Fred P. Scroggs, 95, of Columbia City, died Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at Parkview Whitley Hospital, Columbia City. He was born June 11, 1919, in McCaysville, Georgia a son of Homer and Lula (Denny) Scroggs. He graduated from Fannin County High School in Morganton and received an associate degree from a technical school in Dayton, …read more.

Janet L. Lumpkins, 83, of Columbia City, passed away Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at Miller’s Merry Manor in Columbia City. Born July 12, 1931, in Altoona, Pa., she was the daughter of Ira F. and Hazel (Evans) Salkeld. She graduated from Everett High School in Everett, Pa., with the Class of 1949, and attended Penn …read more.

Elizabeth F. “Betty” Metzger, 87, of South Whitley, died Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne. She was born Aug. 4, 1927, in Kosciusko County, a daughter of Merl and Hazel (Rathbun) Smith. In 1946, she married James M. “Si” Metzger. They moved to South Whitley in 1955. Mr. Metzger died …read more.

Janet L. Lumpkins, age 83, of Columbia City, passed away at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at Miller’s Merry Manor Inc., Columbia City. Arrangements are pending at DeMoney-Grimes Funeral Home.

Martha (Tomlinson) Bushong, 88, of Albion, passed away at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at Northridge Village Nursing Home in Albion. Mrs. Bushong was born on Nov. 2, 1926, in Hillsdale County, Michigan, a daughter of Charles Mory and Mary (Tucker) Wilkins. She spent her formative years in Churubusco, and graduated from Churubusco High …read more.

Leadership Whitley County (LWC) and the Whitley County Economic Development Corporation (EDC) announced yesterday that the LWC program will join the EDC and LWC alumnae Carrie Meyer will serve as the new program director. “Leadership Whitley County is an excellent program that will work well with the added support of Whitley County Economic Development,” said …read more.