CONVOY — An update on outdoor athletic upgrades made up the bulk of Monday night’s meeting of the Crestview Local Schools ...

Here are final scores of area high school basketball games played on Saturday, January 6.

Van Wert City Council will have three new members in 2026.

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, ...

A Scott man wanted on serious felony charges in Paulding County was arrested in Van Wert late last week. Hunter Gile, 23, was arrested by Van Wert County Sheriff’s deputies Friday evening at Franklin ...

COLUMBUS — Governor Mike DeWine has announced that CyberOhio will offer free services to local government entities to boost their cyber security preparedness and resilience. The new Ohio Persistent ...

A service outage affected local Spectrum cable customers on Monday. The outage began during the mid-afternoon hours and continued into early evening, with most customers seeing a message that said ...

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 ...

PAULDING — John Paulding Historical Museum will host a general meeting and special program at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 28. The guest speaker will be Jeanne Calvert, who will discuss her newest book, ...

8:14 a.m. – Dispatched Middle Point Fire to a commercial alarm on Middle Point Road in Ridge Township. 10:03 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of U.S. 30 in Washington Township to assist the Ohio ...

Motor carrier enforcement officers will be on Ohio’s roadways this week for a 72-hour transportation safety event known as “International Roadcheck.” The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio is ...

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