Noble County Burglary Suspect Apprehended Near Lake Wawasee After Vehicle Pursuit

Leesburg Man Accused Of Securities Fraud, Money Laundering

A Leesburg man was arrested  Monday after police say he conned residents out of thousands of dollars by posing as a stock broker.

Squires Get First Win

Mason Hamby had 15 points and Koehl Fluke had 10 points as Manchester got its first win of the season, 38-32 at Caston Tuesday night. The Squires held a 12-2 lead after the first quarter, and the Comets trimmed that lead to two, 29-27, by the end of the third period. Manchester outscored Caston 9-5 over the last eight minutes to secure the victory.

Late Goal Helps Lancers Soccer Complete Top-10 Upset

For the second time this season Grace College’s men’s soccer team upset a top-15 opponent.

Lancer Baseball Ends Regular Season With Sweep Of Bethal

Grace’s baseball team completed the season sweep of Bethel on Thursday afternoon, securing a spot in the conference tournament next week.

Taxes, Hypocrisy & Plans

Editor, Times-Union: Everyone pays taxes — property, sales, excise, income, etc. The main means by which our local, state and federal governments can fund the services they provide is by “asking” us to pay taxes.

LaunchPad Proposes Pilot Child Care Center At Claypool Elementary School

Times-Union Court News 05-04-2004

Superior Court II The following misdemeanors and infractions were recently admitted and adjudged in Kosciusko Superior Court II with Judge James Jarrette presiding.The following people also paid $334.50 in court costs: Driving While Intoxicated - • Abelardo Torres, Silver Lake, sentenced to six days in jail, a $100 fine and his driver's license suspended 90 days. • Curtis Eby, Kimmel, sentenced to 12 days in jail, a $150 fine and his driver's license suspended 90 days. • Timothy Hursey, Syracuse, sentenced to 10 days in jail, a $150 fine and his driver's license suspended 180 days. • Ramon E.Perez-Chavez, Goshen, sentenced to six days in jail, a $100 fine and his driver's license suspended. • Michael Harvey, Leesburg, sentenced to six days in jail, a $100 fine and his driver's license suspended 180 days.

The Problem With Kerry

Lately I find myself feeling the need to give John Kerry advice. He's slipping in the polls and I really can't say I want the guy to be our next president. But it amazes me sometimes how a dumb, unenlightened Hoosier like me can see things so clearly that seem to elude Kerry's campaign advisers. Last Saturday night, former President Clinton - before undergoing quadruple bypass surgery - called Kerry and told him he needed to stop talking about Vietnam and start talking about domestic issues. (That, not so coincidentally, is exactly what I told Kerry in my column of Aug.28.I suppose Kerry didn't read it, though.) Kerry decided that's probably a good idea, so now he's on a domestic issue - the economy.Well, not so much the economy.It's jobs. OK, here's some more advice.To run on a huge job problem, there first must be a huge job problem. And there simply isn't.

Anti-W Web Sites Are Plentiful

I already finished my column for the week when the Bin Laden tape came out Friday afternoon. But I simply couldn't resist a couple quick observations. 1.What is this? Terrorists for Kerry? Do you suppose Kerry was cringing when Bin Laden was going on about how bad W is? 2.It was a tape.Not a bomb.You know Bin Laden would much rather use a bomb, like he did before the elections in Spain.But he didn't.Why? Because he can't.W's homeland security appears to be working. 3.Next to capturing Bin Laden, this is the best thing that could have happened to W's campaign. ***** Last week I wrote about how John Kerry says stuff that he knows is demonstrably untrue. Basically, the guy appears devoid of character and integrity.I am willing to concede that the W camp does its fair share of exaggerating the obfuscating.But Kerry takes it to a new level. Kerry makes Bill Clinton, the President Prevaricator, look like Honest Abe.

Knots Are A Tied And True Hobby For Some People

Warsaw Police Officer Serving Overseas With Task Force Nighthawk

Triton Beats Winamac; Secures Winning Season

Max Slusser ran for 120 yards and a pair of touchdowns, and James Snyder had a touchdown passing and another on the ground for Triton in its 36-19 Hoosier North Athletic Conference football win Friday at Winamac. The win was the sixth for Triton, assuring the Trojans of their first winning season since 2008. The victory also secured sole possession of third place in the conference.

County ARPA Committee Approves New Uses Of Unused ARPA Grant Funds

Every nickel and dime of the county’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds have to be allocated by year’s end or the county loses it.

Shriver Enjoys Success In First Year As Head Coach

AKRON - Jeff Shriver said he was never looking to be a head football coach. He said he was "content" being an assistant. When long-time friend and Tippecanoe Valley head coach Scott Bibler stepped down after the 2005 season, Shriver - a graduate and former player for backyard rival Rochester - was promoted from defensive coordinator to head coach. And the guy who said he didn't set out to be a head coach led the Vikings to a 7-3 record in his first year at the helm.Valley's record included a dominating 7-0 mark in the Three Rivers Conference.

Warsaw VB Team Wins NLC Opener

After defeating state-ranked Fort Wayne Snider in Fort Wayne last week, the Warsaw Tigers prepared to begin the Northern Lakes Conference against the Goshen Redskins. The Warsaw squad jumped out to a good NLC start after defeating the Redskins 15-7, 15-9 Thursday night in the Tigers' home opener. In the first game, Warsaw and Goshen traded side-outs in the early possessions until Warsaw's Kara Kesler stepped to the serving line and set up four straight points for the Tigers. After trading possessions several more time, Goshen's Becky Rheinheimer sparked a three-point Redskin run to bring the score to 4-3 in Warsaw's favor.

Squires Push North Miami But Lose

WABASH - The Manchester Squires looked like a completely different volleyball team than they did two weeks ago. In fact, they surprised many of the spectators at SouthWood High School when they sent the sectional game against North Miami into a third game.However, North Miami outlasted Manchester, 17-15, 9-15, 15-8 and advanced to Saturday's sectional final. Manchester and North Miami battled back and forth for the first five points, but then the Warriors started to pull away.The Squires looked as if they were finished when North Miami built a 13-6 lead, but Manchester refused to give in. The Squires staged a slow but steady comeback, and with a 14-9 Warrior lead, Jessica Hicks stepped up to serve.She led Manchester to five straight Squire points to tie the score at 14.The excitement got to Hicks, however, as she overpowered the sixth serve and sent it wide and long.

Tigers Look Sharp Against Rockies

ARGOS - Six months ago, Jesse Sharp was an eighth-grader at Lakeview Middle School. Thursday evening he helped Warsaw Community High School's varsity boys soccer team move one step closer to its fourth straight sectional championship. The talented and speedy freshman, who scored two goals in Monday's 5-0 sectional-opening win against Oregon-Davis, scored twice again Thursday evening, as Warsaw shut out Northern Lakes Conference rival Plymouth 3-0 at Argos High School's Eugene Snyder Field. "I think, in the seven years I've been here, he's probably in the top one or two of freshman who have been able to come in and make an impact," said Warsaw coach Scott Bauer."He's the first striker as a freshman to have that kind of impact on the game.He has wonderful balance and instinct for a kid his age." Sharp's first goal gave the Tigers a 1-0 lead with 20:17 remaining in the first half and turned out to be the game-winner.

Tigers Roll Over Goshen

Like a snowball rolling down a hill, Warsaw's varsity volleyball team picked up momentum as Thursday's home match with Northern Lakes Conference rival Goshen wore on. In the end, the Tigers walked away with a 15-6, 15-3 victory. "Of course I'm happy with the win, but we made too many serving mistakes that broke our momentum in the first game," first-year Tiger coach Doug West said."We played better as the match went on.I think we served tougher in the second game and kept them out of sync." The win improves the Tigers to 8-1 overall and 2-0 in the NLC; Goshen falls to 1-6 and 0-1. Warsaw jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the first game, but a sideout resulted in two service points from Redskin junior Kelly Eldridge. Goshen took a 5-4 lead on its next serve when junior Angie Cox stepped to the line.Tiger senior Myra Sells killed Goshen's momentum with a powerful kill, and then teammate Cassie Harding served as the Tigers scored two points to take a 6-5 lead.

Horseshoe Pitchers Stake Out Points In Thursday Tournament

The clang of steel against steel was heard ringing from the Kosciusko County Fairground's camping area where the horseshoe tournament was under way Thursday afternoon. The annual tournament began at 4 p.m.with five men, two women and one reluctant junior participating. "Go ahead and sign up," organizer Stan Loy advised Susie Hamilton about the junior division."All you have to do is throw one shoe for the trophy.You're the only one here." "For real?" Hamilton asked.She signed up, stepped to the 30-foot line and gave the U-shaped device a toss.It landed in the pit, not quite close enough for a point. "Now throw it back," Loy instructed.She did, this time coming within 6 inches of the stake to score one point. The regulation distance for horseshoes is 40 feet with a 3-foot fault mark at the 37-foot mark. Women, boys aged 16 and younger and men 70-years-old and older have the option to pitch from a distance of 30 feet.