Night Market Offers Gifts That Give Back

Grace College invites the community to shop at the fifth-annual Night Market on Nov. 30 from 2 to 8 p.m. in the Winona Heritage Room, 901 Park Ave., Winona Lake.

‘Thanks For Giving’ Is Theme Of November First Friday Event

November is widely considered to be a time for giving thanks and giving back to the community. In keeping with that tradition, “Thanks for Giving” is the theme for First Friday, from 5 to 9 p.m. in downtown Warsaw.

Warsaw Defense Dominates Columbia City

A dominating interior presence combined with stifling defense helped the Warsaw Lady Tigers knock off visiting Columbia City 55-38 Tuesday night.

Plymouth Man Allegedly Stole Truck While At Work In Warsaw

Manchester Civic Band Preps For 49th Year

Interra And Business Partners Make Donation To Junior Achievement

Interra Credit Union recently hosted its second annual Back Forty Shooting Clay event in Bourbon.

Planet Fitness Locations Launch School Supply Drive For Boys & Girls Clubs

FORT WAYNE – Eleven Northern Indiana Planet Fitness locations announced Thursday they are holding a school supply drive with all donations benefiting children in grades K-12 at Northern Indiana Boys & Girls Clubs (“BGC”).

True Colors

Editor, Times-Union: You did it. You Voted. You won. You chose lies over truth, anger over peace, vengeance over forgiveness, divisiveness over unity and hatred over acceptance.

Camp HERO ‘Off To A Good Start’ With Nearly 200 Kids

In its fifth year, Camp HERO (Honor, Excellence, Respect, Opportunity) has grown to just shy of 200 kids.

Manchester Falls To Taller Generals

NORTH MANCHESTER - When Gary Goshert came to Manchester he knew he would be taking over a team that would be small, something he was used to at Wawasee, his former school. Well, the Fort Wayne Wayne Generals should him just how small his new team is in beating up the Squires 62-49 Wednesday. Wayne jumped out to an early 6-point lead using the inside play of 6-foot-4 Ben Corley.Early on, Corley hit two inside layups and assisted on a 3-pointer as he dominated early. Manchester jumped back into it with a 6-point run, mixing up the play and using scrappy defense to make key steals to keep the larger Generals at bay. The Squires came out with more strong defense in the second quarter containing Wayne and forcing them to be pateint. Manchester's defense seemed to fold in the last minutes of the second half allowing Wayne to open up and go on a 4-point run and take a 7-point halftime lead.

Plymouth's Walking Wounded Come To Life

SYRACUSE - Before the start of last night's game between Plymouth and the Wawasee Warriors nobody knew if Plymouth's QB Nick Chaney would play. Chaney was sporting a bad ankle and Scott Eisenbarger started in his place.Early in the second quarter however, Plymouth's head coach Tom Condon made two important moves.He brought Chaney in at quarterback and brought in Bobby Salinas, who was also injured at running back.Those two combined for 207 yards of offense as Plymouth beat Wawasee 19-6 Friday at Warrior Field. Chaney threw for 60 yards and ran for 56 more, while Salinas tore up the Warrior deffense for 91 yards on 12 carries. Wawasee grabbed the lead early when Warrior quarterback Jeff Beer connected with Aaron Graves from 35 yards out.Plymouth came right back and scored on Nick Chaney's 1-yard dive into the end zone to close out the half. Plymouth came out in the second half and ran the ball straight down Wawasee's throat.

Fort Wayne Teen Held In Robbery Of Shell Station

A Fort Wayne juvenile is charged with armed robbery and being held without bond in Kosciusko County Jail. Tiffany Shauntae Potter, 16, was arrested early this morning and charged with robbing the Shell Food Mart on U.S.30, near Warsaw.She and three other Fort Wayne juveniles were stopped by police after a brief chase on U.S.30. Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department received a call at 12:52 this morning that the Shell station was robbed and a gun was displayed.The four suspects stole an undisclosed amount of gasoline, but no cash. Two sheriff's deputies were en route from Pierceton when one spotted the van with the juveniles headed east on U.S.30.At the intersection of Ind.13, police reported the van turned around and headed west, back toward Warsaw.

Four Men Rob Local Veal Barn

A Warsaw man was robbed by four men outside a local veal barn Friday evening. Jose Lopez, of Anchorage Road, Warsaw, was alone in the Strauss Veal barn at 6218 S.CR 400W, Warsaw, around 7 or 7:30 p.m.Friday when a vehicle drove around the parking lot and then left. According to Lopez, who spoke to the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department through an interpreter, about 20 minutes later the car returned and a man entered the south door of the barn and asked Lopez about a job.Lopez told the man to leave and closed the door. Then three men approached Lopez while he was still near the south door of the barn.Lopez believes the men entered the barn through a different door while the other man distracted him at the south door. The three men then let the fourth man back into the barn. Two of the men were armed with large folding knives and another had a large stick or club.The fourth man was not armed.

Warsaw Fire Injures Three

Smoke alarms alerted a Warsaw man to a fire in his home Wednesday afternoon and he was able to get his kids out, but not before all three were injured. Timothy Hines, 37, of 212 N.Cook St., suffered multiple cuts to his arms, legs and stomach after jumping through a window to escape his burning home.He also suffered from smoke inhalation. Hines' 5-year-old son, Jacob, suffered second-degree burns and smoke inhalation, and his 3-year-old daughter, Katherine, suffered from smoke inhalation. All three were treated at Kosciusko Community Hospital and released. Warsaw Fire Department firefighter Terry Himes also was treated at KCH for smoke inhalation and released.Himes was fighting the fire inside the house when smoke got inside his mask, according to Michael Wilson, WFD fire inspector. Warsaw Fire Chief Ken Shepherd said the smoke alarms and Hines' quick thinking probably saved some lives Wednesday.

Officers Criticized

Editor, Times-Union:A few persons who work for the Warsaw Police Dept. seem to have forgotten the meaning.

Capone 'Back' In Baarbee Area

Times-Union staff writer Gangster Al Capone has returned to Kosciusko County. The last time he was seen around these parts was during his heyday in the first part of the 20th century.But now he's back to tell his story. In truth, Stan Stokes is portraying Capone in a historic production at the Barbee Restaurant and Grille.Sally Hogan wrote, produces and directs the "dinner theater." Kosciusko County Convention & Visitors Bureau Operations Manager Sharon Gosnell said the Barbee Hotel "was one of his hideouts."Hogan said in the heyday of the hotel, it was quite nice and far away from the police so Capone could hide out there.In the dinner theater production, "Capone" tells his story with his gal "Bunny" singing notable songs during the show.Gosnell plays Bunny. For the creation of the show, Hogan did all the research on Capone's life.She said the show talks about much of his life."It was a lot of work, I'll tell you that," she said.

Authors Share Insights, Anecdotes In New Book, 'Winona Lake Summers'

WINONA LAKE - It's obviously a love affair, one fostered by sparkling water, the squeals of splashing children and the comforting sense of history. Jane Gordon Cook and Paula Heckman have authored a delightful book about Winona Lake and the characters it nurtured and inspired. Printed by Ican Publish, a division of Heckman Bindery, North Manchester, the slim volume is a beautiful coffee table piece. "It's certainly not an exhaustive work," Heckman said of "Winona Lake Summers.""It's a social book.Easy to read in 15-minute bursts." Comprising seven short chapters: "Winona Lake Summers, History of Winona Lake, Chautauqua, Bible Conferences, Billy and Ma Sunday, Homer Rodeheaver and Winona Musicians and Through The Decades," the book is easy to pick up, easy to put down and easy to get back to later.

Gatke Building Virtually Asbestos Free

It's always nice to find out things aren't as bad as what was feared. The city of Warsaw and Kosciusko County could be heard breathing a collective sigh of relief Monday, when initial environmental testing results came back that the old Gatke Corp.building at 2321 W.Winona Ave.contained no free-floating asbestos. Removing and disposing of asbestos dust and particles that were thought to be pervasive in the facility, closed since 1993, won't be necessary, according to Warsaw Building Inspector Pam Kennedy. "The city believed the site was just covered with asbestos, but it's not," she said."This is very good news." Kennedy received the good news from Karla McDonald, director of redevelopment services for Quality Environmental Professionals Inc., who was at the site conducting the second phase of site evaluation and testing before the demolition of the old brake pad and clutch plate manufacturing facility.

Silver Lake Fire Injures Two Children

SILVER LAKE - Two children remain hospitalized after a fire at their Silver Lake residence Monday night in which their parents also were injured.A third child escaped the home uninjured. Silver Lake Fire Department was called to the Brian Sherrill residence on Ind.14 about 10 p.m.Monday after smoke alarms awakened the sleeping family. Katelyn Sherrill, 5, and Cody Sherrill, 7, both were airlifted to St.Joseph Hospital Regional Burn Center, where Cody is listed in critical condition with smoke inhalation and Katelyn is in good condition with burns to both hands and smoke inhalation.Cody also inhaled a lot of soot, which means his lungs could have burns, according to Silver Lake Fire Chief Morris Jones.Information as to the degree of burns suffered was not available.

Winona Burglaries Solved

Several weekend break-ins at Winona Lake were solved early Monday when Warsaw police detained an adult and a juvenile after they allegedly attempted to use a stolen credit card to rent a room a a Warsaw hotel. Kenneth Ray Hochstetler, 22, of Bremen, is charged with burglary to a business, possession of paraphernalia and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.He is being held in the Kosciusko County Jail on $5,000 bond.Drew Allen Krichbaum, 16, of 201 Lakeview Drive, Winona Lake, is charged with curfew violation and two counts of possession of marijuana.He was released to his mother's custody after being questioned by police. Hochstetler and Krichbaum were apprehended at Wal-Mart after a security officer from Ramada Inn reported the two as acting suspicious.They were denied a room and Hochstetler reportedly asked if the limit on the credit card could be checked.He was told to do so by using the 800 number on the back of the card.