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Raiders win GMC Golf titles

Ella Crosby carded a 91 to lead the Wayne Trace Lady Raiders to the Green Meadows Conference team championship Tuesday in girls golf action at Ironwood Golf Course in Wauseon. The Lady Raiders carded a 383 to win the tournament, posting a 17-stroke victory over second place Ayersville. Tinora finished third with a 415 while…

Property Fraud Alert System Now Available to Paulding County residents!

PROPERTY FRAUD occurs when someone records a fraudulent document in the county land records office, making it look like they own your home or property. Property Fraud Alert is a notification services that alert subscribers against the possibilities of fraudulent activity being committed against their property. The Paulding County Recorder’s Office is now offering this…

Paulding United Methodist Church Anniversaries Celebration

Submitted By:  Kim Sutton The Paulding United Methodist Church is celebrating not one, but two, major church anniversaries. The first Methodist Episcopal wooden church was built in Paulding in 1874, 150 years ago! The current brick Paulding United Methodist Church was dedicated in 1899, 125 years ago! To commemorate these two important milestones an Anniversary…

Cooper leads Panthers over WT

Avery Cooper scored on a pair of touchdown runs to lead the Paulding Panthers to a 24-14 win over rival Wayne Trace Friday night in high school football action at Keysor Field. The victory pushes the Panthers to 4-0 overall on the season and 1-0 in the Green Meadows Conference while Wayne Trace falls to…

Lady Raiders Top Aces

Tuesday night, September 17th, the Lady Raiders played host to the Hicksville Aces in HS girls volleyball play. Lady Raiders won in 4 sets: 16-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-15. Pictured above, Wayne Trace’s Lexi Moore and Careen Winans almost block the shot but senior Elise Baldwin’s ACE gives the point to Hicksville. More pictures at westbendnews.net

This week on PCBW: kass Chesnut w/Growth Fitness

Join us on Paulding County Business Weekly as we hear from Kass Chesnut, the “Lewis & Clark” entrepreneur who has introduced a 24-hour option of exercise to Paulding County in Paulding, but has now also expanded into Oakwood. Thank you to OhioMeansJobs for sponsoring this program. You can tune in to Paulding County Business Weekly…

Military History in Paulding County Ohio

By: Mark Holtsberry Orville Henry McCormick: This fella was born in October of 1889 in Cecil, Ohio. The son of George William McCormick born June 2, 1866 in Middleton, Columbiana County, Ohio, and Rosella (Hetrick) born October 27, 1868 in Paulding County. She was the daughter of David and Mary (Skiver) Hetrick. This couple was…

Archers, Warriors run at Marion

MARION – Antwerp and Woodlan’s cross country teams each made the long trip to Marion, Indiana, Saturday for the Marion Invitational held by Indiana Wesleyan University. The Warrior girls posted a sixth-place finish while the Archers took eighth and Woodlan’s boys recorded a 12th place finish with Antwerp taking 22nd. Katy Niles led the Lady…

Years Ago in Paulding County

By: JOHN PAULDING HISTORICAL MUSEUM 40 Years Ago From the Paulding Progress of Sept. 12, 1984: More than 1,200 students are enrolled in Wayne Trace schools for 1984-85. A big increase was reported in kindergarten students – 63 at Payne and 57 at Grover Hill. Members of the United Cement, Lime, Gypsum and Allied Workers…

CAST YOUR CARES UPON THE LORD

As God’s elect, we often find ourselves trying to be everything for everybody, and perhaps we can pull it off for a while but after some time we find that the weight of everyone else’s burdens is too heavy for us to carry. We may even come to realize that excessive emotional and spiritual weight…