WARSAW — In honor of child abuse prevention month, Court Appointed Special Advocates held its second annual pinwheel garden planting ceremony on the south lawn of the courthouse on Wednesday, April 12. Around 30 people from the community attended the event. Individuals from CASA, Department of Children’s Services and others from the community were in …read more.

FORT WAYNE — New documents obtained by NewsChannel 15 give perspective on what led Amber Pasztor to kill her children last September. The documents claim she had planned to kill them for w

Approximately 40 people gathered on the south lawn of the Kosciusko County Courthouse in Warsaw today to plant a garden of blue pinwheels in honor of Child Abuse Prevention month. Those attending the ceremony included representatives of Court Appointed Special Advocates, Department of Children’s Services, Judge David Cates, Prosecutor Dan Hampton, county employees and other …read more.

WARSAW —  CASA and DCS  will join together at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 13,  to plant a pinwheel garden on the south side of the courthouse lawn.  The judges, school superintendents and other local community members have also been invited to participate. CASA and DCS used to do a candle light vigil but decided to …read more.

SOUTH BEND —The Indiana Heart Gallery, a traveling exhibit featuring compelling portraits of children in need of adoptive families, is stopping in South Bend. The Gallery will be featured at the Northern Indiana Autism Expo on Oct. 17. The Department of Child Services uses the Heart Gallery’s professional portraits and stories about foster children in Indiana to help put a face on a sometimes invisible need and remind families that adoption can change lives. There is no charge to see the gallery.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — State lawmakers are reconvening to scrutinize how Indiana’s troubled Department of Child Services screens calls for help through its centralized hotline. Members of the DCS study committee are scheduled to review the hotline, examine child care provider payment issues and hear public testimony. The panel plans to meet this afternoon at the …read more.

Department of Child Services is investigating the welfare of two young children who reside in a Syracuse apartment where a methamphetamine lab was located on Thursday evening. At about 7 p.m. Syracuse Police officers went to 303 E. Palm Dr. on an anonymous drug tip where they located an active meth lab inside a garage …read more.