Steven “Steve” Waterman, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, received the ultimate victory on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, after a short battle with an unexpected illness. Surrounded by his loving family, angels ...

Local radio stations 99.7FM WKSD and WERT 1220AM/104.3FM have released tentative broadcast schedules for the 2022 high school football season. WKSD will cover several area teams including Paulding, ...

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, ...

Van Wert City Council will have three new members in 2026. Two of the newcomers will fill at-large seats – Dewaine Johnson, who collected the second highest vote total (924) and Hall Block, who ...

High level state officials, including Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio State Highway Patrol Superintendent Col. Charles A. Jones gathered in Van Wert Monday afternoon for a dedication ceremony honoring a ...

PAULDING — When today’s residents look back on Paulding County’s 200 years of history and think about what it took to clear and drain the Great Black Swamp, few may realize the struggle to drain the ...

DELPHOS — The Lima Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a Monday night crash that claimed a Delphos resident. According to a report from the Lima Post, the accident occurred just ...

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.

A sense of normality returned somewhat to local high school graduations, as Van Wert and Lincolnview high schools held their first in-person graduation ceremonies since 2019. Last year’s graduations ...

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 ...

Summertime in Ohio usually means fireworks on certain dates and during certain local celebrations, but those are usually commercial shows. Three years ago, Ohio’s fireworks law changed, allowing ...

Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers filed felony drug charges against three individuals from multiple states following a recent traffic stop in Shelby County. During the traffic stop, troopers seized ...