Van Wert News

At last year's Star Spangled Spectacular Freedom 5K at Faurot Park, veteran runner T.J. Lentz pulled away from the pack late in the race, en route to a convincing win.

Recently I was privileged to attend a Smooth Jazz concert at Niswonger Performing Art Center in Van Wert.

Commissioner Harold Merkle says the option of infusing the general fund with contingency money is not possible because that option was "used up" during last year's allocation process.

Two of the nation's top smooth-jazz artists are teaming up for a summer tour that kicks off this week, not in New York, Los Angeles, or Chicago, but in Ohio.

Published: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 In the space of a few seconds, Susan Miller Cormier uses her camera to capture the vibrant color and life of the natural world around us.

Published: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Van Werta s Crossroads Festival weekend at the Van Wert County Fairgrounds is set for Aug.

Published: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 The Van Wert Area Jaycees are selling raffle tickets for a Club Car Golf Cart.

Bill and Mary Hahn haven't got it made, but the couple feel blessed. Their home may be foreclosed.

The Military Vehicle Preservation Association Convoy paraded through town, stopping for the night on their journey across the country - a journey which started in Washington D.C., and will end in San Francisco.

The Waves of Thunder 2009 Drum Corps International Tour Event is scheduled for 7 p.m. June 28 at Bellmont High School, 1000 East North Adams Drive, Decatur, Ind.

The VFW supplies a color guard and its members provide graveside rites when some of our most patriotic residents pass on.

Officers Tim Blackmore and Jeremy Stemen with Daniel Craig, who is accused of dealing meth near a school in Van Wert.

The Clarence Smith Community Chorus presents A Kaleidoscope of Music at 7 p.m. June 14 in the Maumee Indoor Theater, 601 Conant St., Maumee.

A Delphos man has been indicted on felony charges that accuse him of supplying a 12- and a 13-year-old girl with alcohol to solicit sex.

Apparently, all it took for victory in Iraq was a visit by late-night funnyman Stephen Colbert.

Published: Friday, June 5, 2009 VAN WERT - The annual Van Wert Peony Festival and ArtRageous on Main events kick off today with rides and games downtown.

It's more than a flower show. It's more than an art show. It's more than a concert.

The upcoming closure of the Delphos Bureau of Motor Vehicles came asA a surprise to many.

Published: Tuesday, June 2, 2009 The Van Wert YWCA is organizing a trip to Michigana s Thunder Bay Resort in October.

A Cloverdale, Ohio, woman has been killed in a single-vehicle crash on Carpenter Road about six miles east of this community, authorities said.