The following real estate transfer information has been provided by the Van Wert County Recorder’s Office. The transfers listed below took place between December 29-31, 2025. David A. Merkle, Lisa K.

COLUMBUS – The Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission has unanimously approved recommendations put forth by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Future of Police Training, ...

Trinity Friends Church, in partnership with the Ohio Christian Education Network (OCEN) and Center for Christian Virtue (CCV), opened Kingdom Connection Academy (KCA) on Tuesday, welcoming students in ...

46 years ago today is when all of Ohio was in the second day of the worst winter storm in the state’s history. It’s now known as the infamous “Blizzard of 1978” and it literally paralyzed the entire ...

Northwest State Community College has announced plans to offer an innovative “first class free” scholarship for Van Wert and Paulding County and surrounding area students to its Van Wert campus. The ...

It’s not completely finished, but the Van Wert National Bank clock is back in its familiar spot. Earlier this week, employees of Smith’s Bell and Clock Service of Camby, Indiana, began the process of ...

PAULDING — Paulding was not Paulding County’s first county seat, and the courthouse is not the first to be constructed here. Those topics will be addressed in a future article in this history series.

COLUMBUS — Crestview’s Braxton Leeth has been named one of four Ohio Prep Sports Media Association Division VI Offensive Players of the Year. In 10 games, Leeth, a 6-0, 185 pound senior running back, ...

It was set to be another exciting track and field season at Lincolnview High School, but like so many other things in the world of sports and beyond, it was wiped out by COVID-19. Head coach Matt ...

A service outage affected local Spectrum cable customers on Monday. The outage began during the mid-afternoon hours and continued into early evening, with most customers seeing a message that said ...

Middle Point Fire Rescue and EMS units were called to the scene of a single vehicle accident at Convoy Rd. and Slane Rd at around 4:25 p.m. Monday. A Chevrolet Sierra pickup truck was eastbound on ...

A Lima man was sentenced to prison on sex-related counts this week in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. Duane Young Jr., 52, was sentenced to 60 months in prison, with credit for 100 days already ...