COLUMBUS — Last week, Governor Mike DeWine joined members of the Ohio Juvenile Justice Working Group to announce the recommendations for significant changes to Ohio’s state and local juvenile justice ...

50 years of the Peony Queen Pagaent – the Golden Jubilee – was celebrated Friday night at LifeHouse Church. Eight area high school senior girls competed for the coveted title and it wasn’t an easy ...

DELPHOS — The Lancer track teams competed at the Delphos St. John’s Invitational on Saturday and both teams came away with championship trophies. The boys scored 183 points with Delphos St. John’s ...

ROCKFORD — Two school records were set by Crestview’s Braxton Leeth during Friday night’s wild 62-41 season opening victory against Parkway. Official game statistics show Leeth, a 6-0, 185 pound ...

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, ...

Snow swirls as Pastor Lance Hostetler of Grace Bible Church (second from left) says a prayer to dedicate a Safe Haven Baby Box installed at Van Wert Health. Looking on are (from the left) Monica ...

14 people appeared for hearings held this past week in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. Four of the defendants were sentenced for various felony charges. Karl Kahler, 60, of Lima, was sentenced to ...

A total of 17 criminal hearings were held between Thursday, January 30, and Wednesday, February 5, in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. Judge Martin D. Burchfield presided over all but one of the ...

Six people entered pleas to grand jury indictments this week in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. Jose Melgar Revolorio, 39, of Van Wert, pleaded not guilty to one count each of rape, a felony of ...

Enforcement of city ordinances and a charter were just two of the topics addressed during Tuesday night’s mayoral forum, which was hosted by Van Wert High School government students. The hour-long ...

COLUMBUS — The State Fire Marshal’s Office is inviting elementary school students across Ohio to participate in its Fire Safety Poster Contest. The contest is held annually to engage young minds, ...

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 ...