By: Jane Nice Paulding County Bicentennial Committee Part 1 of 2 PAULDING – Today we have easy access to staggering amounts of information from several sources, but imagine what life was like a century ago. Books, newspapers and periodicals—almost the sole sources of knowledge—were scarce, costly and unavailable to most citizens. Free public libraries were…
The Rueben J. Smith American Legion Post 297 in Payne celebrated its 100th anniversary on September 2, 2020. The Legion had to cancel their centennial celebration that was originally planned for September 12th, but is now postponed until 2021 due to COVID restrictions. The Legion members met in regular session on Tuesday September 1st and…
The Paulding Count Senior Center is hosting their 10th annual Car Show on Sunday September 13th from 2 – 5 pm on the courthouse square in Paulding. Cars who would like to enter the show can start registering at Noon. Goodie bags and dash plaques for the first 75 cars to register. We have 40…
Criminal/Traffic Disposition Bradley T. Willoughby, Oakwood, OH; Disorderly conduct with persistence; Guilty; Defendant to pay all fines and costs; Maintain general good behavior Michael D. Poucher, Paulding, OH; Criminal damages; Case dismissed per state, with prejudice; Costs waived John T. Hunt, Lima, OH; Assault; Case dismissed per state, without prejudice; Costs waived John T. Hunt,…
The following are the most recent police reports of the Antwerp Police Department. On August 25th at 7:50 a.m., a motor vehicle accident was reported in the parking lot of West Bend Printing. An officer responded and a report was made. On August 24th, a local business reported a man had entered a business and…
Ayersville – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a serious injury crash that occurred today, September 7, 2020 at approximately 1035AM. The crash occurred on Mansfield Road in the intersection of Kinner Road in Highland Township. A 2003 Buick, being driven by Larry D. Donaldson, age 61 of Continental, Ohio was southbound on Kinner Road.…
Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH) visited three fire departments in Defiance County today to thank firefighters for their service to their communities and discuss recent Federal grants that were awarded to the departments. Latta visited the Highland Township Fire Department in Ayersville, the City of Defiance Fire Department, and the Village of Hicksville Fire Department. He…
Antwerp Boy Scout Troop 143 recently had a family canoe and camp weekend on the Maumee River. The weekend excursion started at the State Route 101 bridge near Woodburn and proceeded to Antwerp’s Riverside Park for the evening meal and camping. Then proceeded on to the Forders Bridge access site on Sunday. This was a…
It was discovered on August 26 in the Village of Antwerp that the previous night there was a campaign sign vandalized. Antwerp police were contacted, and Police Chief George Clemens stated that this would be considered Criminal Damaging according to the ORC. “2909.06 Criminal damaging or endangering. (A) No person shall cause, or create a…
Paulding County Senior Center will be hosting a Car Show on September 13th from 2:00–5:00 p.m. The car show will be downtown on the square in Paulding, OH and is opened to all motorized vehicles. Registration is from 1:30– 3:00 p.m. No pre-registry necessary. Judging begins at 4:00 p.m. Dash plaques for the first 75…
Paulding County Hospital would like to acknowledge the Paulding County Bargain Bin on their recent donation to the hospital. The Bargain Bin recently purchased five new wheelchairs for use at Paulding County Hospital. Three of the wheelchairs are being utilized on the medical floor and two wheelchairs are being utilized in outpatient. We appreciate all…
The Sweet Sixteen Winners were announced on Saturday, August 9th, 2020. The original date was set for August 1, 2020, during the Antwerp Day in the Park. But, due to the Covid the festivities had been cancelled. Memories by Tawnya Photography would like to Thank all of the young ladies who had participated in the…
PAYNE – The Wayne Trace Boys Golf Invitational was held Thursday night at Pleasant Valley Golf Course outside of Payne with the Paulding Panthers capturing the team championship by five strokes over host Wayne Trace. The maroon and white finished with a 175 to take the championship while the Raiders carded a 180. Lincolnview used…
