Jail Bookings
Kosciusko The following people were booked in the Kosciusko County Jail:
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Phil Smith is a former U.S. Marine Corps combat correspondent and former daily newspaper editor who has won seven U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Awards, four U.S.M.C. Division of Public Affairs Merit Awards, The Department of Defense’s Thomas Jefferson Award and 12 Hoosier State Press Association Awards. He is also a second place winner nationally in the annual column-writing competition from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, humor category. Smith has a bachelor's degree in marketing from Colorado State University.
Kosciusko The following people were booked in the Kosciusko County Jail:
Read MoreWARSAW — Youngsters at Washington STEM Academy were given a challenge — figure out what to do with all this trash that humans accumulate. For more than 100 students in the school’s first, second and third grades, the problem involved using Legos and robotics to engage in the … Read More
WARSAW — The residents at Mason’s Health Care in Warsaw were fawning Friday afternoon, May 18, over a pint-sized four-legged visitor with no name. Teresa Engle, MDS coordinator for Mason’s, recently adopted to bottle feed the male pygmy goat, who is now two weeks old, when his mother … Read More
BURKET — On Thursday, May 17, nearly two dozen students in the Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation marked the culmination of an educational battle as uphill as a skyscraper climb. Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation’s alternative school, the Burket Educational Center marked the high school graduation of 22 students who, … Read More
SIDNEY — At approximately 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 17, a male was injured after a vehicle hit the front porch of a residence in Sidney. Police said there were three occupants in the vehicle. A male passenger was injured and transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital and … Read More
WARSAW — Textbook rental and related fees for educational materials pinches the wallets of public school parents each fall. The Warsaw Community School Corporation is doing everything it can to have that pinch leave as small a mark as possible. The corporation’s Board of School Trustees were presented … Read More
WARSAW — The Warsaw Community Public Library Board of Directors heard a proposal from library staff about the possibility of eliminating fines for overdue library books. At its monthly meeting Monday, May 14, the board heard from Library Director Ann Zydek and Assistant Joni Brookins about a new … Read More
AKRON — Students and staff of Akron Elementary School were basking in the warmth of recognition Monday night, May 14, during the regular board meeting of the Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation’s Board of School Trustees. Playing host to the meeting, Akron Elementary School Principal Chrissy Mills presented student … Read More
AKRON — The Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation honored years of service and the passing of torches Monday night, May 14, as recognition was given to several longtime employees who will soon enter retirement. In terms of longevity, the senior retiree was Superintendent Brett Boggs, who will begin his … Read More
Warsaw — A Warsaw man was arrested when his girlfriend told police he had choked her and then led police to where he keeps his marijuana. Michael Lynn Losher, 36, 44 EMS B51 Lane, Warsaw, is charged with strangulation, a level 6 felony, domestic battery, a class A … Read More
Kosciusko Officers from the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following incidents: 5:02 a.m. Monday, May 14, 1100 block of West CR 400 S, Warsaw. Police responded to the Clifford Daugherty residence to investigate a report of criminal mischief. 11:01 p.m. Sunday, May 13, 5800 block of West … Read More
Kosciusko Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents: 5:23 a.m. Monday, May 14, East SR 14, west of South CR 600E, North Manchester. Driver: Matthew T. Fox, 47, East CR 500S, Wolcottville. Fox told police he was driving his vehicle eastbound on SR 14 … Read More
Kosciusko The following people were booked in the Kosciusko County Jail:
Read MoreWARSAW — Kosciusko County’s Superior Court Judge David Cates led off the monthly meeting of the Kosciusko County Council Thursday night, May 10, by asking the panel to rubber stamp a program he explained in detail a month earlier. “I was here last month and presented in regards … Read More
Kosciusko Officers from the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents: 3:14 a.m. Friday, May 11, North SR 19, north of West Hepton Road, Nappanee. Police reported that a vehicle registered to James L. Hare, East 4th Street, North Manchester, was found unoccupied in a field with … Read More
WARSAW — The Kosciusko County Purdue Extension Office has been busy, and with the county 4-H fair less than two months away, things aren’t about to slow down anytime soon. Four representatives of the extension office addressed the Kosciusko County Council Thursday night, May 10, to highlight some … Read More