Orrin Andrew "Andy" Hoffer, 81, Warsaw, passed away at 12:15 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, at Parkview Regional Hospital, Fort Wayne. He was born May 26, 1936, in Warsaw, to Fred and Gladys Lucille Hunter Hoffer
LAPORTE — Billy Eugene Hooper, 67, LaPorte, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. Billy was born on Feb. 11, 1950, in Fairfield, Ill., to Norval and Jenny Brock Hooper.
BOURBON – A season ago, Triton’s varsity boys basketball team lost its first three games. Then the Trojans won 18 of their next 20, which included a 10-game win streak and a Hoosier North Athletic Conference championship.
The Warsaw Lady Tigers extended their defense in the second half Wednesday, and as a result they extended their homecourt winning streak. In a 49-39 win over the Wabash Lady Apaches, Warsaw switched to a full-court pressure defense after trailing 22-20 at halftime. The Lady Tigers, who turned the ball over 13 times in the first half, forced 13 turnovers in the third quarter, finished the eight-minute frame on a 13-2 run with Kennedy Patton’s buzzer-beating trey and pushed their Tiger Den win streak to 16 games.
Instead of evicting the Warsaw Flying Club from the airport Tuesday for an unauthorized event in September, the Board of Aviation Commissioners gave it some criteria to meet.
Zimmer Biomet’s financial struggles in 2017 are expected to linger into 2018, further complicated by hurricanes that devastated Puerto Rico where the Warsaw-based orthopedic company has two plants.
SOUTH WHITLEY – It’s difficult for any team to replace a player like Nate Walpole, but that’s exactly what Whitko intends to do this boys basketball season.
WINONA LAKE – The first 30 seconds of Lakeland Christian Academy’s girls basketball game with visiting Churubusco wasn’t very good, with a turnover and a layup for the Lady Eagles.
With the Limited Use Limited Application (LULA) elevator continuing to fail, the Warsaw Community Public Library is looking at renovations that could cost well above $500,000.