Retiring teachers Marilyn Doner, Barb Wolfrum, and Jeri Lipp were given plaques in thanks for their years of service at the Lincolnview Board of Education meeting on Tuesday night. (Times Bulletin/Lindsay McCoy)
VAN WERT - The Lincolnview Local Schools Board of Education met in a late 8 p.m. meeting Tuesday night. Three of this year's retiring teachers, Barb Wolfrum, Jeri Lipp, and Marilyn Doner, were present to receive a plaque of recognition as well as to say their thank yous and farewells to board members. Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Max and Janet Gamble were chosen as Senior Citizen King and Queen Tuesday during the Senior Citizens Day Banquet at the Van Wert County Council on Aging. Wednesday, May 16, 2012
VAN WERT, Ohio - The Marsh Foundation 'Marsh Grown' garden program will hold its spring plant sale on Saturday, May 19 from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. in The Marsh Foundation greenhouse. All proceeds will go to the campus youth garden program. Wednesday, May 16, 2012
VAN WERT - The YWCA of Van Wert County will be accepting registration for its next swim lesson session on Tuesday, May 29. The four-week mini-swim session begins June 5 and runs through June 28. The classes meet twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Wednesday, May 16, 2012
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A pilot program that would tie welfare benefits to clean drug tests is making its way through the Ohio Senate, amid criticism that a recent change to the state's constitution makes the experiment illegal.
The Senate Finance Committee set a Wednesday morning vote on a provision allowing three Ohio counties to volunteer to administer drug tests to prospective welfare recipients, as a test run for taking the plan statewide. Wednesday, May 16, 2012
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A teenage driver is under arrest after authorities said the distraction of a handheld cellphone caused her to fatally hit a jogger, whose father blames his death on her "stupidity."
The death of 44-year-old Kenneth Dorsey in Norwalk and the subsequent criminal charges against the 16-year-old driver come as other states are considering measures to force teenagers and adults to disconnect from cellphones and other electronic devices before getting behind the wheel. Wednesday, May 16, 2012
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio's Republican governor signed legislation Tuesday to get rid of a contentious new election law that Democrats and others have been trying to get voters in the presidential battleground state to overturn.
The law would shrink early voting opportunities, among a host of other election changes. It's been on hold from taking effect since September. That's when Democrats, President Barack Obama's re-election campaign and other opponents gathered more than 300,000 signatures from Ohioans to ask voters on fall ballots whether they wanted to repeal it. Wednesday, May 16, 2012
ELIDA - It was a familiar pattern for Crestview in Tuesday's Division IV district semifinal -- a slow start, a middle-inning breakout, and eventually, plenty of runs. The Knights (23-4) ousted Miller City (12-7) 10-0 to advance to Friday's 5 p.m. district final against the winner of Wednesday's Parkway/Columbus Grove game. Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Information regarding this year's Hall of Fame Skills Basketball camp has recently been released. The camp is for all basketball players (boy or girl) entering grades 8-12, and will run six times throughout the course of the summer at Van Wert High School. Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The 2012 13U Grand Lake Club Volleyball Team recently finished first in the Silver Division of the Ohio Valley Regional Volleyball Tournament in Columbus on May 5. Wednesday, May 16, 2012
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Derek Lowe has lasted 16 seasons in the major leagues with one of the sharpest sinkers around, a simple pitch that has helped stabilize Cleveland's rotation. Wednesday, May 16, 2012
ATLANTA (AP) - The Braves jumped on Cincinnati's Johnny Cueto early Tuesday night and beat the Reds 6-2, giving the right-hander his first loss of the season. Wednesday, May 16, 2012
