This week’s installment of Random Thoughts centers around Cleveland Browns running back Quinshon Judkins, ACME baseball, 2,000 wins, pre-season football picks and a motormouth at the World Series of ...

This summer’s blazing 90+ degree days aren’t just uncomfortable, they are wreaking havoc on Ohio’s asphalt roads. While potholes typically make their grand entrance in spring, scorching heat can ...

Some of Lincolnview’s 2025 state track and field qualifiers took center stage at Wednesday’s school board meeting. Relay runners Kiera Breese, Annabelle Hoerstman, Brynleigh Moody and Brooklyn Byrne, ...

VW independent staff/submitted information A reminder that the Ohio Department of Transportation has invited the public to a meeting to discuss three projects designed to improve safety along the U.S.

CHP Home Care & Hospice is celebrating a half century of providing home-based health care services in northwest and west central Ohio. The non-profit, 501c3 organization was incorporated in December ...

More than a dozen city streets are on this year’s Van Wert street repaving list, which was unveiled during Monday night’s meeting of Van Wert City Council. The list includes: All meetings of Van Wert ...

The latest installment of Random Thoughts centers around flag football and 8-man football, high school NIL, a possible WNBA strike, and the saga involving the Cincinnati Bengals and Shemar Stewart.

Kimala Ann Strickler, 70, of Middle Point, passed away at home on Monday, July 28, 2025, following a brief illness. She was born on August 18, 1954, in Van Wert to Glenn and Joann Neer, who both ...

It’s not July without Christmas, or at least that’s what we’re saying at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center. While most are soaking up the sun and sipping lemonade, we’re decking the halls early and ...

SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor A membership-based poker club may be in the works in Van Wert. Monday night, members of Van Wert City Council heard from Robert Dove, a Columbus-based attorney ...

SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor Two current members of Van Wert City Council will not seek re-election this fall. At-Large Councilman Jeff Kallas announced earlier this year that he won’t run for ...

Richard Dawson Fiedler Sr., 75, of Delphos, passed away Wednesday, July 23, 2025, at Mercy Health-St. Rita’s.