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 — 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 ...

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A Wayne Trace Local Schools bus went off the road into a cornfield across from Vantage Career Center Thursday afternoon. Emergency responders, including the Van Wert Police Department, Van Wert Fire ...

This is National Roundabouts Week when transportation officials across the country tout the safety improvement that follows where they’re implemented. Roundabouts are a proven safety tool for ...

3:56 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of Simpson Street in the Village of Willshire for a noise complaint. 5:28 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of U.S. 33 in Willshire Township for a report ...

COLUMBUS — Nearly 10 percent of Ohio school districts need support to meet state standards, according to the new state report cards the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce released last Monday.

Week No. 4 is here and that means all area high school football teams, except for Lima Sr., will be playing league or conference games. There are a handful of games on the schedule that could go ...

The Van Wert County Engineer’s Office, in partnership with the Ohio Department of Transportation, are planning for a complete bridge replacement on E. Bellis Rd. crossing the Little Auglaize River on ...

DELPHOS — A shooting that left two people dead in Delphos last Monday has officially been ruled a murder-suicide. According to a press release issued by the Delphos Police Department, autopsies ...

More Ohio students are being homeschooled now than during the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of Ohio students being homeschooled was trending upward pre-pandemic, spiked to about 51,500 students during ...

CONVOY — The 47th annual Van Wert Health Cross Country Invitational hosted by Crestview, Lincolnview, and Van Wert High School will be held this Saturday at OhioHealth Van Wert Hospital. 17 schools ...