CONVOY — Crestview High School recently held its senior convocation to recognize its seniors for their academic and athletic accomplishments with awards from the teaching staff, along with ...

SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor Officials with the YWCA of Van Wert County, The Marsh Foundation and Mercy Health – Lima gathered Friday morning at the site of the YWCA’s future facility to unveil ...

Six people entered pleas to grand jury indictments this week in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. Jose Melgar Revolorio, 39, of Van Wert, pleaded not guilty to one count each of rape, a felony of ...

SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor Wanted: good homes for dogs and cats housed at the Van Wert County Humane Society. The facility on Fox Road in Van Wert is currently at capacity, necessitating the ...

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 ...

DAVE MOSIER/for the Van Wert independent A Van Wert man arraigned on three drug-related counts and several other charges was among the 12 people who appeared this week in Van Wert County Common Pleas ...

The Miami & Erie Canal and the Wabash & Erie Canal met in Paulding County at the town of Junction, which was planned in the early days of canal construction. Junction was one of the busiest canal ...

50 years of the Peony Queen Pagaent – the Golden Jubilee – was celebrated Friday night at LifeHouse Church. Eight area high school senior girls competed for the coveted title and it wasn’t an easy ...

There’s a lot of interest in Van Wert. That was the message given by Van Wert Area Economic Development Corporation Executive Director Brent Stevens during Monday night’s meeting of Van Wert City ...

SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor Ohio Department of Transportation Director Jack Marchbanks officially kicked off road and highway construction season earlier this week. Marchbanks, ODOT District 1 ...

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 — 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, ...