2:34 p.m. – Deputies served two warrants issued by Van Wert County Common Pleas Court for theft, a fifth degree felony. Michael Daniel Moore, 41, of Lima, and Michael Craig Melvin II, 35, of Mansfield ...

COLUMBUS — A pair of area projects have been grant assistance from the Ohio Rail Development Commission. The grants were announced last week. The projects will help create and retain jobs, generate ...

A new law took effect in Ohio this week that requires everyone under 21 to complete driver’s education training before getting their license. Ohio’s law previously only required those age 17 and ...

Van Wert is getting another pizza place. Papa Johns is setting up shop along Towne Center Blvd., between Great Clips and Hong Kong Buffett. Interior construction is ongoing. An exact opening date hasn ...

If it feels like everyone has road rage these days, that’s because they probably do. A staggering 96 percent of drivers admit to engaging in aggressive driving behaviors over the past year, according ...

The Van Wert Police Department and Van Wert Fire Department were dispatched to this two car accident at the intersection of Central Ave. and S. Tyler St. late Friday morning. No one was injured in the ...

Sunday was a busy day for troopers from the Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, along with other local first responders. A total of 13 people were injured in a pair of crashes late Sunday ...

Eight people were injured when this van and car collided at U.S. 30 and Convoy Road Sunday morning. The Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating the accident. Bob Barnes/VWFD ...

12:00 a.m. – Deputies responded to a commercial alarm on Middle Point Road in Ridge Township. 7:54 a.m. – Deputies responded to a residence on Ohio 49 in Willshire Township to check the welfare of a ...

Reservations are now open for members and will open on Wednesday, October 1, to the general public for Off Stage Productions’ next dinner theatre show “The Miss Magnolia Senior Citizen Beauty Pageant” ...

This mishap occurred shortly before 4:30 p.m. Sunday when a car crashed into the rear of another car. The driver was taken by ambulance to the hospital. Bob Barnes/VWFD ...

The iconic Van Wert National Bank clock that stood at the intersection of Main St. and Washington St. in downtown Van Wert for many decades is now in storage. In 2023, Main Street Van Wert initiated a ...