Melissa and Gabe Fitzsimmons and their daughter, Aubrey, in the hospital on Aug. 22, 2011. (Photo provided) It is not often that the prosecution, the defense and the judge agree in an open courtroom that a defendant can be rehabilitated after a crime. But today, in Kosciusko County Superior Court III, all parties came together …read more.

A Pierceton man who was driving drunk in August 2011 and seriously injured a woman, has thus far avoided being sentenced for his crime, but his attorney says it is due to insurance issues. According to Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department information, Andrew Peters, 29, was operating while intoxicated in August 2011. His vehicle crossed the …read more.

At 1:37 p.m. Monday, Aug. 22, 2011, then 28-year-old Andrew Peters of Pierceton crossed the center line of County Road 100 North and hit a Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicle driven by Melissa Fitzsimmons, 30, also of Pierceton. Fitzsimmons sustained a serious ankle injury but her infant daughter, who was safely strapped in a car seat, …read more.