ROCHESTER — Brandy Bilby, 38, Rochester is in stable condition following a one-vehicle crash near 4266 Fort Wayne Road, Rochester, Monday, March 30. Fulton County 911 received a call at approximately 8:35 p.m. Monday of a one-vehicle crash, with entrapment, near the Fort Wayne Road residence. When Fulton County Sheriff Deputies arrived they found a …read more.

  SYRACUSE — A male driver, and lone occupant in a truck, was taken to Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne, today. The driver suffered unknown injuries when his truck crossed the center line and struck a tree, nearly head-on. The accident occurred at approximately 3:15 p.m. on Huntington Street, (SR 13) Syracuse, just south of Boston …read more.

ROCHESTER — John P. Dirico, 52, Warsaw, driver of a box truck, was involved in a vehicle/bicycle accident Thursday, Sept. 7, on SR 110 in Rochester. He was not injured. Nathanael Ramer, 19, Rochester, suffered a head injury after being thrown from his bicycle in the accident. He was airlifted by Samaritan air ambulance to …read more.

COLLAMER — Richard V. Wilson, 31, Warsaw, and Zachary A. Anderson, 25, Syracuse, were taken to Parkview Regional Medical Center by Parkview Samaritan Medical Transport following a water related incident in Whitley County Sunday, June 25. At approximately 11:59 a.m. Wilson attempted to cross over the Collamer Low Head Dam with a kayak on the …read more.

FORT WAYNE — It was a tough year for donations at the Salvation Army but with the help of two donors, thousands of people will be helped.

CLAYPOOL — Crews are responding to an accident at County Farm Road and CR 600S. At this time, four people are believed to be injured and at least three are believed to be critical. Lutheran and Samaritan helicopters are on the scene. An official report has not been released, however officers at the scene believe a vehicle was …read more.

WARSAW — Two people are being airlifted via Samaritan following a motorcycle accident near 4305 W. Old Road 30. There is no word on their condition. Two helicopters have been called to the scene.

TIPPECANOE — Tracy Lynn Hunsberger, 46, Argos, was airlifted from the scene of an accident to Memorial Hospital in South Bend. According to Marshall County Sheriff’s Department, emergency personnel were called at 8:49 p.m. Thursday, April 7, to a single vehicle into a building at 18082 SR 331, Tippecanoe. The investigation determined a 1999 Ford …read more.

MENTONE — A driver and one of two passengers were airlifted by air ambulances to an undisclosed hospital following a one-vehicle accident Sunday morning, April 3. The accident was at 2:13 a.m. on West SR 25, west of South CR 1000W. The driver: Nicholas S. Stahl, 25, North CR 175E, Rochester, suffered a fracture/dislocation to …read more.

MIDLAND, TEXAS — Paige Walker drives by St. Ann’s school on her way to work at Midland Memorial Hospital almost every day. But there was one thing she kept noticing recently—the book fair.

BREMEN — A Fort Wayne man was flown to Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne, following a single vehicle accident near Bremen Wednesday, Feb. 10. Hsar Wah, 23, Fort Wayne, suffered a broken leg in the accident, which occurred at 1:30 p.m. on SR 331, south of Fifth Road, near Bremen. Marshall County Sheriff’s Department reported Wah …read more.

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — After a groom-to-be called off a Sacramento wedding, the bride-to-be’s family decided to turn the extravagant event into a feast for those less fortunate.

By CAPT. JAMES L. BRADBERRY Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department NAPPANEE- Officers from the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of a paraglider that had crashed into a cornfield west of 71182 CR 9 in Nappanee, Friday evening, Aug. 7. The pilot, who was identified as 29-year-old Seth Hochstetler of Nappanee, was found approximately …read more.

UPDATE: Brooke S. Kelly, 24, Lura Circle, Milford, was airlifted by Samaritan Helicopter to a Fort Wayne hospital after suffering a fracture/dislocation of the knee/lower leg in a one-vehicle accident. The accident was at 3:15 p.m. on CR 500E, north of CR 650N, near North Webster. Police report Kelly was southbound on CR 500E, north …read more.

A random act of kindness involving scarves has made its way to Indianapolis over the last several days. People have been sharing photos on social media and with news outlets of scarves tied around trees and light poles across the city with notes saying for passersby to take them if they are cold. It is …read more.

In an effort to better serve the community, Silver Lake Fire Department has constructed a new helipad to serve both Lutheran Air and Samaritan air ambulances in the event of local and area emergencies. Often times firefighters are asked to find and establish “landing zones” for medical helicopters. With the new helipad, patients with medical …read more.

At approximately 9:40 p.m. Wednesday, Samaritan air ambulance was called to Suburban Acres Mobile Home Park, Warsaw, where a 14-year-old was reportedly pushed and was suffering at least partial paralysis. According to scanner traffic and medics on scene, the teen was pushed into a tree by another teen. Shari Munson is the boy’s mother and, …read more.

During a meeting of the Kosciusko County Fire Association on Thursday, the discussion centered around a recent announcement by Multi-Township EMS that Lutheran Air is to be the first called medical helicopter in the event of traumatic injuries. (See story) Still without input from Kosciusko Community Hospital or Lutheran Air, both of which were contacted …read more.

A decision by Kosciusko Community Hospital and Multi-Township EMS to utilize one air ambulance service over another could make the difference between life or death for some Kosciusko County patients. An email distributed Wednesday by MTEMS directors Mark Pepple and Scott Sigerfoos to several emergency responders, stated MTEMS and KCH medical staff has made the …read more.

One person was hurt just before midnight on Saturday in a motorcycle crash on South CR 750 West near Beaver Dam Lake. Samaritan air ambulance transported the male driver, William Dean Cloud, 48, of Claypool, to a Fort Wayne hospital for treatment. The driver was reportedly traveling at a high rate of speed and lost …read more.

The Kosciusko County F.A.C.T. team and Samaritan air ambulance were called to an accident on McKenna Road near Robert Lewis Drive, Leesburg, that occurred at 4:20 p.m. Friday. According to reporter Deb Patterson, the accident involved only a bicycle and no other vehicle. A witness stated the male bicyclist went over the handle bars and …read more.

One person was killed in a single vehicle accident on SR 15 south of CR 900 North near Milford. The crash was reported at about 10:55 p.m. Sunday. Jason S. Watson, 37, of Warsaw, was driving a 2003 Dodge Ram pickup truck that slammed into a tree head on. Watson sustained blunt force injuries and …read more.

Members of the healthcare team at the Warsaw Women’s Center recently presented the Kosciusko County Community Foundation with a check for $600 to help low income women access mammograms through the Good Samaritan Fund. The donation represented proceeds from the center’s sale of Hope bracelets. The Good Samaritan Fund is a component fund of the …read more.