An Akron man arrested Thursday faces drug and child pornography charges after an overdose in March.

AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley High School Work Based Learning (WBL) administrators and students hosted the 2018 Employer Appreciation Banquet on May 10 at the Akron Community Center.

WINONA LAKE – Two Grace College students are headed to Indianapolis to participate in Smart Tech, an immersive, four-week program to prepare liberal arts students for the high-tech job market.

Kosciusko County Community Fair Inc. issued a news release Thursday in response to Circuit Court Judge Mike Reed’s temporary injunction on motorized racing at the fairgrounds while the court proceedings are ongoing.

A fourth person was arrested in a child neglect case in which a boy was found malnourished with life-threatening injuries, and her bond was set at over $200,000.

A Warsaw man was arrested earlier this week after allegedly burglarizing a home and making his getaway in a taxicab.

A North Webster woman was arrested earlier this week after allegedly using a dead man’s Social Security number to obtain over $39,000 in fraudulent loans.

The boy and girl of the year at the Baker Youth Center for 2017-18 are Charlie Sexton and Angelica Garcia Ponce, respectively.

John Elliott presented Winona Lake Town Manager Craig Allebach a check for $1,000 from the Esther Pfleiderer Charitable Trust and 1st Source Bank in support of the First Annual Winona Lake Family Festival.

SYRACUSE – An unoccupied house sustained $80,000 in damage from a fire Wednesday that remains under investigation.

Sewer work and this weekend’s Fat & Skinner Tire Fest will result in road closings today and Friday.

Circuit Court Judge Michael Reed granted a preliminary injunction Wednesday against Kosciusko County Community Fair Inc. having motorized racing at the fairgrounds.

After nearly three hours of testimony on the order to demolish the former Silver Lake Elementary School, Hearing Officer Thomas Earhart had a simple question: Who owns the building?

The board of directors for A Bridge to Hope, a local non-profit dedicated to offering solutions to substance abuse in Kosciusko County, has announced the appointment of Kevin Haines as executive director for the organization.

Tippecanoe Valley High School announced Cheyene Oldfather as the valedictorian and Dakota Parker as the salutatorian for the graduating class of 2018.

The rider of a scooter was injured when the vehicle was involved in a crash with a car at about 2:20 p.m. Wednesday. The incident occurred at the intersection of Market and Indiana streets, Warsaw. The rider was transported to a hospital by Lutheran EMS. The scene was cleaned up in a matter of minutes. Along with the EMS, the Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory and Warsaw Police Department responded to the scene. Further information was unavailable at press time. Photo by David Slone.

County Jail Bookings The following people were preliminarily charged and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail: • 8:13 a.m. Monday - Marcos Miguel Mejia, 19, of 2805 E. Lapoint Drive, Milford, …

A semi tractor pulling a trailer containing three pontoon boats and motors and other marine supplies was struck by a northbound train in Leesburg around 7:30 a.m. today. In the above photo the semi pulling the boats came to rest at the Van Buren Street intersection.The driver of the semi, Charles A. Cloud II, Elkhart, told police he was taking a detour through Leesburg because of construction on Ind. 15 when the trailer became stuck on the tracks after he made a sharp turn at the Van Buren Street crossing. The driver called police to tell them his rig was stuck on the tracks. Police contacted Norfolk Southern officials who reached the train’s engineer. The engineer said he saw the trailer and was braking, but could not stop in time to avoid a collision. Damage to the train and semi tractor was minimal, but the trailer and cargo were heavily damaged. Also damaged were signal arms and the controller cabinet at the crossing. There were no injuries. The accident caused both crossings in Leesburg to be blocked as crews cleared the scene. Photo by Gary Nieter.

Members of the Kosciusko County Master Gardeners spruced up the planters in the alley south of Warsaw’s city hall Monday afternoon. Pictured are Connie Street-Fribley (L) and Brenda Houtz working on a planter. The project is part of the group’s community service.

Jim Lancaster  returned to Warsaw three years ago after his job with Zimmer Biomet took him to the Netherlands for five years, and he’s doing his best to bring back a bit of the European country’s intensity for bicycling.

Warsaw is seeking to hire some more lifeguards.

Buying iPads for all of next school year’s fifth- and ninth-graders at Warsaw Community Schools won’t be as expensive as in the past for the corporation’s 1:1 program.

Picnic tables could help the southeast corner of the county courthouse square become a gathering space if enough donations are collected.

The annual DARE graduation ceremony for Warsaw Community Schools sixth-graders took place Tuesday evening at the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center in Winona Lake. It included entertainment, a keynote speech from WCS Superintendent Dr. David Hoffert, special recognitions and awards and a laser light show. Schools represented included Sacred Heart, Jefferson, Claypool, Lincoln, Eisenhower, Leesburg, Washington, Madison and Harrison elementaries. The DARE program turns 30 years old on Sept. 19, according to Warsaw Police Department DARE officers Roy Navarro and Allen Danko. Pictured are sixth-graders trying a “magic trick” by Magician Tyler Sherwin, one of the night’s two entertainers. Photo by David Slone.

Over 50 race fans attended Monday night’s Kosciusko County Fair Board meeting to not only voice their support for the fair’s efforts to fight litigation to end motorized racing there, but to also encourage the fair to open the track up to more racing.