Alcohol Commission Questions Barbee Hotel Owner on Complaints

The Barbee Hotel and Danny’s Sports Bar owner Dan Signore was given a renewal of his liquor license at Thursday’s county Alcoholic Beverage Commission meeting despite violations.

KPMG Survey Shows Uncertainity Among Orthos

Financial executives in the medical device manufacturing industry predict that a new excise tax and the burden of its related compliance costs will have a negative impact on their company bottom lines, according to a survey conducted by KPMG LLP, the audit, tax and advisory firm.

Smart Meter

Editor, Times-Union: Health concerns. Links to brain tumors. Security scares. Over charges. Rate increases. All for an updated, modernized, KREMC “Smart Meter?”

KLA Students Present White Paper Projects

Kosciusko Leadership Academy students presented their White Paper projects at their final session Tuesday at the County Annex in Warsaw.

Curtis E. Ousley

Curtis E. Ousley, 83, of Pierceton,  passed away at 7:22 p.m. April 13, 2012, in Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne.

Wilma May Mitchell

SYRACUSE – Wilma May Mitchell, 81, of North Webster, passed away April 24, 2012, in Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne, following a brief illness.

Coulter - Verrilli Not Obama's Worst Lawyer After All

The reason tea partiers carried signs saying “Read the Constitution!” was that we were hoping people would read the Constitution.

Winona Approves Bond for Grace College Residence Hall

WINONA LAKE -- Grace College is one step closer to having a new dorm on its campus.

Second District Congressional Candidate Greg Andrews Discusses Run

Second District Congressional candidate Dr. Greg Andrews said he hopes to use his background as a medical doctor to represent the second district.

May First Friday is 'Downtown at the Hop'

The theme for May’s First Friday is “Downtown At The Hop,” and is May 4 from 5 to 9 p.m.

Teeple Retiring After 43 Years

LEESBURG – In the 43 years since Rod Teeple started teaching, the smoke detector, waffle-sole running shoes, cellphones, DNA fingerprinting and genetic sequencing have been created.

Winona OKs Bond for New Grace College Residence Hall

WINONA LAKE --  Winona Lake Town Council approved a resolution for an economic development bond issue Tuesday night.

Govt. Services Assoc.

Editor, Times-Union:This is time for “we the people’s” voice about the real purpose of government service. As a nation, we the people are taken aback about a government association who was caught with poor manners and poor handling of the public’s money. Why would such an association abandon constraint in monetary policy? Then gadabout at taxpayers’ expense. I mean a huge sum of money.

Ambrose - Obama's Open-Mic Comments

Thinking a microphone was turned off, President Barack Obama whispered some secrets to Dmitry Medvedev the other day. He and the Russian president were in Seoul, South Korea. That, you would think, is a long distance from American politics, though not so long when the microphone is really turned on in an age of immediate, long-distance, blanketing communications.

Robinson - Mitt Romney is a Little Short on Specifics

WASHINGTON – Republicans say they’re eager for the presidential campaign to turn away from “distractions” and focus instead on the economy. Someone should warn them that if they’re not careful, they might get their wish.

Edward 'Ed' A. Waltz

ROCHESTER – Edward “Ed” A. Waltz, 75, of 807 E. 10th St., Rochester, died at 7:35 a.m. April 24, 2012, in his residence.

Marcus - Is John Edwards a Criminal?

WASHINGTON – The prosecution has rested in a case that should never have been brought: the ghastly soap opera better known as the criminal trial of John Edwards. The testimony has been salacious, mesmerizing and revolting. Edwards has been proved to be what everyone already knew beyond a reasonable doubt: an egocentric cad. How big a cad? He let his daughter testify about his love for her late mother.

Addiction

Editor, Times-Union:My name is Darren Heinzman and I am a drug addict. Since I was 15 years old I have been a daily drug user. For many years it never strayed outside of marijuana/alcohol and occasionally hallucinogens. And for almost a decade that trend continued. And even though I was never caught, I wasn’t a positive pro-social part of society.

City Hears Tree City USA Proposal

Warsaw is working to be recognized as a tree-friendly community.

Parker - True Journalism Protects Our Freedoms

WASHINGTON – All it takes is one little twit. Or a tweet, as the case may be – not that the two are mutually exclusive.