Juli Hamilton (front) was named the winner of the first Business Plan Challenge Award on Friday evening. Her idea, Something From the Garden, is a new approach to the traditional farm market. (Times Bulletin/Ed Gebert)
VAN WERT - How are new businesses grown from great ideas? Usually the answer lies in preparation, research, and assistance. Four entrants who wanted to put together a plan for their business ideas were congratulated Friday afternoon and Juli Hamilton was singled out as the winner of the first Business Plan Challenge Award. Saturday, February 04, 2012
VAN WERT - A busy day for the Van Wert County Grand Jury on Friday led to a number of warrants served and drug arrests made by Van Wert Police. Three separate drug investigations conducted last year resulted in 18 people being charged with several counts of drug trafficking. Saturday, February 04, 2012
VAN WERT - Area law enforcement officers had a busy Friday with a series of indictments and an arrest at a suspected drug house in Delphos. Saturday, February 04, 2012
Zach Gehron gives Queen Becca Harshman the good luck kiss during Parkway High School's Homecoming ceremony held Friday night. Saturday, February 04, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - For leaders of the nation's pre-eminent breast-cancer charity, it was a firestorm they didn't see coming - and couldn't withstand. Susan G. Komen for the Cure on Friday abandoned plans to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood. The dramatic retreat followed a three-day furor that resounded across the Internet, in Congress and - perhaps most tellingly - among Komen affiliates who openly rebelled, suggesting the leadership had bowed to anti-abortion pressure. Saturday, February 04, 2012
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A confident Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama of failing to do enough to create jobs as he campaigned Friday ahead of GOP presidential caucuses this weekend in a state with sky-high unemployment and foreclosure rates. Newt Gingrich, who is fighting for a respectable showing here, rolled out a fresh line of criticism by comparing the former Massachusetts governor to Obama. Saturday, February 04, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a long-awaited surge of hiring, companies added 243,000 jobs in January - across the economy, up and down the pay scale and far more than just about anyone expected. Unemployment fell to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years.
The job growth was the fastest since last March and April. Before that, the last month with stronger hiring, excluding months skewed by temporary census jobs, was March 2006. Saturday, February 04, 2012
MIDDLE POINT - Lincolnview shook off a stinker of a first half to play an excellent second one, stunning Ada at the end 44-42 on two Kyle Williams free throws with four seconds left. That was the home team's only lead of the game. The Lancers are now 8-8 overall and 3-3 in the Northwest Conference. Ada is 12-3 and 4-2. Saturday, February 04, 2012
VAN WERT - A near capacity crowd packed the Cougars' Den at Van Wert High School Friday as the state No. 4 Defiance Bulldogs made the trip to Van Wert to take on the Cougars. Van Wert started hot and jumped out to a 16-12 lead, but Defiance put together a run in the second quarter that the Cougars could never recover from and cruised to a 57-47 win. Saturday, February 04, 2012
NEW BREMEN - One could use the word "choppy" to describe Friday night's Midwest Athletic Conference boys basketball tussle between St. John's and New Bremen at New Bremen High School.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - There must have been a lot of interesting give-and-take when the Big Ten football coaches met at the conference offices on Friday. Saturday, February 04, 2012
