Category: Community

Austin Lichty wins State Free Throw Championship

2013 Ohio State Council Knights of Columbus Free Throw Contest winner in the 10 year old age division is Austin Lichty. Austin advanced on to State in Columbus, OH on March 16, after winning Sectionals, Districts and Regionals. 6 regions were represented at state with Austin representing the Toldeo Region. Each contestant was allowed 25…

The Old Paulding County Jail Sells

Bids were open today at 9:45 a.m. in the Commissioners’ Office for the sale of the old Paulding County Jail. Four bids were received. The Commissioners accepted the bid from All Trades Historical Restoration in the amount of $11,770.00. In the event the bidder awarded does not close within thirty (30) days, the award will…

Derek Reeb Places 3rd at Regional Spelling Bee

The Regional Spelling Bee took place at the IPFW at the Rhinehart Music Center on Saturday, March 9 Derek took the Spelling Bee for Paulding County at Payne Elementary on February 5. He then moved on to Fort Wayne representing the county. Derek watched many players fall off as the misspellings occurred. The spellers did…

New Haven wins Sectional Title

Saturday, March 4 New Haven went back to Huntington North school to take on Homestead for the Sectional Championship game. The entire game was steady match. The Bulldogs finished on top 80-71 Score by quarter: New Haven: 22 19 17 22 Homestead: 17 18 19 17 New Haven goes to Marion for the Regional tournament…

Antwerp Boys take Sectional Crown

Early in the week Antwerp had a miraculous win against Miller City and went on to take Holgate on at Paulding for the Sectional Championship game March 1st. Watching Holgate play basketball is about like watching paint fade. The team plays “stall ball” and to play against them you pretty much do the same. Two…

Grady Gudakunst Awarded Franklin B. Walter All-Scholastic Award

Grady Gudakunst was recently awarded the Franklin B. Walter All-Scholastic Award.  The award program was established by the Ohio Educational Servece Center Association to promote and recognize outstanding academic achievement.  One senior from each county in Ohio received this award.  Applicants must be a high school senior enrollled in a public school district within the…

Woodlan falls to Antwerp Boys

Woodlan invited the Archers to the home court Friday, February 22. The Archers went into the game with a slightly better record, though the teams were closely matched. It probably hurt the Warriors with 3 point shooter, Kadin Gerig, on the injured list. The first quarter clearly established Antwerp with the lead, outscoring the Warriors…

Girls Only Event in Oakwood

Girl’s Only at the Cooper Community Library, branch of the Paulding County Carnegie Library on Saturday, March 9, 9:30-1:00!  This event has been planned for girls in 6th grade through high school.  So crawl out of bed and just leave your pajamas on if you would like and head on over to the branch.  Breakfast…

US 24 Fatalities: It’s time for a change

In two and half weeks there have been two fatalities at the intersection of US 24 and CR 87. More information Here & Here These accidents are not just numbers, they are friends and family. US Highway 24 has been a great asset to the areas connecting New Haven, Fort Wayne and Toledo. It has…

State Patrol: Fatal Crash in Paulding County

State Patrol Investigating Fatal Crash in Paulding County CRANE TOWNSHIP – The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Van Wert Post is investigating a vehicle fatal crash that occurred on February 21, 2013 at approximately 5:28 pm on US 24 at County Road 87 in Crane Township, Paulding County. Tiffin E. Aldrich, age 21 of Cecil Ohio,…

Antwerp’s Alexis Jones scores 1000 Career points

Antwerp girls basketball took on Hilltop at home Tuesday, February 12. Alexis was close to hitting the 1000 point mark in the last game but was for sure to achieve it this game. The Lady Archers struggled under the pressure to keep Jones with the ball and help her score. The Hilltop girls were doing…

Tragic Tuesday

Ashley Messmann. Photo Courtesy of Rachelle Durham. On Monday, things were like they have always been. You could call the West Bend and Ashley would answer the phone. Then Tuesday came. And everything changed. Tuesday morning was a foggy morning. One of the worst fogs I had ever seen. At around eight, the fire trucks…