OAKWOOD: One could say Jessie M. Leatherman had two passions in life, family and farming. After living a full life of loving her family and working the soil, Jessie, age 96 passed away in her home in Oakwood, Ohio on Saturday April 11, 2015. It was a beautiful spring day, full of warmth and sunshine,…
The WMEA Program (Waste Management Education & Awareness) will be teaming up with Erie Recycling to bring glass recycling back to the county program. It must be rinsed out, caps off and separated into clear and colored bottles. This glass recycling endeavor will coincide with celebrating Earth Day on April 22, 2015. The WMEA program…
If you have any information, please contact the Sheriff’s Office.Today approximately 11:30 a.m., information was received that a Paulding County Jail inmate, Abbie Leann Holton, age 26, walked away from a medical facility in Lima, Ohio, while on furlough for a medical purpose. The furlough was issued by the Paulding County Common Pleas Court. Holton…
Saturday, March 28 the Paulding Band Members each played their part for the Music of the Night with the 2015 theme of “Carnival of the Animals”. Usually calling sports names, Mr. Sam Hatcher instead presented the band very well on this fine evening. Spring is a great time for the final concert of the year…
Oakwood, Ohio—On February 23, 2015, a search warrant for narcotics was executed at 113 East Harmon Street in the Village of Oakwood. Investigators with the West Central Ohio Crime Task Force seized suspected heroin and paraphernalia. At the time of the search warrant investigators located four adult residents and six children ranging from 1-16 years…
The Paulding County Commissioners are taking such good care of our beautiful historic county courthouse, but issues still remain. This January a freshly painted handicap parking space was noted at the North entrance of the courthouse. While conducting business, and upon walking the corridors, I came the realization that NO entrance to the courthouse was…
Van Wert – The Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol has two new troopers serving at the local patrol post. Troopers Kara Kavaliauskas and Daniel Thompson graduated from the Ohio State Highway Patrol Academy on October 10, 2014 after 26 weeks of intense paramilitary training. Courses completed by the 156th class included…
Tuesday, January 6, the Paulding Panthers boys basketball team took on Delphos St. Johns at home. From the beginning, the game was quite the challenge for the home team. The Bluebirds were burning up the court in the first qurter, outscoring the Panthers 18-7. The second quarter they bounced back and kept the other team…
Savings for both homes and business!At the November 2014 meeting of the board of trustees, the management team presented the 2015 operating budget. The budget covered all areas of cooperative operations. Developing a budget for a company with $80 million in assets and over $30 million in annual revenues is complicated and it is not…
Pictured here are the Vantage Winter Sports Athletes for the 2014-15 school year: Front Row (l-r) – Cullen Wenzlick, Drayson Wenzlick, Emily Pastor, Paulding Pep Band; Dakota Valdez, Paulding Wrestling; Julia Clabough, Parkway Cheerleading; Cheyenne Miller-Sweet, Antwerp Basketball; Alexis Forester, Crestview Pep Band. Back Row (l-r) – Austin Metz, Parkway Bowling; Jarett Bute, Antwerp Wrestling;…
The Paulding County WMEA sponsored a poster contest for the fourth graders in Paulding County. The students were asked to design posters about recycling. Becky Suvar, program manager of the Paulding County WMEA, is pictured with the winners from Oakwood Elementary School. Hayden Mullen’s poster was chosed to be displayed on a billboard. Only four…
Deputies are investigating what is believed to be an accidental shooting which occurred in rural Oakwood, Ohio last evening just after 8:00 p.m. The residence is owned by Scott & Sheryl Wagner, and their juvenile children were the subjects involved. Initial statements indicate a fifteen year old boy was handling a .22 caliber rifle when…
A great hometown annual event.Sounds of the season began in Paulding this weekend with the John Paulding Historical Society’s Festival of Trees. The Poor Bottom Boys entertained the visitors with easy listening bluegrass music on Friday night, as they milled about the museum enjoying holiday lights and decorations. The jingle of coins hitting the bottom…
