SOUTH WHITLEY - The South Whitley Town Council issued a statement today urging “patience” regarding an officer’s traffic stop of an 18-year-old girl on Jan. 24.

LAWRENCE - A suspect in Friday’s triple homicide in Lawrence, Ind., was apprehended Monday.

A South Whitley man is dead and a North Manchester woman injured after a two-vehicle accident Monday evening.

MENTONE — Karissa Cody is "trusted (and) respected by the staff (at Mentone Elementary School)," said Mentone Elementary Principal Randy Dahms on Monday.

Live Well Kosciusko celebrated its new location at 515 Provident Drive, Warsaw, Monday with a ribbon-cutting held by the Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce.

Republican Mike Ragan announced Monday that Anne Hathaway, Indiana Republican Party chair, will be the keynote speaker at the Kosciusko County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner.

PIERCETON — Pierceton Town Council members had a discussion with Pierceton Youth League's leaders during an informational meeting on Monday.

Warsaw Community Public Library’s renovation committee will meet with city officials this week regarding a possible new location for the library.

SILVER LAKE - One person was taken to a hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation after a house fire Monday afternoon.

As part of a grant application to acquire funds to demolish the former Jomac Products buildings at the corner of Smith Street and Winona Avenue, the Warsaw Common Council approved a resolution Monday designating the structures as blighted.

In his campaign to be Indiana’s next governor, Brad Chambers touts himself as an outsider who has a passion for the state.

WINONA LAKE — The Grace College Department of Humanities welcomes author and poet George David Clark for a poetry reading on Thursday, April 25 at 6 p.m. at Morgan Library, 921 Connection Circle, Winona Lake.

Sue Ann Mitchell, candidate for Kosciusko County Commissioner-Northern District, in partnership with her supporters Sen. Ryan Mishler, Jon Garber, Avis Gunter, Jim Jarrett, Jean Northenor, Linda Sanders, Joe Thallemer and Ernie Wiggins will hold a forum on Monday, April 22 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Zimmer Biomet Center Lake Pavilion, 119 E. Canal St., Warsaw.

Sharing an understanding that many children in the community sleep on couches and even floors and that all kids deserve a safe, comfortable bed of their own with warm bedding and a pillow, Bowen Health Clinic is hosting Kosciusko County organizations and leaders for a build day to produce 20 beds that will be delivered to area children in need.

SOUTH WHITLEY - Criticism against a South Whitley police officer and the department was rampant over the weekend after a video of the officer’s traffic stop of an 18-year-old girl was put online by her father.

Over 100 volunteers helped make beds for kids in Kosciusko County Saturday as part of the Kosciusko County chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace’s (SHP) first public build.

The city of Warsaw Public Works Department, along with Borden Waste Away Services/Integra and Waste Management are offering expanded services to the residents of the city in celebration of Earth Week, according to a provided news release.

The staff development day at the Warsaw Community Public Library has been canceled, and the library will be open on April 18. WCPL’s staff look forward to welcoming community members from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Manchester University's environmental studies, peace studies and education departments will host Community Day at Koinonia Environmental and Retreat Center on April 27.

A Sunday Night Praise Hymnsing, free and open to all, will be held in the chapel of Grace Retirement Village in Winona Lake on April 28 at 6 p.m. with the prelude beginning at 5:45 p.m.

SYRACUSE - Syracuse Cub Scout Pack 3828 will hold its annual cake auction 2 p.m. Saturday, April 20 at Saint Andew’s United Methodist Church, 1413 N. Long Drive, Syracuse.

CLAYPOOL - Claypool Lions will be selling fish ($12 per pound) and tenderloin ($9 per pound) on Saturday, April 20.

The Drug Enforcement Administration sponsors nationwide “Prescription Drug Take Back” initiatives. The “Take Back” on April 27 seeks to prevent prescription drug misuse and theft through proper disposal of prescription drugs.

The Warsaw Kiwanis Club announced it will host its annual Pancake & Egg Breakfast on Saturday, April 27.

Pinwheels on the courthouse lawn spun quickly and nonstop Friday as if to remind those gathered to recognize Child Abuse Prevention Month that the need to end child abuse can’t come quick enough.