CLAYPOOL - A fire that started in a detached garage spread to the nearby home shortly after midnight Sunday at 7608 S. CR 400E, Claypool.

R&B Car Company, 2105 Biomet Drive, Warsaw, held an adoption event and fundraiser Saturday for the Animal Welfare League of Kosciusko County.

SYRACUSE - Syracuse Cub Scout Pack 3828 held its annual Pinewood Derby Saturday at the Scout Lodge near Syracuse.

Yes, there will be a leprechaun at the St. Paddy’s Street Party on March 16.

Even before you get to the door of The Dutch Kernal Gourmet Popcorn, 2518 Walton Blvd., Warsaw, the aroma lures you in.

LEESBURG — Owens Fresh Meat Market provides "custom" butchering, says one of its owners, Mark Owens.

The Kosciusko County Community Foundation announced it is accepting applications from eligible childcare programs and centers for Infant & Toddler Care Grants.

LEESBURG — Kevin Carr said he wants his and wife Elizabeth Carr's business, Carr Tech, to be "the first stop before the body shop."

STATEHOUSE – A bill sponsored by State Rep. David Abbott (R-Rome City) to extend health insurance coverage to Hoosiers living with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and end-stage renal disease is headed to the governor's desk.

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission (ATC) has announced that it will allow the sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunday, March 10 to continue until 4 a.m. due to Daylight Saving Time.

CLAYPOOL - The Claypool Lions will be selling fish and tenderloin on Saturday, March 16 at their building on Railroad Street.

In her childhood, Dr. Miry Makebish saw what a lack of good medical care could mean for a community and its people.

MERRILLVILLE – Just in time for Severe Weather Awareness Week in Indiana, which runs Sunday, March 10 through Saturday, March 16 this year, NIPSCO is reminding customers of the steps they can take to prepare for potential severe weather.

The Indiana State Police (ISP) has received several concerns from citizens reporting an apparent phone scam.

A dozen members of the Warsaw Aktion Club were on hand at the Warsaw Community Public Library on Wednesday morning, helping move and clean items, making them ready for the WCPL’s annual spring rummage sale, which is Friday, March 8.

New alcohol licenses were approved for two Warsaw businesses Thursday by the Alcohol Tobacco Commission of Kosciusko County.

NORTH WEBSTER - Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana announced its inaugural comedy show fundraiser, "Laugh for Kids’ Sake,” set to take place at the Owl’s Nest in North Webster on March 22.

NORTH MANCHESTER – After accepting Chief Jim Kirk's resignation, the North Manchester Town Council voted to appoint Nate Birch as the new police chief effective April 20.

The date has been set for the Cemetery Walking Tour as Sept. 14, with the weekend after being set as a rain date, the Oakwood Cemetery Board of Regents was told Thursday.

Twenty-six chefs competed at Paddock Springs, 2695 Shelden St., Warsaw, during the third Culinary Olympics Thursday, with the gold medalists being from Kendallville.

Utility relocation — the first phase of work for the widening of Anchorage Road that connects Ind. 15 to U.S. 30 — is set to begin within days.

WINONA LAKE — The Grace College Department of Humanities will welcome author Dionne Irving to campus for a book reading on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Morgan Library, 921 Connection Circle, Winona Lake.

Kosciusko Area Plan Commission approved three final plats at its short meeting Wednesday.

SILVER LAKE – Silver Lake Conservation Foundation Inc. was selected by Arrow Head Country Resource Conservation and Development Area Inc. as a grant award recipient.

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that $155.6 million in federal transportation funding is being awarded to 51 cities, towns, and counties in rural portions of Indiana to invest in local road and bridge improvements and sidewalk projects.