The Van Wert Peony Festival and Queen Jubilee Pageant committees are pleased to announce that applications are currently available for the 2024 Queen Jubilee pageant. Perspective candidates must be young women who are members of the class of 2024 at any of the following schools: Antwerp, Continental, Crestview, Delphos Jefferson, Delphos St Johns, Fort Jennings,…
West Central Ohio Youth for Christ is pleased to present its second annual Be the Story Fundraising Banquet. The event is on Thursday, April 13, 2022, at 6:00 PM at Calvary Evangelical Church at 10686 Van Wert-Decatur Road, Van Wert, OH 45891. The purpose of the event is to share dynamic new developments happening in the ministry…
(Van Wert, OH) – Van Wert Live is pleased to announce a long-awaited concert date for the Gaither Vocal Band on Sunday, April 23, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. Since the early 1990s, the Gaither Vocal Band has served as a standard-bearer in gospel music. Thanks to the generous support from Presenting Sponsor, JoAnne Wolford, the…
Pleasant Township – The Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash that occurred at approximately 4:13 P.M., on October 11, 2022, on US Route 224 near Dull Robinson Road, in Van Wert County. A 2019 Dodge Ram, operated by Craig A. Shivley, age 63, of Convoy, was traveling eastbound…
West Central Ohio Youth for Christ is pleased to present the annual Golf Scramble. The event is on September 17, 2022, at 8:00 a.m. at Hickory Sticks Golf Club at 12083 US-127, Van Wert, OH 45891. The purpose of the event is to raise awareness of the Youth for Christ ministries in Van Wert, Convoy, and the…
Defiance, Paulding and Van Wert Counties Republican affiliated groups hosted a Meet the Candidate with twenty candidates from local, state and federal levels of elections. The event took place at the Paulding County Fairgrounds. The evening began with an introduction, song, and prayer before Laurie Lucas introduced the first candidate for speaking. Each were given 5…
Reviewed by John Vining The local dinner theater troupe Off Stage Productions is performing “Mama Won’t Fly” for your viewing and dining pleasure this spring. I had a chance to view the dress rehearsal for this production last night. The trio of Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten are rapidly becoming the premier writers…
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District 1 is pleased to announce the return of the Paint the Plow program and is now accepting applications through Friday, March 11. The program has been on hold, missing two spring seasons, due to concerns regarding COVID-19. High schools and vocational school groups within its eight-county region, including Allen,…
By: Nancy Whitaker Since my residence is now in Van Wert, there is a couple of reasons why I like attending VWHS sports. First of all I was lucky enough to have two granddaughters be high school cheerleaders and the second is that this is my alma mater. I always get sentimental when going…
Robert Casper of Oakwood and Carey Nance of Melrose went on a special trip this past weekend to New York City, with a stop along the way at a park in Pennsylvania. The trip was a wish granted to Casper by The Angel Foundation in Van Wert, a nonprofit organization that fulfills similar wishes for…
By: Nancy Whitaker Whether you’re a new nurse or a been around for a while, it’s always intriguing to take a look back at the history of the nursing profession. I daily thank God for the dedicated people who become nurses. They had some of the hardest jobs when the pandemic hit us in 2020. As…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker I love the south and my grandparents were both from the southern states. Of course, my Granny, could make great sugar cookies, sweet tea, dandelion greens, fresh green beans, bake super pies and could forecast the weather using various nature signs. I grew up with not only her cooking and…
The Van Wert County Foundation is pleased to announce the establishment of the Wilson G. Duprey Fund – a new unrestricted endowment fund that will support purposeful organizations and projects in our community for generations to come. Upon his death in August 2020, Wilson Gilliland Duprey established The Wilson G. Duprey Fund with a gift…
