Gloria Jean Staples, 77, Rochester, formerly of Warren, died Tuesday, May 6, 2025. She was born Jan. 19, 1948, in Winamac. She is survived by her children, Cora (Roy) Percy, Warren, Teri Staples Thompson, Leiters Ford, Guy (Rebecca) Staples, Larwill, James (Bobbi) Staples, Ashland, Ohio, and Karen (Paul) … Read More
Dora M. Miller, 83, of Palestine, passed at 2:26 p.m. Monday, April 7, 2025, at her residence. Dora was born on Oct. 18, 1941, in Leiters Ford, to the late Loren Wayne and Mary Elizabeth (Dillman) Kelley. On Jan. 23, 1976, she married Robert E. Miller, DVM, who preceded … Read More
Kosciusko County Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office investigated the following accidents: 1:42 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 25, North Fox Farm Road, west of North CR 200W, Warsaw. Driver: Timothy R. Westerhof, 46, Springwater Circle, Indianapolis. Westerhof was traveling east on North Fox Farm Road on a motorcycle … Read More
“Fourteen years ago, I got an associate degree in criminal justice,” stated Amanda Gilbert, Rochester.
Read MoreSilver Lake Officers with the Silver Lake Police Department investigated the following accident: 10:22 a.m. Friday, Jan. 12, SR 15, north of CR 900S, Silver Lake. Driver: Gage C. Newsome, 25, West Howard Street, Muncie. Newsome reported a vehicle in front of him slowed down abruptly, causing him … Read More
Janice S. Nelson, 93, of Leiters Ford, was surrounded by her loving family when she died at 9:27 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022.
Read MoreRTC celebrated its first completed project in their Next Level Connections fiber build out to all of Fulton County on Wednesday, Nov. 16, in Leiters Ford.
Read MoreA Fulton County man was arrested after an online group that works to expose child predators allegedly caught him planning to engage in sexual activity with a 13-year-old.
Read MoreMt. Hope Church is hosting a trunk-or-treat event Saturday Oct. 23.
Read MoreEloise M. Lawson, 92, Leiters Ford, passed away at 8:50 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hickory Creek at Rochester. On May 9, 1928, Eloise was born in Leiters Ford to Earl J. and Helen VanKirk Lawson. Living in the home she was born in for 78 … Read More
Marjory J. Skersick, 102, Rochester, passed away at 5:02 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, at Hickory Creek at Rochester. She was born on Jan. 19, 1918, in Elkhart, the daughter of Charles Iverson and Erdine (Kenyon) Wyland. While at a dance with friends in Michigan in 1937, she … Read More
Kosciusko County Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office investigated the following incidents: 7 a.m. Friday, Aug. 28, 2000 block of East CR 700N, Leesburg. Kyle Bohnenkapmer reported a bicycle accident. 12:45 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, 1000 block of West Hoppus Road, Warsaw. Stephanie Stanley reported fraud. … Read More
Warren W. “Bill” Schmal, 70, Leiters Ford, passed away at 2:17 a.m., Tuesday, May 26, 2020, at Parkview Hospital of Wabash. In Hammond, on Nov. 22, 1949, Bill was born to Donald Lewis and Marilyn Jean Winkler Schmal. Bill moved to Leiters Ford in 1968 from Lansing, Mich. … Read More
Former Leiters Ford resident, Dana Anderson Simpson, 48, of Monticello was surrounded by her loving family when she passed away at 4:16 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019, at St. Elizabeth Hospital of Lafayette. On March 5, 1971, Dana Leann Anderson was born in Plymouth. She was the treasured … Read More
LEITERS FORD —Three persons were arrested by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department and Indiana State Police today, Feb. 1, on drug related charges. Following a one-month investigation by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department, a search warrant was served today, Feb. 1, in the 4500 block of north Bowen … Read More
Former Leiters Ford resident, Alpha Rose Cissna, 75, was surrounded by her loving family when she passed at 10:53 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 at her daughter’s home in Logansport. On July 24, 1941, Alpha was born. She was the cherished daughter of Fred D. and Rose Zora Jones. … Read More
