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 ...

COLUMBUS — Despite some areas of Ohio receiving rain over the past week, much of the state continues to be impacted by extreme drought conditions. As a result of these conditions, a Ban on Open ...

WAPAKONETA — Van Wert tried to play keep away against state-ranked Van Wert and for the most part it worked in the first half. The Cougars trailed the No. 7 Redskins by just a touchdown, 14-7, at ...

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CONVOY — Bluffton’s defense lived up to its billing as the top defense in the Northwest Conference. Entering Saturday’s game at Crestview, the state-ranked Pirates (No. 4, Division VI) gave up an ...

CONVOY — The Ohio Department of Transportation is seeking public input as the state agency tries to finalize plans to make a portion of U.S. 30 from the Indiana border east safer, along with the ...

DELPHOS — In his first game back from an ankle injury suffered in Week No. 2, Crestview’s Braxton Leeth rushed for 121 yards on just 13 carries and the Knights rebounded from back-to-back losses with ...

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 ...