It’s one of very rare times that cars are allowed to crash into each other. It happened Saturday night at the Van Wert County Fair as the demolition derby attracted a crowd to the grandstand area. As ...

Two monster trucks roll over cars during the Monster Truck Show at the Van Wert County Fair on Sunday. The event was the next to final grandstand attraction, with the A Bar Rodeo taking place Monday ...

More Ohio students are being homeschooled now than during the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of Ohio students being homeschooled was trending upward pre-pandemic, spiked to about 51,500 students during ...

COLUMBUS — Week 3 of the 2025 high school football season is in the books. Football players from all over Ohio put up some amazing performances in the third week of the season. Here, the Ohio Prep ...

Don’t be surprised to see more corporate jets landing and taking off at the Van Wert County Regional Airport. The newly extended runway, 5,005 feet, allows such aircraft to come directly into Van Wert ...

The latest installment of Random Thoughts includes fun facts, a not so fun fact, close games involving a WBL team, 8-man to 11-man football, college football and the Micah Parsons saga. There are four ...

The 2025 Van Wert County Fair officially came to a close with Tuesday’s annual livestock sale. Shown above and below is a brief snapshot (no pun intended) of the day’s event. Bob Barnes/Van Wert ...

COLUMBUS GROVE — In a race that featured some of the state’s top small school cross country teams, the Crestview Knights finished second out of 18 teams in the Gray Division of the Columbus Grove ...

A local woman charged in connection with a fatal accident made her first appearance in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday. Barbara Nickles, 66, of Van Wert, entered a not guilty plea to ...

50 years of Vantage Career Center was celebrated during a brief ceremony held Friday morning at the Van Wert campus. Officials with the Van Wert Chamber of Commerce, school officials and others ...

This week’s Monday Mailbag, a day late due to the Labor Day holiday, features a question about Saturday’s Ohio State vs. Texas game, the Midwest Athletic Conference, and a comment and explanation of ...

Some of Main St. in downtown Van Wert will be closed for Main Street Van Wert’s Harvest Moon Festival, which is scheduled for 4-10 p.m. Saturday, September 20. The closure will be Main St. between ...