KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — A Syracuse woman who failed to return to work release in July is now back in jail facing charges of failure to appear and failure to return to lawful detention. Shawnee Ann Green, 47, with addresses of 321 N. Maple Ave., Warsaw, and 519 Inwood Circle, Syracuse, was arrested Wednesday afternoon on …read more.

ELKHART COUNTY  — Kevin Bronson, Warsaw, was given a seven-year suspended sentence on Sept. 29, for corrupt business influence following a plea agreement. This suspended sentence is to be served with the Elkhart County Community Corrections. Special Judge Stephen Bowers noted, at sentencing, Bronson had been accepted by ECCC and ordered he be placed in …read more.

WARSAW — Women in the Kosciusko County Work Release Program will be moving from their current residence at the jail to the men’s work release center off of Center Street. The move is scheduled to occur tentatively the beginning of March. Men on work release have been residing in the former hotel off of Center Street …read more.

WARSAW — A Warsaw man who defrauded financial institutions, businesses, and private citizens will be spending the next 12 years at the Indiana Department of Corrections. Cary G. Smith Jr., 398027 W. 900S, Akron, was sentenced Thursday, April 21, in Kosciusko Superior Court 1, based on his original plea agreement submitted in September 2015. Originally …read more.

WARSAW — A man serving his sentence in work release, walked away from the facility on Monday, Sept. 21 and was charged with escape Thursday.

Former Whitley county auditor Jenny R. McGuire was sentenced to 5.5 years in jail Monday, Feb. 9. However, 18 months of the sentence was suspended by the judge and the remaining four years will be served in work release. McGuire pleaded guilty to and was convicted of stealing more than $100,000 from the county and …read more.

The Kosciusko County Commissioners had a number of items requiring approval on the agenda for the Jan. 27 meeting. First, Sue Ann Mitchell came before the commissioners representing the county’s Board of Finance. Commissioner Ron Truex, who was uncharacteristically absent from the meeting, was reappointed to the board. Then Mitchell summarized the board’s investment for …read more.

A number of trees behind the Kosciusko County Work Release facility have been cut down this week, but a county official says it’s a move that will save money. Commissioner Bob Conley told StaceyPageOnline.com that a number of cottonwood trees were removed because of costly problems from the cottony covered seed. “They were causing blockages …read more.