Van Buren, Ohio

• Highlights from Van Buren Elementary
  

  As the winter season winds down, Van Buren Elementary would like to highlight some of the events and activities students and staff members have been participating in this school year.

• Health merger
  

  We're confused. The 11-11 vote by the Hancock County District Health Advisory Council on the proposed merger of the city and county health departments raises more questions than it answers.

• Today's Front Page
  

  While drunk and upset, Randy Corbin confessed he strangled his girlfriend and then dumped her body, Corbin's brother told a Wood County jury Wednesday.

• Township vote derailed health merger
  

  By LINSEY MAUGHAN STAFF WRITER A strong negative vote by township representatives on the District Advisory Council doomed a proposed merger of the Findlay City and Hancock County health departments.

• Two Van Buren youth hurt in crash
  

  Two Van Buren youths required hospital attention Tuesday morning after a rollover accident on Ohio 613, the Hancock County Sheriff's Office reported.

• State of the County: bad roads
  

  By LINSEY MAUGHAN STAFF WRITER Hancock County's 363 miles of county roadways include 116 miles in poor or very poor condition, county officials said Tuesday during a 'State of the County' address.

• Thumbs up, down
  

  Volunteers with Pandora-based VOSH-Ohio and Findlay-based Mission Possible arrived home safely following the massive earthquake in Haiti last month.Meanwhile, donations for Haiti continue to flood into the Hancock County office of the American Red Cross.

• Illustrator visits Van Buren
  

  At Van Buren Elementary School, award-winning illustrator James Ransome autographs a copy of 'Under the Quilt of Night,' which he illustrated.

• Local sex offender's convictions upheld
  

  By JORDAN CRAVENS staff writer An appeals court has affirmed the decision of a Hancock County judge to send a convicted sex offender to prison for 30 years.

• Today's Front Page
  

  Drug detectives seized 28 marijuana plants during a raid at a Findlay house early Saturday.

• Van Buren has Naval Sea Cadet club
  

  Van Buren Elementary School has an after school club modeled after the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps.

• Annual bird count yields lower numbers in county
  

  This year marks the National Audubon Society's 110th annual Christmas Bird Count.Families, students, birders and scientists, carrying binoculars, spotting scopes, identification guides and checklists make up the tens of thousands of volunteers across the Americas participating in this research event.

• Today's Front Page
  

  The families of three veterinary students who died after being trapped in a burning Fort Wayne apartment are suing the school and the building's owner.

• BA'ville: Van Buren mitten tree collection
  

  Students in the Baldwinsville Central School District have been busy this holiday season performing community service projects, such as food drives and gift collections to support local organizations.

• 14 decorated trees along river tell story
  

  By JOY BROWN STAFF WRITER The Mains extended family will be celebrating a bittersweet Christmas, bitter because it may be the last holiday hurrah on their beloved riverfront property, but sweetened with a decorated multi-tree tribute.

• Several injury traffic accidents investigated
  

  Hancock County Sheriff's deputies were kept busy with a rash of accidents Tuesday, injuring at least six people.

• Today's Front Page
  

  Hancock County commissioners enjoyed a victory Tuesday night when a sales tax, the third proposed in the past four years, not only passed, but by a 60 percent margin.

• LadyCats pierce Black Knights
  

  GLANDORF a ' The Kalida Lady Wildcats sat in wait during the opening Division II sectional soccer contest at Titan Field in Glandorf on Monday evening.

• Today's Front Page
  

  Ohio Supreme Court Justice Maureen O'Connor said Thursday that State Issue 2 is an "inappropriate use" of a constitutional amendment.

City Description

Van Buren is a village in Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The population was 313 at the 2000 census. Van Buren is located at 41°8′18″N 83°38′57″W / 41.13833°N 83.64917°W / 41.13833; -83.64917 (41.138229, -83.649122). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.6 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 313 people, 113 households, and 91 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,257.5 people per square mile (483.4/km²). There were 116 housing units at an average density of 466.0/sq mi (179.2/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 97.12% White, 0.32% African American, 0.96% from other races, and 1.60% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.15% of the population. There were 113 households out of which 43.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.0% were married couples living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.6% were non-families. 16.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family

City Contained By:

• Hancock County
• Ohio

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 0.517997622067 km squared

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