COMMENTS ON VERA BRADLY ANNOUNCEMENTNEW HAVEN MAYOR TERRY E. McDONALD New Haven, Indiana – Mayor Terry McDonald offers the following comments in reaction to the recent announcement from Vera Bradley in New Haven. The City of New Haven has been advised of Vera Bradley’s plans to close their manufacturing facility at the Adams Center road…
Woodlan Falls to ChurbuscoBy: Jeff Abbott Woodlan opened 2A Sectional Boys’ Basketball tournament play against ACAC rival Adams Central and the Warriors got on top early with an 8-0 run, but the Jets took off with a run of their own, going 11-0 in the last half of the first period to lead 11-8. After…
Christine Feichter and the late Stephen Feichter of Antwerp, Ohio are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Katelyn Feichter to Michael Melvin; son of Charles and Joyce Melvin of Waynetown, Indiana. The Bride is a 2009 graduate of Antwerp High School and a 2013 graduate of Valparaiso University with a Bachelor of Arts…
Wayne Trace will take on the Archers in the first game of Districts in Van Wert on Tuesday, March 10 at 8 pm.The Raiders, steeped in victory for the regular season, is seeded number one in their District bracket. The sectional championship began following the North Central surprise defeat of Hilltop. From the beginning of…
Back at the beginning of the year, Stryker travelled to Antwerp to take on the Archers. In January the Panthers won by 11 points. The rematch took place at Paulding High School in the second game of the tournament after Antwerp beat Pettisville and Stryker won against Patrick Henry. The game began after the Raiders…
Next basketball season will be one to track the Lady Raiders!Wayne Trace took on Pettisville Blackbirds on Thursday, March 5 at Archbold. The game followed wins by both teams in the Sectional championship. Wayne Trace took an early hit in the first quarter when they failed to hold down the Blackbirds offense, nearly doubling the…
Archers Fall as final game ends against PettisvilleAntwerp Archers and the Hicksville Aces faced off in the first round of sectionals at the Bryan High School Gym on Tuesday, February 25. The game began with Antwerp’s Audrie Longardner picking up Rachel Williamson’s tip-off. After a turnover, the Lady Aces’ Katelyn Berenyi drove the ball down…
The Sectional Championship game between the Fayette Eagles and the Lady Raiders took place on the last day of February. The Saturday evening game began a little late after Pettisville crushed the Lady Archers in their final match. Playing for blood, both teams were after the game. Quite clearly there were no domination going on.…
Girl Scouts of Western Ohio is partnering with Heroes in Action for the tenth year in a row to provide Girl Scout Cookies to members of the military and their families. The initiative dubbed “Operation Cookie” launches on National Cookie Weekend, February 27, 2015. Beginning that day and through March 29, Girl Scouts will be…
Family Health Care, a non-profit company located at 1052 S. Washington Street, Van Wert, Ohio recently held a shoe collection drive in collaboration with Funds2Orgs network; funds earned from the fundraiser will help to cover the cost of uninsured clients of Family Health Care that pay a minimum fee for their office visits. The support…
By: Stan Jordan As you can see from her career beginning to end photos, the years and old age has crept upon Joyce’s law enforcement career. So, with regret and many memories left behind, on March 4, 2015 after over thirty one years, Joyce Carr has retired from her law enforcement career. The hardest part…
Local cross-state rivals took to the court for the final game of both the Antwerp and Woodlan for the 2014-2015 boys basketball season on Friday, February 27. The game started with both teams having a good first quarter and Antwerp having a three point lead. Antwerp’s Trenton Copsey and Sam Williamson both had a quarter…
A performance with Ryan Hirschy Ministries has been rescheduled for Saturday, February 28th at the Rockford Belle set to begin at 7:00 p.m. with doors open at 6:00 p.m. Ryan Hirschy and pianist Brad Byerly will perform a full contemporary, Christ-centered concert at 135 Market Street, Rockford. Together, they have entertained with an inspirational program…
