Category: Community

One Vehicle Fatal Crash In Paulding County

The first responders of Paulding, Antwerp, and Payne did a great job in this emergency sitation.The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Van Wert Post is investigating a fatal motor vehicle crash that occurred on May 14, 2015 at approximately 7:22 PM on State Route 49 near milepost 9 in Paulding County. A 2003 Buick Regal LS,…

New Owner for Old Jail

This is the way the jail looked when first built and for many years thereafter. The Paulding County Jail was recently sold to Shelly Burk Robertson of Indianapolis. Since her purchase, Shelly has been spending weekends in Paulding, working on the interior restoration of the historical building. Shelly has ties to Paulding County as she…

Antwerp High School Track Invitational Results

Antwerp High School hosted its Track Invitational on Friday, May 8th. Girls: Team results: 1st Fairview 118.0, 2nd Wayne Trace 81.0, 3rd Antwerp 78.5, 4th Paulding 48.5, 5th Edon 27.0 Individual events: Discus – 1st Manella, A, 96’8”; 2nd Sinn, WT, 95’5.5”; 3rd Partin, A, 87’5” Shot Put – 1st Phillips, FV, 31’ 7”; 2nd…

Wind: Blowing Money Into Paulding County

On Thursday, May 7, 2015 Paulding County was issued a large tax check by EDP Renewables. The $898,425 comes from the wind farms called Timber Road II for a one year period. The Timber Road III wind farm should start production in 2016 just north of Payne, OH. This new farm will produce approximately 100…

NW State College Merges with Terra State

It creates Northern Ohio Community College District Northwest State Community College, Terra State Community College to combine administrative support, enhance student services, academic experience (Monday, May 11, 2015) – Two Northwest Ohio community colleges are joining forces to streamline administrative functions, a move that will allow each college to invest more resources locally on educational…

Love’s Travel Stop opens in Woodburn

Love’s to donate $2,000 to local nonprofit The City of Woodburn receives a little ‘Love’ during its 150th birthday celebration. The new Love’s Travel Stop, which offers residents a new place to purchase fuel, snacks, meals and more, opened for business today. The 12,000 sq. ft. facility, located at U.S. Highway 24 and State Route…

Patrol focuses on motorcycle safety and enforcement

May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness MonthCOLUMBUS – May is National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month and the Patrol would like to remind motorists that there will be an increase in motorcycles on the roadways with the warmer weather and to remind motorcyclists to ride endorsed, trained and sober. From 2012 – 2014, motorcycle-involved crashes resulted in…

ACDC donates to Antwerp book scholarship fund

Pictured above is A.C.D.C. President Jim Pendergrast and Mrs. Lynnette Vail representing the Antwerp Academic Boosters receiving a check for $500.00 for book scholarships for graduating seniors of Antwerp High School. Students who have been pride card holders for their high school years are eligible. not shown is Mrs. Kayla Bagley.

Antwerp softball takes a loss to Wayne Trace

The Lady Raiders of Wayne Trace played the Lady Archers on their home field on Tuesday, April 21st. Antwerp was the home team because of a last minute location change. This change was a disadvantage for Antwerp allowing Wayne Trace to use the home field advantage and clinch a win for their high school softbal…