COLUMBUS — Week No. 1 of the 2025 high school football season is in the books. Football players from all over Ohio put up some amazing performances on opening night of the season. Here, the Ohio Prep ...

ELIDA — Van Wert and Elida combined for eight turnovers in the Western Buckeye League opener on Friday night but in the end, the Cougars were able to overcome their mistakes and rally for a 19-14 ...

CONVOY — With all due respect to other opponents on the schedule, Crestview lined up against one like no other last Friday night. Now, it’s time to move on to the third and final non-conference game.

If you’re a member of the Western Buckeye League, you have just one week to iron out any issues before starting league play. That’s what the Van Wert Cougars are doing as they prepare for Friday’s WBL ...

LIMA — The Ohio Department of Transportation District 1 has concluded the public involvement process for three proposed roundabouts, including one in Van Wert County, and selected the layouts to carry ...

It hasn’t necessarily been pretty, but Van Wert enters the first home game of the 2025 season 2-0 (1-0 WBL). The Cougars struggled offensively for the better part of the first half but picked up the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Haley McCoy finished with 16 kills and three blocks and Kaci Gregory added 13 kills, 17 digs and four aces. Lillie Best tallied 10 kills and two blocks, while Emily Lichtle and Nora Perkins finished ...

Barbara Nickles, 66, of Van Wert, entered a not guilty plea to vehicular homicide, a first degree misdemeanor. Released on ...

David Lowe, 54, of Sturgis, Michigan, made his first appearance in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to two counts of rape, first degree felonies; two counts of ...