MARION – The postseason selections from down state continue to present themselves for a few local basketball stars. An elite group of the state’s 2014-15 seniors will participate in the 27th annual North-South Indiana All-Star Classic. This girls’ and boys’ doubleheader will be played at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion on Sunday, April 19, at …read more.

Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) has received approval from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission to build five solar power facilities across northern Indiana and southern Michigan. I&M intends to use the power to generate electricity and supplement its coal-fired, hydro-electric, nuclear and wind farm operations. Two of the solar facilities will be built in St. Joseph …read more.

MARION – Despite trailing by just two at halftime, Grace’s women’s basketball team could not keep pace with No. 6 Indiana Wesleyan on Wednesday. The Lady Lancers (12-11, 5-6 Crossroads League) were outscored by 11 in the second half and fell 77-64 on the road. Grace turned the ball over a season-low seven times in …read more.

Rather than fight a lawsuit, former dentist Joseph Beck of Kokomo has agreed to settle with the state by paying a $12,000 fine for violating patient privacy and federal HIPAA regulations after 60 boxes of records including patient names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, social security numbers, credit card information and more were found in …read more.

The American Legion Auxiliary junior members from Warsaw Unit 49 and Pierceton Unit 258 recently helped spread some holiday cheer. The members got together to make ornaments and decorate a tree for the Marion campus of the Veteran’s hospital. Ornaments included bells, candy cane reindeer and wooden branches of the service symbols, to name a …read more.

Rex Allen Westerman, 62, Marion, died at 11:34 p.m. Sept. 16, 2014, in Marion General Hospital. He was born in New Port, Ark., to the late Lee Westerman and Pearl Baker Avalos. He was a U.S. Army veteran and he was a truck driver. He enjoyed camping, traveling, fishing and spending time with his family. …read more.

MARION – There is still over a foot of snow on the ground in most places, but spring sports are already underway. Wawasee’s boys and girls track teams haven’t begun to run outside yet, but competed in a pair of indoor settings this weekend and made impressions both nights. Saturday at the Hoosier State Qualifier …read more.

MARION – Where does one even begin when talking about a career like the one Taylor Goshert has had? The Warsaw native is in her final season as a member of the Indiana Wesleyan University Wildcat basketball team and has made her mark in her time with the prominent NAIA program. Wesleyan finished the regular …read more.

Marion B. ‘Bill’ Patty, 77, of Goshen, Ind., and formerly of Syracuse, Ind., passed away at 7:15 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013, at his home. He was born July 9, 1936, in Fort Wayne, Ind., to Marion Francis and Naomi (Bill) Patty. He graduated in 1954 from Southside High School in Fort Wayne, attended Indiana …read more.