Lutheran Health Network Kosciusko Community Hospital has been recognized by iVantage Health Analytics and the National Organization of State Office of Rural Health for overall excellence in quality and financial strength, reflecting top quartile performance among all rural acute care hospitals in the nation, according to a news release from?KCH.

Fraternal Order of Police Warsaw Lodge 149 held its annual Christmas with a Cop at Meijer in Warsaw Thursday night.

SYRACUSE – Three Syracuse residents were arrested in a drug sting Thursday.

Three men were arrested after an alleged gang fight at a local fast-food restaurant.

Warsaw Community Schools laid out a rough draft of its strategic plan for the next five years at its board meeting Thursday.

Warsaw Community Schools terminated the contract of  long-time high school band  director  Michael “Mickey” Ratliff during Thursday's board meeting.  

SYRACUSE — Martha J. Colbert, 80, Cromwell, passed away at 11:13 a.m. Dec. 15, 2016, at Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.  Arrangements are pending at Owen Family Funeral Home, Syracuse.  

An arrest warrant is out for a Silver Lake man accused of not telling three women he slept with that he was HIV positive, according to the Journal Gazette.

SILVER LAKE – Vehicles owned by Ryan Orlacchio and located at 106 Elm St., Silver Lake, were the subject of discussion at Wednesday’s town council meeting.

Ryun Hoffert isn’t old enough to remember World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam or even Desert Storm, but he had the opportunity last week to learn about the bombing of Pearl Harbor where it took place and from men who were there.

AKRON – A request to the Tippecanoe Valley School Board to allow cheerleaders to attend a competition at Bishop Dwenger School in Fort Wayne did not get enough votes to pass.

A Warsaw Community Schools art teacher received a Lilly Endowment Teacher Creativity Fellowship to travel Route 66.

A Pierceton woman is facing charges after police say she started a fire in her kitchen sink after an argument.

Rita F. Katchlik, 81, Fort Wayne, and formerly of Warsaw, passed away Dec. 13, 2016, in Coventry Meadows Healthcare, Fort Wayne. Arrangements are pending with McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw.  

Residents of The Beaman Home were surprised when country and gospel singer Susie McEntire and husband, Mark Eaton, stopped by the shelter for a short time before their sound check for the community Christmas concert Saturday evening in Warsaw.

NORTH WEBSTER – Long before becoming The North Webster Community Center, the building served as the original North Webster high school, middle school and an elementary school.

The Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club announced that applications for its annual public speaking contest are being accepted.

More toys are needed for the consignment sale, which will benefit the Combined Community Services Toy Give Away.

Thomas Hursey pleaded guilty this morning to robbery charges in connection to a 2015 double murder in Syracuse.

WABASH?– The board of directors of both North Central Co-op and Ceres Solutions announced Tuesday that the two Indiana-based agriculture cooperatives will merge operations and begin serving customers as one entity in September.

Indiana Department of Education released its school accountability grades Tuesday for 2016.

SYRACUSE – Wawasee School Board held a public 1028 hearing at its regular monthly meeting Tuesday.

BOURBON – The Bourbon Town Council members Les McFarland, Larry Wattenbarger and P.J. Hanley handled a number of items Tuesday.

NORTH MANCHESTER – The Manchester Community School Board plans to withdraw from the Manchester School District Co-op.

Tal Stewart Smith passed away Dec. 9, 2016, in his Indianapolis home. He was 63 at the time of his passing. He was born May 15, 1953, in McDonald Hospital, Warsaw, and was the son of Jerry L. and Wylan Titus Smith.  He graduated from Warsaw High School with the class of 1971 and grew in Warsaw’s Trinity United Methodist Church. He attended the University of Houston’s School of Finance for two years and was a 1975 graduate of Florida State University. He received a bachelor’s degree focusing on finance, computers and real estate.