VW independent staff and submitted information Van Wert High School recently held its Senior Awards Convocation for the Class of 2022 in the Saltzgaber Music Hall of the Niswonger Performing Arts ...

Five people were sentenced, six appeared for change-of-plea hearings, and three were arraigned on grand jury indictments in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court over the past week. A total of 23 people ...

COLUMBUS – Cell phone use in Ohio schools could become history, if a new Senate Bill gains approval in the Ohio Statehouse. Governor Mike DeWine hosted a press conference Tuesday in support of ...

By Chief Jon Jones/special to the VW independent The Van Wert Fire Department celebrated a year of outstanding service and dedication during its annual awards banquet, held on Sunday to recognize the ...

Editor’s note: This is one of a series of articles in connection with the bicentennial celebration of Paulding County. This is the third of a series of articles on forgotten railroad towns in the ...

CONVOY — Here are 2024-2025 K-12 Crestview Local Schools bus routes, which were approved by the school board Monday night. Bus Routes may be subject to change at any time during the school year with ...

This week’s installment of Random Thoughts centers around the fast approaching fall sports season, Eggerss Stadium, LeBron James, new additions to Ohio’s pro sports landscape and the new PAC-12. It’s ...

If the deal goes through, a data center will be built on 220 acres of land known as the Mega Site in Van Wert. Van Wert Area Economic Development Corporation Executive Director Brent Stevens confirmed ...

Former councilman Andrew Davis, a member of the Airport Authority, came to City Council on Monday to talk about an unexpected shortfall in the money needed to fully fund the runway project. Davis said ...

ST MARYS — An update on power supply shortages was the main discussion at Midwest Electric’s 88 th annual meeting recently held at St. Marys Memorial High School. More than 1,000 members, families, ...

PAULDING — All aboard, as readers travel through a brief history of Paulding County’s railroads and some of the communities that sprang up beside them. Over time, the names of the railroad companies ...

PAULDING — Paulding was not Paulding County’s first county seat, and the courthouse is not the first to be constructed here. Those topics will be addressed in a future article in this history series.