2:57 a.m. – Deputies responded to an area of U.S. 127 in Pleasant Township for a report of suspicious activity. 6:42 a.m. – Deputies responded to a commercial alarm on Lincoln Highway in Ridge ...

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 ...

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 ...

COLUMBUS — State Representatives Roy Klopfenstein (R-Haviland) and Brian Lorenz (R-Powell) introduced legislation this week to modernize Ohio’s driver education requirements, using technology to make ...

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 ...

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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 Wayne Trace Local Schools bus went off the road into a cornfield across from Vantage Career Center Thursday afternoon. Emergency responders, including the Van Wert Police Department, Van Wert Fire ...

This is National Roundabouts Week when transportation officials across the country tout the safety improvement that follows where they’re implemented. Roundabouts are a proven safety tool for ...

It was a trip back in time Saturday morning – back to the very early part of the 20 th century. The Midwest Brass and Gas Club, which is based in southern Michigan, toured Van Wert and the area. About ...

AEP Ohio Transmission Company, Inc. has submitted a Letter of Notification to the Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) for the proposed Van Wert–Haviland 138 kilovolt (kV) Transmission Line Project. The $45 ...