ELKHART COUNTY — Syracuse Town Council members briefly mentioned a notice received Indiana Department of Transportation is proposing a connector (ramp) and new intersection at US 6 and CR 29, just north of Syracuse, during its council meeting Tuesday evening, Feb. 19. The cost of the project is $1.1 … Read More
ELKHART COUNTY — Kenneth J. Moore, 51, is being held in the Elkhart County Correctional Facility on $500,000 bond after being arrested on two counts of child molesting, one charge a level 1 felony and the second charge a level 4 felony. A note on the court documents … Read More
ELKHART COUNTY — The Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department is seeking the public’s help in locating a 22-year-old female who was reported as missing by a family member Thursday, Nov. 8. Katelynn Clark was last heard from on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018. Clark is described as a white female, age: … Read More
KOSCIUSKO — The Indiana Department of Transportation announced that road repair is planned for several locations in the Fort Wayne district, beginning on or after Wednesday, Sept. 26, weather permitting. Work will take place in the following locations: SR 13, between SR 14 and just south of Pierceton, … Read More
NEW PARIS — A man and woman from Cromwell were injured in a head on crash Friday evening on US 6, west of CR 11, New Paris. The accident was at 11:33 p.m. Marvin Whitacre, 48, Cromwell, and Jenice Whitacre, 58, Cromwell, were both transported to Elkhart General … Read More
SYRACUSE — Concern about horse and buggy traffic, wide loads, turning ability, suggestions of leaving it as is, installing a traffic signal, and support on the proposal were among comments heard from 12 people, including two elected officials Wednesday evening, Aug. 29, at a public hearing on the … Read More
SYRACUSE — Indiana Department of Transportation will host a public hearing to provide an opportunity to comment on preliminary design plans for a roundabout at the US 6 and SR 13 (west junction) and CR 33 intersection north of Syracuse. The meeting will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. … Read More
SYRACUSE — Indiana Department of Transportation will host a public hearing to provide an opportunity to comment on preliminary design plans for a roundabout at the US 6 and SR 13 (west junction) and CR 33 intersection north of Syracuse. The meeting will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. … Read More
INDIANAPOLIS — Thousands of stocked trout will be available to Indiana anglers for opening day of inland stream trout fishing this Saturday, April 28. The season officially starts at 6 a.m. local time. By opening day, the DNR will have stocked 23,275 rainbow trout in 16 streams in … Read More
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Indiana Court of Appeals has denied Kimbert Crafton’s appeal of his sentence Oct. 18, 2017. Crafton is also awaiting a plea agreement and a jury trial on two unrelated cases. Crafton, 32, 609 W. Boston St., Syracuse, was arrested in early April on three charges … Read More
GOSHEN — Elkhart County Commissioner Mike Yoder announced on Facebook this morning, that Core Civic had informed the county commissioners it was pulling the zoning request and would not be seeking a possible location in Elkhart County. Opposition to the proposed 1,400 bed Immigration Detention Center had come … Read More
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — A Warsaw man who was ordered to register as a sex offender for life and is considered a sexually violent predator, has been arrested after he failed to report a change of address in 2015. Abraham Garcia, 37, whose court document shows an address of … Read More
Dorothy Anna Bontrager, 86, Goshen, died on Wednesday, Dec. 13, at her residence following an illness with lymphoma. Dorothy was born June 11, 1931, in Nappanee to Henry and Jemima (Kuhns) Schmucker. On Sept. 8, 1949, at Fair Haven Amish Mennonite Church, Goshen, she married Eli A. Bontrager. … Read More
Russell Lee Shapland, 56, Elkhart, died at 4:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 14, at Goshen Hospital. He was born June 12, 1961, in Goshen, to James E. & Edythe L. (Greenewalt) Shapland. He married Shirley Jean (Roth) Shapland on May 12, 1979. Russell worked as a truck driver. Surviving are … Read More
Barbara J. Ritchey, 79, Elkhart, died at 3:15 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 14, at Elkhart Place. She was born Jan. 25, 1938, in Oberlin, Ohio, to Leonard & Geraldine (Conkle) Bricker. She married Robert Ritchey on July 2, 1960, in Homerville, Ohio, and he died Nov. 23, 2011. Surviving … Read More
SYRACUSE — The female driver and lone occupant of a Honda Accord has been taken to Goshen Hospital following a rear-end collision on SR 13, north of Syracuse. The accident occurred at approximately 4:40 p.m. today, Nov. 9. The vehicle ran into the back of a semitrailer, being … Read More
