From the Files of the Kosciusko County Historical Society

Editor’s note: This is a retrospective article that runs a few times a month on InkFreeNews.

Information for this retrospective series is courtesy of the Kosciusko County Historical Society.

1995 — The saga involving the Syracuse Police Department continued. Chief Bob Ziller ended 10 years in that position by resigning after the threat of legal action by Kosciusko County Prosecutor David Kolbe.

The town initially refused to take action against Ziller, who was accused by fellow officers of urging them not to arrest drunk driving suspects.

Meanwhile, two officers who spoke out against Ziller alleged various efforts by the town to retaliate.

March 23, 1992 — After struggling all game to find his shooting eye, Warsaw senior Jason McKenzie found perfect 20/20 vision when he needed it most.

McKenzie rifled in a bullet from three-point range with two seconds left, giving the Tigers a heart-stopping 46-44 semistate championship win over Kokomo and propelling his team into the Final Four.

The Tigers, 26-1, advance to the state finals in the Hoosier Dome Saturday and will face Lafayette Jeff (24-2) in the second game.

The Tiger players include: Dan Elliott, Jason McKenzie, Clay Johnson, Jeff Polk, Eric Knisely, Ray Reed, Matt Horin, Brian Swanson, Jeramy Sumpter, Blaine Conley, Jeremy Marsh and Brody Ewert.

March 25, 1961 — Fire of unknown origin swept through the P.N. Hirsch department store in downtown Warsaw at 8 a.m. this morning, threatened adjoining stores and was raging on with the probability that damage will run between $250,000 and $500,000.

The Hirsch store, formerly Carter’s, at the southeast corner of Market and Buffalo streets, was sure to be totally destroyed.

– Compiled by InkFreeNews reporter Lasca Randels