Jay Rigdon, Warsaw Community Public Library’s legal counsel, was present at the meeting to discuss the library’s options on funding for a dry fire protection system. InkFreeNews photo by Liz Shepherd. WARSAW — Protection against fires and viruses was the main topic of discussion at the Warsaw Community Public Library Board of Trustees’ meeting on Monday, …read more.

WARSAW — An Illinois man was sentenced to 55 years in prison on Monday, Dec. 23, after killing his cousin in 2017. Derrick Lavelle Wandrick, 26, Harvey, Ill., was charged with felony murder. Wandrick had been facing a four-day jury trial in January 2020, but that was canceled after a guilty plea was entered in …read more.

WARSAW — In what appears to be the biggest grant acquisitions in city history, officials announced they have been awarded $6.3 million that will be used to lower power lines on the east end of the city airport’s east-west runway. The grant will provide all of the money needed for engineering and construction costs. The …read more.

*WARNING: The following article contains information that may not be suitable for all readers.* KOSCIUSKO — A Syracuse man was sentenced to three years at the Indiana Department of Corrections after confessing to molesting three children under the age of 10. Ronald Dewayne Hensley, 55, 5251 E. CR 800N, Syracuse, was charged with child molesting, …read more.

KOSCIUSKO — A Huntington man was sentenced on Thursday, July 18, to three years at the Indiana Department of Corrections after allegedly setting fire to a residence. Trenton Clifton Bowers, 38, 948 Salamonie Ave., Huntington, was charged with two counts of arson, level 4 felonies; and stalking, a level 6 felony. A criminal mischief charge …read more.

WARSAW — The Board of Aviation Commissioners looked toward the future with a discussion on the Warsaw Municipal Airport’s 2020 budget during its meeting on Tuesday, July 9. Airport Manager Nick King presented a draft of the airport’s 2020 budget to board members and estimated a 23.7 percent change in overall funding. For 2019, the …read more.

WARSAW — A Warsaw man received multiple sentences on drug charges with only a year to serve. Caleb Michael Devine, 27, 326 Eisenhower Parkway, Warsaw, pleaded guilty on May 20 to possession of methamphetamine, a level 6 felony, possession of both marijuana and paraphernalia, class A and C misdemeanors respectively. He appeared in Kosciusko County …read more.

ETNA GREEN — Business at the Etna Green Town Council meeting Tuesday, Feb. 12, focused on utility adjustments for town residents. Elizabeth Damron and her mother, Ronnie Horn, were present at the meeting in regards to a sewer line break underneath a residence. Damron presented her wastewater bill to the town council and asked for …read more.

WARSAW — During its meeting Tuesday, Feb. 12, the Board of Aviation Commissioners focused on future projects for Warsaw Municipal Airport through an in-depth discussion on runways, roadways, and rehabilitation. Airport Manager Nick King presented the engineer’s report on behalf of Ken Ross, NGC Aviation Consultants. King and Ross held a conference call with the …read more.

WARSAW — Dennis Vandiver II’s attempt to hire his own attorney and take his case to a jury didn’t go as he wanted today, Thursday, Nov. 15, in Kosciusko Superior Court 1. Instead, his plea agreement was accepted and he was sentenced to 30 years in the Indiana Department of Corrections, with five years suspended. …read more.

ETNA GREEN — After a heated discussion among Etna Green town council members and citizens, the council meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 13, ended with a purchase approval for the former Interra Credit Union building and the resignation of the town’s clerk-treasurer. Town Attorney Jay Rigdon presented the proposed purchase agreement for the former bank building …read more.

WARSAW — The Kosciusko County Council gave the North Webster Community Public Library permission to raise funds and spend money it already has in order to build a new building. At the regular monthly meeting of the council Thursday night, Nov. 8, the panel heard a presentation from Jay Rigdon, attorney for the library’s board …read more.

WARSAW — Business at this month’s Board of Aviation Commissioners meeting held Monday, Oct. 15, focused on discussing an upcoming project regarding the movement of power lines at the airport. Ken Ross of NGC Aviation Consultants said the cost estimate for the power line project through AEP is estimated at $6.2 million. “We’ve had great …read more.

ETNA GREEN — A passionate discussion was held during the Etna Green Town Council’s meeting Tuesday, Oct. 9, regarding the future use of the former Interra Credit Union building. The council voted to send a letter of intent to Interra Credit Union for the building, located at 106 S. Walnut St. During the meeting, the …read more.

MILFORD — Those attending the monthly public meeting of the Milford Town Council Monday, Aug. 13, were greeted at the door of the meeting room with a handout from the council containing an excerpt from the Handbook on Indiana’s Public Access Laws preceded by a request not to “assert yourself into the council discussions unless it …read more.

MILFORD — In spite of two wastewater rate hikes in the last six years, Milford’s utility remains in the red, a fact which prompted its town council to pass a motion commissioning a rate study by Umbaugh and Associates at a cost of $6,500. The vote was 2 to 1, with member Dan Cochran voting against, …read more.

KOSCIUSKO — A Pierceton man was sentenced in Kosciusko Circuit Court Monday, May 7, for dealing meth after a controlled purchase. Bryan Gene Rice, 154 EMS R3E Lane, Pierceton, was charged with dealing in methamphetamine, a level 4 felony. According to the affidavit of probable cause, on Oct. 16, 2017, the Kosciusko County Drug Task …read more.

WARSAW — Business was very brief at the Board of Aviation Commissioners monthly meeting Tuesday, March 13. The meeting primarily focused on aircraft purchasing courtesy fuel in order to help support the airport. Airport manager Nick King said that revenue is up $700 from this time last year. However, he said that the majority of …read more.

WARSAW—A Mentone man was sentenced today in Kosciusko Circuit Court after robbing the Warsaw CVS store last year. Jesse Ray Combs, 27, 3705 S. SR 25, Mentone, was charged with robbery with a deadly weapon, a level 3 felony; and possession of a narcotic drug, a level 3 felony. According to the affidavit of probable …read more.

  WARSAW – The Wedding from Hell, an audience-participation murder mystery, is coming to the Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts in Warsaw at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 24. You’ve been to weddings where something goes wrong? Try everything. Bruce (Jason Dugger) and Tina (Brittany Peterson) face it all. The groom’s snobbish, aristocratic mother, Sylvia …read more.

MILFORD — Ryan Brauen of Wessler Engineering was present at Milford’s monthly public town council meeting Monday evening, Oct. 9, to oversee the opening of bids on the town’s wastewater plant renovation project. The bids, in order they were opened, were: R.E. Crosby Construction, $648,900; Kleenco, $634,900; Mason Engineering, $606,000; James S. Jackson Co., $679,000. …read more.

MILFORD — Milford Town Council started its monthly public meeting Monday evening, July 10, with a swearing in ceremony for two new police officers. Charles Bird III will begin working as a reserve officer and Brandon Shipp will begin his academy training and is expected to be working full time in the fall. “That’s the …read more.

WARSAW — Retribution — one of the goals in the justice system was a point made by Jason Ryan Coleman’s attorney prior to his sentencing this morning, May 26, on a charge of child molesting, a level 1 felony.

Jared Thomas Frantz WARSAW — Jared Thomas Frantz, 28, Syracuse, was sentenced Monday, Feb. 8, in Kosciusko Circuit Court on charges relating to the deaths of Korbin Foster and Kaleb Lampkin, both 17, who died June 1, 2015, in an accidental drowning. Frantz, who plead guilty to count one, dealing in a schedule 1 controlled …read more.

WARSAW — Members of the Warsaw Board of Aviation Commissioners for the Warsaw Municipal Airport approved the 2016-2022 Airport Capital Improvement Program during Tuesday evening’s regular monthly meeting, Jan. 12. The CIP includes budgeting for power line relocation in 2017 and 2018, and the design phase of a tunnel concept for the CR 100E road …read more.

According to John Julien of Umbaugh and Associates, “Cash is king,” and cash is what the town of Milford is lacking when it comes to proper maintenance of its water utilities.
Julien and Ross Hagen, also from Umbaugh, were on hand at the Milford Town Council meeting Monday evening, July 13, to present the water rate study the town commissioned in the spring of 2015.

Wesley Lee Melton Jr Jury selection took up the morning and early afternoon today, Tuesday, June 9, in Kosciusko County Superior Court 1, for the start of a two-day jury trial for Wesley Lee Melton Jr., 23, West Harrison, Mauds, Okla., formerly of Milford. Melton was charged in July 2013 with child molesting, a class …read more.

After making five trips to Milford in the last few months, Timothy Wall of Troyer Group finally got the news he was hoping for. On Monday, June 8, Milford Town Council passed a motion to go ahead with Troyer’s Town Facilities Study. Earlier in the day, Milford Redevelopment Commission voted to pay for half of …read more.

Tom and Brenda Bulger attended Monday night’s Milford Town Council meeting in the hopes of finding out what, if anything, can be done about the “eyesore” they’ve been living next to for 20 years. The house at the corner of West and Fourth streets burned in an electrical fire in 1995. For the last five …read more.

Tom and Brenda Bulger were among a handful of residents who attended the Milford Town Council meeting Monday night in hopes of getting answers about what some see as a disturbing number of abandoned or neglected buildings in their neighborhoods. The Bulgers share the corner of Fourth and West streets with a neglected house they …read more.

Milford’s first town council meeting of the year Monday evening began with the election of officers. Doug Ruch nominated Bob Cockburn for president who accepted, though he did state, “I do believe it should be rotated around.” Cockburn’s nomination was unanimously approved. Ruch remains vice-president. All appointments remained the same as 2014 with the exception …read more.

During its regular monthly meeting Monday evening, Milford Town Council decided to table any decision to adjust the 2015 pay rates of town employees until their end-of-year meeting, scheduled for 8 a.m. Dec. 30. Council member Doug Ruch made a motion to freeze pay increases at the current levels following Town Clerk Joellen Free’s estimate …read more.

Prepared to be sentenced on a charge of reckless homicide, Candy S. Chamness, 34, North Long Drive, Syracuse, instead will have to wait to find out her fate. Chamness appeared in Kosciusko Circuit Court Monday morning for a scheduled plea hearing and sentencing. Instead, Judge Michael Reed took the plea under advisement. The sentencing date …read more.

Ward Lane in North Webster was vacated at the request of the North Webster Church of God. A typographical error, however, has voided the initial vacation, which is now being refiled. (Photo courtesy of Google Earth) Back for a second time before the North Webster Town Council Tuesday evening was Jay Rigdon, Ward Lane resident …read more.

Kent Flannery was sentenced this morning to a total of 40 years in prison for the crimes of incest and child molestation. On Feb. 4, Flannery appeared before Kosciusko Circuit Court Judge Duane Huffer and pleaded guilty to the class B and class A felony counts respectively. Today, while being sentenced, the Milford man said …read more.

Milford Redevelopment Commission has appointed a new attorney to lead them through the process of setting up a new tax increment financing district. Bob Murphy of RP Murphy and Associates told committee members at the last meeting, three weeks ago, that it would be in their best interest to find a new attorney who could …read more.