Continuously serving Kosciusko County since 1854
10 Years AgoUpward Basketball of Warsaw was expecting 100 to 200 children to sign up for its program the first year.They have 295. Upward Basketball is a national nonprofit organization with more than 100,000 children. A basketball league designed to instruct elementary children in the skills of basketball while emphasizing Christian values, the program started in South Carolina several years ago by a youth minister.25 Years AgoDowntown Warsaw experienced a record low of -25 degrees at 6 a.m. Sunday. Temperatures warmed to -7 at 8 a.m. and were expected to climb all the way to 10 or 15 degrees above zero later today. Most churches in Warsaw and the county canceled Sunday services. All Warsaw schools and many others throughout this county and area were closed today. So were courthouse offices and some factories and businesses.50 Years AgoMr. and Mrs. Rufus L. Miner, of Wooster Road, and their granddaughter, Miss Diana Miner, have returned from Williamsburg, Va. They were accompanied on their 10-day trip by Mr. and Mrs. Manuel McGoldrick of Indianapolis, and their granddaughter, Miss Jo Ellen Gentry, of Camden, Ind.75 Years AgoMany curves on the survey of new highway Ind. 25, the Mentone road, between Warsaw and Mentone, have been eliminated, according to W.H. Rinebolt, right-of-way agent of the state highway department. On the "Devils Backbone," located near Palestine, six of the curves have been reduced to two.Under the new route the distance will be approximately 12-1/2 miles between Mentone and Warsaw instead of 13, engineers have figured.
