Continuously serving Kosciusko County since 1854
10 Years AgoPlaying together for 4-1/2 years, Joe's Garage focuses on what's currently hip - not what was hip in the 1960s. The group, formed in the summer of 1996, when Bill Kovach, bass, and Mickey Ratliff, drums - both teachers at Warsaw Community High School - got together with Ratliff's neighbor guitarist Rich Brunk.They only play out together about half a dozen times a year and practice every Sunday afternoon, in Ratliff's basement - not the garage. The fourth member of the band is Dianne Ratliff, Mickey's wife. She joined the band because she couldn't stand it anymore. Dianne said she's conservative and was raised on classical music. Vocalists who had auditioned weren't right and Dianne stepped up to the mike.25 Years AgoWarsaw Police Sgt. Samie Brown has been elected president of The Police League of Indiana Inc. for the 1985-86 year. The Police League is a statewide organization comprised of 1,400 members. Brown, a member of the Warsaw Police Department the past 18-1/2 years, has belonged to the Police League for approximately 16 years. It is the first time he has been elected president, but he has worked his way up the ladder as he was second vice-president for the 1983-84 year.50 Years AgoWinona Lake will rock with the enthusiasm of several thousand teenagers starting Sunday, July 3, as Youth for Christ International opens its 16th annual convention. The conclave will run through Sunday, July 17, and will attract young people and their leaders from most of the 50 states, Canada and a number of foreign countries.75 Years AgoCharlie Brown, 17, wins the local record for catching the biggest frog to date this season. He exhibited a big bullfrog at The Times today. The croaker, caught in the old canal in Warsaw, just fit into a regulation-size cigar box.
