school’s 154 th annual ...