Updated: WARSAW — Two Warsaw Police Department officers have been placed on “investigatory leave” in connection with the reckless driving incident on Jan. 25 that was being investigated by Police Chief Scott Whitaker. The internal review of the two officers was announced Friday, Feb. 22, during a 45-minute news conference … Read More
Updated: WARSAW — Two Warsaw Police officers have been placed on investigatory leave in connection with the reckless driving incident on Jan. 25 involving Police Chief Scott Whitaker. The personnel action was announced Friday during a 45-minute news conference that also included an apology from Whitaker over circumstances that played … Read More
Updated: SOUTH WHITLEY — Congressman Jim Banks offered reluctant support for President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency as a way of providing more funding to expand construction of a wall along the southern border. The topic came up at a town hall meeting hosted by Banks at … Read More
Updated: WARSAW — Despite preliminary approval two weeks ago, city council balked Tuesday, Feb. 19, at the idea of providing Warsaw police officers with a dedicated cell phone for work. Officers currently have their own cell phones for personal needs while at work and depend on either tablets or … Read More
Updated: WARSAW – Less than 24 hours after a counselor with Safe Haven Baby Boxes helped coordinate a lawful surrender of a baby in a nearby city, Warsaw City Council formally embraced plans Tuesday, Feb. 19, to install one of the group’s baby boxes at Fire Station No. … Read More
Updated: COLUMBIA CITY — A second woman in northern Indiana has surrendered her newborn baby in recent days with help from Safe Haven Baby Boxes. The Woodburn-based group announced last week that one of its counselors reached through a hotline had assisted a woman in Kosciusko County with the … Read More
Updated: WARSAW — Supporters of Safe Haven Baby Boxes got what might be a one-of-a-kind endorsement of its program last week ahead of Warsaw City Council’s vote Tuesday on whether to install a box in the city. Representatives of Safe Haven Baby Boxes, based in Woodburn, don’t like to publicize … Read More
Updated: Hello and welcome to what we hope will become a Saturday tradition here at InkFreeNews. This column is all about politics, government, the people who help (or hinder) our local governance and a dash of other tidbits I hope you will find worthwhile. Much of my time with … Read More
Updated: WARSAW – Construction of a roundabout at Sheldon Street and CR 300N is set to begin after a bid for the project was awarded Friday, Feb. 15, during the Warsaw Board of Works and Safety meeting. Phend & Brown, of Milford, was awarded the project after offering a … Read More
Updated: WARSAW — Warsaw city officials will face some tough decisions if a future freeway ends up following the path of US 30. Seven counties are working to assemble a long-term plan for a limited access freeway that would stretch from the Ohio state line to Valparaiso and replace … Read More
Updated: KOSCIUSKO — Center Lake Pavilion will be the place to be on Election Day in Warsaw. Kosciusko County Clerk Ann Torpy announced Thursday, Feb. 14, that all voters participating in Warsaw’s primary and general elections will cast ballots at the pavilion. Consolidating the voting location has been done … Read More
Updated: WARSAW — A review of circumstances by Indiana State Police involving a reckless driver investigation by Warsaw Police Chief Scott Whitaker has been completed. A press release from Sgt. Ted Bohner, ISP public information officer, states, “The Indiana State Police has reviewed all information available and spoken to several … Read More
Updated: WARSAW — Warsaw Police Department has released a detailed narrative of the incident involving Warsaw Police Chief Scott Whitaker that is now being reviewed by Indiana State Police. The reckless driving police report, nearly two pages long, details Whitaker’s version of what happened after he began following a motorist … Read More
Updated: KOSCIUSKO — If Monday’s overnight ice storm was not enough, Kosciusko County will see more winter weather beginning this afternoon and continuing through Wednesday, Feb. 13, according to the National Weather Service in North Webster. The heavy coating of ice led to increasing fog this afternoon, which … Read More
Updated: WARSAW — The developer behind a future John Deere dealership along US 30 in Warsaw made more progress in its plans Monday night, Feb. 11, before the Warsaw Plan Commission. Everything, that is, but a proposed road name. Officials announced late last year plans to construct a John … Read More
Updated: WARSAW — Mayor Joe Thallemer has asked Indiana State Police to review an alleged incident involving Police Chief Scott Whitaker and a man. The allegation came to light as a result of a report by ABC 57, a South Bend TV station, which contends Whitaker confronted a unnamed … Read More
