COVID-19 & FLU IN 2020

This fall and winter will be a challenge as both influenza and COVID-19 viruses circulate among people in Paulding County. The good news is we know steps that can significantly reduce the spread of both illnesses.  Both COVID-19 and flu are respiratory illnesses caused by different viruses. They have symptoms in common, such as fever…

Cierra Moran Appointed for Victim’s Advocate

Joe Burkard, Paulding County Prosecutor, announced a position being moved into his office – Victim’s Advocate. It just so happens that Cierra Moran has been hired in to take this position. Moran graduated from Defiance High School in 2010 and then from Bluffton University in 2014. Her parents live in Hicksville and she resides in…

STOKES ARTWORK TO BE VIEWED IN ONLINE GALLERY

Congratulations go out to Wayne Trace High School Senior Della Stokes whose artwork, “Visions of the Past” was selected for the Annual Juried High School Art Exhibition at Otterbein University.  Like many other art shows this year, this one will be virtual with her work being on view in an online gallery starting November 9. 

Interview with Pastor Dwayne Richardson

Dwayne Richardson recently sat down with Bryce Steiner of the The West Bend News in an interview covering much of his life’s challenges and how God has pulled him up out of the chasms of life’s turmoil.  The questions start off with Dwayne living in the west side of Chicago, with violent crime running rampant.…