By DONNA BURROUGHS, Triton School Corporation Triton Elementary School honored several veterans at their special program the morning of Nov. 11

By KAYLA GOOD Navy Office of Community Outreach, Media Outreach Department WARSAW — Warsaw is one of 18 cities in seven states slated to host a performance by the United States Navy Band during its 2015 fall tour, one of the Navy’s signature outreach programs. The United States Navy Band Commodores performance is scheduled for 3 p.m. …read more.

SOUTH BEND – C.J. Prosise scored three touchdowns as Notre Dame defeated Navy 41-24 Saturday.

MAINE — A Vietnam war veteran who died 50 years ago was finally given a proper burial.

A 2003 Goshen High School graduate and Goshen-native is serving overseas with Coastal Patrol Squadron 1, living and working at a Navy base in Manama, Bahrain. Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Cutright is a Navy counselor with the Bahrain-based unit. Bahrain is a small island country situated near the western shores of the Arabian Gulf. …read more.

On our planet, more than 70 percent of which is covered by water, being there means having the ability to act from the sea. The Navy is uniquely positioned to be there; the world’s oceans give the Navy the power to protect America’s interests anywhere and at any time.

A 2010 Warsaw Community High School graduate and Warsaw native is serving on USS Donald Cook, living and working at a Navy base in Rota, Spain.

“I think we’ve got a great candidate this month,” said Kosciusko County Veterans Affair Officer Rich Maron. The veteran of the month, honored at the March 10 Kosciusko County Commissioners meeting, was Jerry Howard McCartney. McCartney was born in 1932. He was the captain of his football team in high school and the first recipient …read more.

ERAPSCO, Columbia City, Ind., is being awarded a $195,217,585 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00421-14-D-0025) to exercise an option for the procurement of up to 141,500 AN/SSQ series sonobuoys, and 10,000 MK-84 signal underwater sound devices. Work will be performed in De Leon Springs, Florida (51.7 percent), and Columbia City, Indiana (48.3 …read more.

The good news is that I hit on every pick last week, a perfect 7-0. The bad news is that many of my picks went against local teams. So, it was a relatively bad week for the local athletes. The best news, however, is that I was successful in beating Ink Free’s very own Mike …read more.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Petty Officer 2nd Class Braxton Riley, a native of Syracuse, Ind., and 2008 graduate Wawasee High School, is serving in the U.S. Navy aboard USS Somerset (LPD 25), one of the world’s most modern, networked, survivable and transformational warships. USS Somerset is named in commemoration of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. …read more.

Well, Kosciusko County, we once again find ourselves facing the wrath of Friday the 13th. Back in September we waded through the superstition and possibility of untimely death during this cursed day and made it out alive. Today we will have our superstitions at the forefront of our thoughts as we go about our daily …read more.

A local veteran was bestowed one of France’s highest honors for his service in World War II. Gordon Rhodes, a resident of Milford, was recently awarded the Knight of the Legion of Honor medal from the French Republic. Rhodes served in the Army in the 30th Infantry Division from Nov. 11, 1942, to July, 27, …read more.

Veterans Day is on Monday, but the Marine Corps is celebrating its 238 anniversary on Sunday, Nov. 10. In honor of that, the American Legion Post 253 in North Webster will be hosting an party. “As a younger veteran I look to the older guys, and I thought we needed to celebrate them more,” says …read more.

Navy Petty Officer Third Class Monica Fisher, daughter of Mary and Ronald Fisher, Milford, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal on Oct. 5, as a result of her quick actions. Mary explains her daughter had been working as a ground controller at the time of the incident. Fisher, who had been handling …read more.