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, ...

12:50 a.m. – Deputies responded to a residence on Lincoln Highway in Pleasant Township to assist a resident. 4:53 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of Dutch John Road in Union Township for a motor ...

Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers filed felony drug charges against three individuals from multiple states following a recent traffic stop in Shelby County. During the traffic stop, troopers seized ...

COLUMBUS – The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services is working to complete the distribution of full November Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits by the middle of this week.

Van Wert City Council will have three new members in 2026. Two of the newcomers will fill at-large seats – Dewaine Johnson, who collected the second highest vote total (924) and Hall Block, who ...

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 Court. Rickie Welker, 41, entered not ...

Days after being placed on leave, longtime Brumback Library Director John Carr has indicated he plans to retire. According to a statement issued by the library’s Board of Trustees, he informed the ...

As part of their Senior Capstone Project, Mrs. Switzer’s senior English classes at Van Wert High School placed 300 flags at the entrance to the school campus to honor Van Wert County’s veterans, ...

46 years ago today is when all of Ohio was in the second day of the worst winter storm in the state’s history. It’s now known as the infamous “Blizzard of 1978” and it literally paralyzed the entire ...

Here are this year’s high school football broadcast schedules for radio stations 99.7FM WKSD and WERT 1220AM/104.3FM. WKSD will once again offer a variety of the top games from Paulding and Van Wert ...

Portugal-based Intraplás, which is described as a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions for the dairy industry, has selected Van Wert, as the location for its first U.S. manufacturing ...

Crestview High School senior Hunter Jones recently signed a letter of intent to continue his academic and baseball careers at Division II Ashland University. Jones is pictured with his mother Trisha, ...