CHICAGO — If you’re not already following Sue, the Field Museum’s famous Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton, on Twitter, you should be. If anyone had to make a list of the most essential Chicago Twitter feeds, Sue’s would be at or near the very top, combining Paleontology information, Field Museum news, Jurassic Park riffs and jokes about …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS — Lt. Governor Eric Holcomb and Indiana Office of Tourism Development Executive Director Mark Newman today, Wednesday, March 23, unveiled the statewide route of this fall’s Indiana Bicentennial Torch Relay. Kosciusko County is on that route. The relay will pass through Kosciusko County between 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29. The torch will travel …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS — Just because we have the technology, doesn’t mean we know how to use it.

FORT WAYNE — Dr. Ben Carson’s presidential campaign will be making a stop in Fort Wayne.

The Warsaw and Wawasee football teams will find out right away come Friday night where the pair stack up in the Northern Lakes Conference. The Tigers and the Warriors face huge tests in league openers for both squads. Warsaw, coming off a 34-23 road loss to East Noble, will host Class 4-A No. 2 Plymouth. …read more.

GOSHEN – Great players make the most of their opportunities. Liz Van Wormer did exactly that Tuesday night for her Warsaw girls soccer team. The senior star stepped up in big time fashion to propel the Tigers to a huge 1-0 win over No. 19 Goshen in a key Northern Lakes Conference match. Van Wormer, …read more.

PLYMOUTH – The Blueberry Festival will directly affect the Warsaw-Plymouth JV football game Saturday morning.

SOUTH BEND – With an historic and record-setting first season nearing its completion, the South Bend Cubs announced their 2016 schedule Tuesday.

WARSAW – Tiger Flag Football, designed to teach football in a safe and controlled environment, has over 110 players involved in all skill levels and abilities.

WEST LAFAYETTE – Daniel Messenger carved out his own niche while running among some great distance teammates in high school at WCHS. He now hopes to do the same as a walk-on for the Purdue men’s track team. Messenger knows the challenge in front of him with the calibre of runners on the Boilermaker squad. …read more.

WINONA LAKE – Grace College’s men’s golf team may not have a senior on the squad, but the Lancers have their fair share of talent and experience in 2015.

WINONA LAKE – Women’s golf season preview for the Grace College Lady Lancers, which will kick off its inaugural season this Friday.

MISHAWAKA – Score the first bout of the annual Warsaw versus Elkhart Memorial heavyweight volleyball prizefight as a TKO for the Crimson Chargers. Perennial power Memorial simply overpowered the Tigers Saturday as the two clashed in the final pool play match of the outstanding Mishawaka Invitational. Coach Jacquie Rost’s team relied on its usual blue-collar …read more.

WARSAW – With the echoes of “kill, kill, kill” slicing through the Bone Yard, Killamazoo were out for blood Saturday night. No one was slain, but blood was boiling in a 192-94 Killamazoo win over the Bone City Rollers Saturday night in roller derby action at Eastlake.

KENDALLVILLE – It wasn’t as if Warsaw played a “bad” football game Friday night. It was simply a case that the Tigers ran into a really, really “good” opponent. In a game that former Purdue football coach Joe Tiller would have loved, host East Noble outscored Warsaw 34-23. The field turf got some kind of …read more.

LIGONIER – Wawasee’s relentless pursuit of the football put the team in good position all night in a 37-12 win at West Noble Friday night. The Warriors created four turnovers and pounded the ball down the Chargers’ throats in an aggressive performance on both sides of the ball. Wawasee accumulated 288 total yards in the …read more.

NAPPANEE – It started with the rookies and ended with the veterans as Warsaw used speed and cleverness to defeat NorthWood, 4-0, in varsity soccer Thursday at Nappanee Elementary, home of the Panthers.

WINONA LAKE – Another unique way to stay active, have fun and support a great cause is coming to Winona Lake. The Forte Empower Race will take place Saturday, Oct. 3, beginning at 1 p.m. at Winona Lake Park.

MISHAWAKA – Warsaw boys tennis coach Rick Orban sent a message to his team at practice last Friday. The Tigers came out Monday and responded just like their savvy coach hoped they would. Warsaw continued its impressive road performances with a 5-0 win at Mishawaka Marian in non-conference play. The Tigers, who lost 5-0 at …read more.

WARSAW – It’s been over three months since the Rollers have battled in the Bone Yard. That will change this weekend. The Bone City Rollers will return home this Saturday, Aug. 29, to host the Killamazoo Derby Darlins.

BOURBON – The Triton High School science club will be selling Nelson’s Port-A-Pit chicken and pork chops this Friday, Aug. 28.

WARSAW – A glorious day was met with cheers for Homestead’s girls golf team, winners of Saturday’s Warsaw Girls Golf Invite. The Spartans also had the medalist in No. 1 Makenna Hostetter, who shot an 85. Warsaw found the day a little less cheery after shooting a 416 to land in sixth place.

BOURBON – It was all about effort and attitude for the Triton football team Friday night. The Trojans banked on a familiar face and a welcome addition to put together a hard-earned 26-20 season-opening win over Caston. Star Jeremy Jones set the tone early and new quarterback Jordan Anderson led a tremendous second-half charge as …read more.

WARSAW – It became quite a showcase game for the Warsaw Tigers football team. Getting a plus-effort from all three phases of the game, Warsaw took control and crushed Columbia City, 27-3, in the week one opener.

WARSAW – Warsaw just needed one spark to stoke the fire, one that kept burning the entire 80 minutes. The Lady Tigers had more than enough mustard to frustrate Manchester, 10-0, in a varsity-only girls soccer match Thursday evening in Tiger Town.

WINONA LAKE – Grace College’s men’s soccer team will kick off its 50th season of competition on Tuesday at Miller Athletic Complex.

BOURBON – The Triton-Caston JV football game for this Saturday has been postponed. A make-up date has not been announced.

The calendar may not say it yet officially, but so long summer. It’s time for area high school football teams to tee it up for real again come Friday night. The local prep scene on the gridiron for week one of the 2015 season has plenty of storylines to follow. There is plenty of “new” …read more.

PLEASANT LAKE – Get down and dirty on Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Parkview Muddy Trail Run. The event will be hosted at the Anthony Wayne Scout Reservation, 2282 West 500 South, Pleasant Lake, in Steuben County (10 minutes off I-69, exit 340), rain or shine.

WARSAW – They don’t play each other hardly ever. And after Tuesday night, Warsaw might not want to revisit the idea. Argos made several opportunities count in a convincing 4-1 boys soccer win over Warsaw.

INDIANAPOLIS – The fee for put-and-take pheasant hunts at DNR Fish & Wildlife Areas will increase from $25 to $28 for the 2015-16 season.

INDIANAPOLIS – The date range to set up and leave portable tree stands and ground blinds on state and federal lands is now noon on Sept. 15 through Jan. 10 the next year. Another change this year is that hunters now can mark their stands and blinds with their DNR- issued customer identification number or their name and address.

WARSAW – There wasn’t much flash, but there didn’t need to be. In a very workmanlike season opener, Warsaw rode momentum in spurts and let its senior’s play do the talking in a 3-0 volleyball win against Leo Monday night at the Tiger Den.

ELKHART – The Lakeland Christian Academy volleyball team is sure to improve as the season progresses. The Cougars, whose roster boasts very little varsity playing time as a whole, just need game experience. LCA showed signs of promise early and late in a 3-0 loss to host Jimtown in the season opener for both squads …read more.

WARSAW – On Saturday, Aug. 15, Warsaw Tiger Football held the first practices of the newly formed NFL Flag Football at Warsaw Community High School. Over 100 participants were in attendance for the Tiger football coach and player-led league. Registration for the league will continue through this weekend.

SYRACUSE – The Wawasee High School athletic department will be raffling off several items at this Friday’s opening football game.

Ink Free News took in all five local high school football teams Friday night as scrimmages opened up around the state.

WINONA LAKE – Grace’s women’s soccer team broke new ground in several ways in 2014, and they have plans for more new territory this fall.

WARSAW – A preview of local boys soccer teams for the 2015 season.

BOURBON – A preview of local volleyball teams for the 2015 season.

BREMEN – A successful visit to the area in May has Shanna Zolman coming back to speak again. Zolman will speak Thursday, Aug. 20, in Bremen at a Fellowship of Christian Athletes open house.

WARSAW – A preview of local boys cross country teams for the 2015 season.

WARSAW – A preview of local boys tennis teams for the 2015 season.

WINONA LAKE – A new era begins this August for Grace College’s volleyball team. First-year head coach Katie Van Hofwegen is poised to imprint her unique style onto the Lady Lancers in 2015.

WARSAW – Year two of a work in progress has Warsaw feeling like it’s a step ahead of the game. With weapons all over the field, the institution of the spread offense has head coach Phil Jensen feeling good about Tiger football this season. Admittedly, Jensen isn’t the biggest fan of the change. His love …read more.

WARSAW – A preview of local girls soccer teams for the 2015 season.

WARSAW – The combined squads from Warsaw Community High School will be hosting an elementary school cheerleading clinic Saturday, Aug. 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

AKRON – New Tippecanoe Valley football coach Darin Holsopple has seen a lot to like in the preseason. He hopes that in the end that there’s even more to like in terms of a bounce back season this fall for the Vikings. Holsopple, who spent the last 11 years as an assistant football coach at …read more.

WARSAW – A preview of local girls cross country teams for the 2015 season.

GOSHEN – An incredible run for the Goshen girls soccer team in 2014 has stretched into a 2015 preseason accolade for one of its star players. Senior forward Jelitza Palomino has been chosen as one of 175 girls to land on the annual High School All-American Game Watch List.

WARSAW – Camille Kerlin and her team of fundraisers found 3,000 ways to outdo themselves. Raising $15,496.27 through the June Racquets For Riley tennis fundraiser, Kerlin topped her inaugural total by over $3,000 in money that goes to both Riley Children’s Hospital and the Kosciusko County Riley Kid’s Fund.

BOURBON – A hectic offseason had Triton football scrambling, but the Trojans have a new identity under new head coach Ron Brown and should be ready to go for an optimistic season.

BOURBON – Triton will be selling its 2015-16 athletic passes and the junior high football program is announcing it’s call-out for potential players.

TOMAHAWK, Wis. – The Lake City Skiers had themselves quite a successful weekend, placing third at the 15th Division 2 Show Ski National Championships.

BOURBON – Triton High School will host its all-sports parent meeting this Wednesday, Aug. 5, in the high school Performing Arts Center. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m.

The Fort Wayne TinCaps welcome all fans to help raise awareness and funds for cancer research during their game at Parkview Field on Sunday, Aug. 2, at 1:05 p.m. against the West Michigan Whitecaps for Stand Up To Cancer Day

SYRACUSE – The quartet of James Blackwell, Ben Tuttle, Ryan Gustafson and Greg Johnson would easily pass for your “ordinary” recent college graduates. What the four young men from Cedarville University in Ohio are doing right now though is anything but ordinary. Extraordinary would be the right word for the current mission of the devoted …read more.

PIERCETON – New Paris showed the heart of a champion Monday night. That mettle warranted a state title as the 12U Kings rallied in a big way to claim the Town & Country 12U Senior State baseball championship at Pierceton Little League after an 11-8 win over Flora. The Kings, which had surrendered only two …read more.

It was a second half to forget for the Bone City Rollers last weekend. What was a diamond in the first half turned all sorts of cubic zirconium as a seven-point edge for the Rollers fell into a 147-98 victory for the Gem City Violet Femmes in roller derby action Saturday night.

The boys from Mentone let everyone know, from Rochester to Converse, that state glory would be theirs. The Mudhens 8U baseball team had its offense in high gear, clubbing the Oak Hill Golden Eagles, 17-6, Monday evening to claim the Town & Country Minor State baseball championship.

The Indiana Shock travel softball program is looking for players to complete 10U, 12U, 14U and 16U rosters for the upcoming season. The teams are girls’ fast-pitch travel programs based out of North Manchester which play in competitive tournaments from fall 2015 through summer 2016.

The CCAC Team Louisville Slugger Fastpitch Organization has announced tryouts for the 2015-2016 season. The team is seeking the top softball players in northern Indiana to join one of the top travel softball organizations in the state.

Separation Sunday saw a pair of area baseball teams set themselves up for a state title. The Mentone 8U and the New Paris 12U baseball teams will play Monday night for Town & Country State Finals titles and are in great shape still standing undefeated in their respective double elimination tournaments.

The Triton Athletic Department will be selling the old sideline chairs used for boys and girls basketball the past 10 years. The chairs are $30 each and will be first come first serve.

The 8U Mentone baseball team sit in fantastic position after Saturday’s round of games at the Town & Country Minor State Finals, held in Rochester. The Mudhens are currently 2-0 in the tournament after winning 18-5 against Oak Hill Saturday afternoon. Mentone’s 10U baseball team also are alive after a win.

BMX racing at Hire Park kicked up a notch Saturday with pro-am through junior circuits in action in preparation for the triple points races Sunday for the Gold Cup.

New Paris’ quest for a Town & Country 12U baseball state title went as hoped Friday evening, walloping Lewis Cass, 11-1, in a run-rule, five-inning game in the first of two games in bracket play.

The Triton Athletic Department announced today that 2008 Triton graduate, Blake Schori, will be the next boys and girls cross country coach. Schori will take over for former coach Wes Rettinger, who led the Trojans for the past 11 seasons.

Wawasee High School has issued its dates and times for the 2015 fall sports practices. This includes all incoming grade levels.

This year’s Warsaw Department of Parks and Recreation Junior Golf Tour concluded with the final round played at Maxwelton Golf Club.

The Steve Dodds Charity Golf Event sponsored by the Cancer Care Fund of Kosciusko County will take place Monday, August 31. Teams will have options to play at either 8 a.m. or 1 p.m. with breakfast and lunch served to all participants.

“Having the Chicago Cubs affiliation has made a huge difference for us. You have that Cubs curiosity, the fans now feel connected. You can drive up to Wrigley in a couple years and see some of these kids play. At the end of the day, it’s a great fit for us and energized the community. The Cubs are a national brand.” – Joe Hart, President of the South Bend Cubs

The Lake City Skiers competition ski team are after its fourth national title next weekend. Lake City will perform at the USA Water Ski Division II National Ski Show Competition to be held July 31 through August 2 in Tomahawk, Wisconsin.

The young sluggers from Mentone’s youth leagues are headed to the Town & Country state tournament.

The Warsaw Parks and Recreation Department and Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club is extending the deadline for the first-ever Kid’s Triathlon Clinic. Deadline is now Friday, July 24.

In an announcement made Monday afternoon, the Triton High School Athletic Department tabbed Ron Brown as its new varsity football head coach.

MENTONE – A summer of success for the travel league teams at the Mentone Youth League continued this weekend. A trio of teams from the league earned berths in the State Finals of the Town and Country Tournament. The 8U Mudhens baseball team earned a spot at State. The squad will play in the semistate …read more.

This Saturday, July 25, the Warsaw Parks and Recreation Department will host the 2015 Big Trick Competition for skaters from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Mantis Skate Park, 400 Little League Drive in Warsaw.

Warsaw Community High School welcomed 32 teams to Rozella Ford Golf Course Saturday for its sixth annual Warsaw Lady Tiger Basketball/Volleyball Golf Outing.

The final day of the Baseball Players Association World Series for the 10U and 13U age groups at the CCAC saw teams trying to get games over with before the bad weather zeroed in on Kosciusko County. All told, the New Haven Bulldogs Black 10U team and the Granger Cubs 13U team each stood tallest as champions of each respective baseball tournament Saturday.

The idea of golf by the lake is a beautiful thing. The idea of golf in 90 percent humidity is not. It almost makes a person not be able to breathe. Gathered en masse Saturday morning at Wawasee Golf Club, 10 teams braved the thick summer air to take part in the third annual Goofy Golf To Sink Cystic Fibrosis, raising money to defeat the awful debilitation.

It’s all on the line Saturday. The Baseball Players Association World Series will culminate Saturday with championship round games after Friday’s action set up what should be a fantastic finals of the 10U and 13U tournaments.

Thirteen of Grace College’s 14 varsity athletic programs were named Scholar-Teams by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) for the 2014-15 academic year.

Baseball teams in the 10U and 13U brackets began their championship marches as day two of the Baseball Players Association World Series rolled on Thursday at the CCAC.

Hollywood actors Lisa Varga and Kevin Farley will be at this Saturday’s South Bend Cubs game to throw out the first pitch.

WARSAW – The Warsaw community lost a true treasure Wednesday night. Bob Lichtenwalter, the man fondly known as “Coach”, passed away at the age of 88. Lichtenwalter was a mentor and friend to countless youth in the community for decades as a former teacher and as the director of the Baker Boys Club (now the …read more.

Mentone Youth League is sending three teams to the 8U, 10U and 12U boys travel teams have advanced to Town & Country semi-state tournament to begin Thursday.

The Baseball Players Association World Series got underway Wednesday morning with pool play for the 10U and 13U tournaments at the CCAC.

The Lake City Roller Dolls were recently able to formally thank some local troops. Susan Manns from Treasures for Troops, a non-profit based in Silver Lake that provides care packages for those serving overseas, accepted at $200 donation Tuesday night from the Lake City Roller Dolls.

The Warsaw Parks and Recreation Department and Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club will be hosting the first-ever Kid’s Triathlon Clinic.

Nice weather, happy faces and plenty of energy ushered in the first day of the 2015 Baseball Players Association World Series. The week-long baseball tournament kicked off Tuesday with the skills tournament at the CCAC as well as a parade of teams in downtown Warsaw.

AKRON- Darin Holsopple has put a lot of planning and preparation into the day he would become a high school football head coach. Holsopple will now get an opportunity to put his plan into motion after being approved as the new football coach at Tippecanoe Valley High School Monday night at the school board meeting. …read more.

As the days will begin to become shorter as September unfolds, at least one night will be glowing neon in Winona Lake. Friday, Sept. 18, the trail system of Winona Lake will be glowing bright with color as the first-ever Techno-Glo 5K will take place.

WARSAW – The Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce will host its 41st annual Chamber Golf Classic. The outing will take place on Wednesday, July 22, at Tippecanoe Lake Country Club, located at 7245 N. Kalorama Rd., Leesburg. The Golf Classic is an 18-hole, Florida scramble with morning and afternoon tee times. Foursomes are $500 and include …read more.

The Elkhart County Railroaders made the bumpy trek to Nappanee to face a patchwork Embracers side as the two squared off in a vintage base ball match. Despite a quick fancy by the Embracers in the final inning, the visitors prevailed, 3-2, in front of a fine gathering of cranks.

Taylor Earnhardt Putnam, the daughter of seven-time NASCAR Champion Dale Earnhardt, from Moorseville, NC, will be in Warsaw on July 13 competing in the International Professional Rodeo Association rodeo at the Kosciusko County Fairgrounds. The rodeo will begin at 7 p.m.

It’s a run unlike nearly anything else coming to the area.

The Animal Welfare League of Warsaw is hosting its first-ever 5K-9 road race. The run is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Sunday, July 12, at Winona Lake Park. The cost per person is $25 and runners will receive a free T-shirt for participating. Proceeds from the event will be used to help build a new facility for the Animal Welfare League.

BOURBON – The summer months are often a chance to recharge, take inventory, and regroup for the upcoming school year in most athletic departments. The halls around Triton High School certainly have not been quiet as the school is receiving general upgrades within the building. Some of those upgrades, however, involve a whole lot more …read more.

WARSAW – Kosciusko County Pee Wee Football League announces the beginning of its 31st season. The league focuses on football, fun and fundamentals. Registrations for players who are eight years old through the sixth grade are available at Reneker’s Sport Shop on North Detroit St. in Warsaw or at area Penguin Point restaurants. Registrations can …read more.

WINONA LAKE – Lakeland Christian Academy still has openings for its youth boys basketball camp. The camp runs from Monday, July 13, through Thursday, July 16 at LCA. Kindergartners through second grade will run from 9-11 a.m. and third through sixth grade from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. each day. Cost for the camp is …read more.