Betty A. Olinger, 89, Warsaw, passed away at 11:50 p.m. Dec. 12, 2016, at Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw.  Arrangements are pending with McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw. ***** To sign the guestbook or send a condolence, go to www.mchattonsadlerfuneralchapels.com. 

The Kosciusko County Community Foundation’s 2017 general scholarship application is now available online at kcfoundation.org/scholarships/.

Hackers accessed Warsaw Community Public Library’s website, but only for a day.

Two final plats went before the Warsaw Plan Commission Monday night and both were quickly approved.

AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley School Board recognized Mentone Elementary Reading Interventionist Karla Hayden as the recipient of the Tippecanoe Valley World Class Teacher Award.

MILFORD – At Milford Town Council’s monthly meeting Monday, discussions revolved around bonds in order to fund the 2017 wastewater improvement plan.

Kosciusko Community YMCA will start winter classes Jan. 9, and run through Feb. 19.

For 13 years, a group from the Beaver Dam United Methodist Church and other community members, calling themselves the Wheels on Fire Team, have worked together to help individuals who are fighting cancer.

County Jail Bookings  The following people were preliminarily charged and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail: • 12:20 p.m. Monday – Eric Charles Bennett, 25, Elkhart, arrested for failure to comply. No bond set. • 4:39 p.m. Monday – Trenton Francis Hairrell, 22, of 1104 N. Crete Drive, Warsaw, arrested for theft. Bond: $400. • 8:10 p.m. Monday – Aaron Wade Lindsey, 36, of 687 N. Timberline Circle, Warsaw, arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Bond: $700. • 10:40 p.m. Monday– Monica Lynn Mullins, 21, of 708 W. Catholic St., Pierceton, arrested for a probation violation. Bond: $5,250.

Elena Lopez, 39, Warsaw, passed away at 11:56 a.m. Dec. 11, 2016, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. Arrangements are pending at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw. ***** To sign the guestbook or send a condolence, go to www.mchattonsadlerfuneralchapels.com. 

A plea hearing for the third man accused of being involved in a 2015 double murder in Syracuse was rescheduled this morning for Wednesday in Kosciusko Circuit Court.

Something special – maybe even a little magical – began happening in April at Cardinal Services when officials decided clients could benefit from more than just a simple art class.

WINONA LAKE – Grace College students Kaylee Kercher, resident of Goshen, and Michelle Sweers, resident of Union, Mich., spent the summer of 2016 creating art at AkzoNobel Powder Coatings in Warsaw.

County Jail Bookings  The following people were preliminarily charged and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail: • 10: 42 p.m. Friday – Rhashon Kamal Wells, 27, of 739 E. Winona Ave., Warsaw, arrested for failure to comply and failure to appear. Bond: $583.50. • 12:12 p.m. Friday – Rachelle Dale Dickey, 26, of 1202 Wooster Road, #89, Winona Lake, arrested for failure to appear, theft and arrested on a civil warrant. Bond: $2,175.  • 12:29 p.m. Friday – Mark Dale McGillem, 39, of 330 EMS T26 Lane, Leesburg, arrested for domestic battery in the presence of a child. Bond: $5,250. • 2:54 p.m. Friday – Amy Christine Eskridge, 31, of 201 E. Pittsburgh St., Syracuse, arrested for failure to appear. No bond set. • 6:31 p.m. Friday – Alyssa Rebecka Ford, 18, of 7286 E. CR 650N, North Webster, arrested for failure to appear.  Bond: $600.  Property Damage Accidents • 5:49 p.m. Thursday – U.S. 6 and Ind. 13, Syracuse. Car hit deer. Driver: Beatrice Harlan, 20, Ligonier. Damage: $1,000 to $2,500. Syracuse Police?Department investigated,  • 6:31 a.m. Friday – North CR 350W and Old 30, Warsaw. Car hit old corner post. Driver: David Arnold, 65, Old 30, Warsaw. Damage: $2,500 to $5,000. Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated.  • 8:57 a.m. Friday – Intersection of Old 30 and CR 600W, Atwood. Car hit deer. Driver: Leslie Teddy, 41, South Bend. Damage: $1,000 to $2,500. KCSD.

Leesburg is awaiting a visit from Santa Claus this Saturday at 6:30 p.m.

The Kosciusko Community YMCA will host its annual Frigid 5K Road Race on New Year’s Day.

An Elkhart woman was arrested Thursday morning after police allege she took her small child to a drug deal.

Kosciusko Leadership Academy recently met at the Ivy Tech Community College Orthopedic and Advanced Manufacturing Training Center where cadets learned about the history of orthopedics in the county and the impact the industry has on the region.

Grace College & Seminary’s military program recently was awarded two designations: Top Military College from Military Advanced Education & Transition and Military Friendly School from Victory Media.

Jeremy and Christen Chupp Burkholder, Bourbon, announce the birth of a son.

For the Kosciusko County 2017 Lilly Endowment Community Scholars and their families, the four-year full-ride scholarships to the Indiana college of their choice are a blessing from God. This morning …

Police arrested the sixth and final person Wednesday in connection with a couple of thefts in October.

A Pierceton man is facing charges after police say he stripped naked  and exposed himself to a woman on U.S. 30.

A man is in custody after an eight-hour standoff with police north of Syracuse, according to a news release from the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department.

A man who led police on a chase Wednesday was hospitalized after colliding with another vehicle in Elkhart County Wednesday.