Crestview girls’ soccer news KENTON — The Crestview Lady Knight soccer team traveled to Kenton on Saturday and were defeated 2-1. Crestview battled the first half to a 0-0 score at halftime, but the Lady Wildcats got on the board early in the second half to put the score at 1-0. The Knights responded when […]
POSTED: 09/23/13 at 5:11 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert Police No new reports. Delphos Police September 22, 5:02 p.m. – Lindsey Bradley, 55, of Delphos, was arrested on a warrant issued in St. Marys. Bradley was taken into custody and later turnover to police officers from St. Marys.
POSTED: 09/23/13 at 5:05 am. FILED UNDER: Law Enforcement
Richard G. Bagley, 81, of Van Wert, died at 12:20 p.m. Sunday, September 22, 2013, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born July 19, 1932, in Van Wert, the son of the late Gern A. and Ada P. (Hurless) Bagley. In May 1957, he married Alena Kaye (Roller) Bagley, who preceded […]
POSTED: 09/22/13 at 3:41 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Janet Charleen Ainsworth, 88, of Kingston at DuPont in Fort Wayne, Ind., died at 5:45 p.m. Friday, September 20, 2013, Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. She was born September 14, 1925, in Convoy, the daughter of the late Dewey and Opal (Knittle) Ainsworth. Survivors include a nephew, Bruce R. Dellinger of Syracuse, Ind. […]
POSTED: 09/22/13 at 3:37 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor A group of 10 senior Industrial Mechanics students from Vantage Career Center got the chance to visit a couple of Van Wert County companies where they will likely find jobs waiting following graduation this coming spring. The students visited Toledo Molding & Die (TMD) and the Delphos plant of Kalida-based Unverferth Manufacturing […]
POSTED: 09/21/13 at 7:00 am. FILED UNDER: News
Van Wert independent/ODJFS information Statewide unemployment edged up a tenth of a percent in August, according to figures released Friday by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Ohio’s unemployment rate was 7.3 percent in August 2013, up from 7.2 percent in July, according to the ODJFS. Ohio’s nonfarm wage and salary employment decreased […]
POSTED: 09/21/13 at 6:29 am. FILED UNDER: News
Steve Trittschuh, Republican candidate for the Fourth Ward Van Wert City Council seat, speaks at Friday’s Van Wert County Republican luncheon held at Willow Bend Country Club. Trittschuh, a U.S. Army veteran of Operation Desert Storm who works in Central Insurance’s information technology department, is running against Democrat Jim Hamman in the November general election.Van […]
POSTED: 09/21/13 at 6:27 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) released the following statement in support of H.J. Res 59, the Continuing Appropriations Resolution for fiscal year 2014: “The constituents in my district have overwhelmingly expressed their desire to defund Obamacare and the need to prevent its harmful impacts. I supported today’s continuing resolution that […]
POSTED: 09/21/13 at 6:06 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW Special Olympics news Van Wert County Special Olympics is planning a pork chop dinner fundraiser for Tuesday, October 1, from 4-6 p.m., at Thomas Edison Center in Van Wert. The menu for the dinner, which is carryout only (follow the signs), includes a pork chop, baked potato, green beans, roll and a cookie. Tickets […]
POSTED: 09/21/13 at 6:05 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor It wasn’t pretty, but the Kenton Wildcats managed to generate 305 yards of total offense, despite a whopping 192 yards of penalty yardage, while holding Van Wert to 4 yards in a sloppy 32-0 Western Buckeye League battle in the mud of Eggerss Stadium on Friday. The Wildcats, usually an air-oriented team, […]
POSTED: 09/21/13 at 6:04 am. FILED UNDER: Sports