ELKHART — Intrepid sailors competed by paddling their cardboard boats in a race to help kick off the United Way’s annual fundraising campaign on Friday.
ELKHART — An Elkhart man is accused of stabbing two men multiple times after taking them to his home early Wednesday.
BRISTOL — Robert McMillen decided it was better to ask for forgiveness than permission when he wanted to shore up the creek that runs past his house, even if he risked earning a slap on the wrist from the county.
LEESBURG — Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office Fatal Team is investigating a crash that occured around 3 p.m. Thursday.
Pending weather the Elkhart City Street Department will close the following Streets for milling from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
LIGONIER — The passing of a West Noble High School teacher is rallying the community together around his family, his memory and a scholarship in his name.
ELKHART — Charges have been filed against an Elkhart physician accused by two women of groping them during an exam.
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ELKHART — The bleachers at Rice Field were packed with fans Friday night as the city’s two high schools competed one last time for gridiron honors.
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ELKHART — Local and federal investigators are still searching for an Elkhart woman who is suspected of fatally shooting a man in May.
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ELKHART — A flying bison soared over Elkhart on Thursday as Wellfield Botanic Gardens installed its newest addition.
ELKHART — The Elkhart Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a theft suspect.
Church: Free speech protects teacher firing
GOSHEN — A 14-year-old murder suspect told a judge Thursday he may hire an attorney out of money set aside for when he becomes an adult.
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC) is recommending denial of substantial portions of Indiana Michigan Power’s (I&M’s) request for a $172 million rate increase.
GOSHEN — There wasn’t much Ryan Hancock could have done to make things worse for himself during a May 2017 shooting and chase, a judge remarked while handing down an 18-year sentence Thursday.
SOUTH BEND — A federal appeals court has upheld an injunction allowing a South Bend abortion clinic to remain open without a state-required license until there is a final ruling in a lawsuit on the license.
ELKHART — A Wakarusa man who admitted to chaining up and sexually abusing family members received a 35-year sentence Thursday.
GOSHEN — A man accused of killing a woman in March 2018 has asked that the jury not hear evidence he acted violently toward her when he goes to trial Monday.
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ELKHART — Next year, after their athletic programs merge, the Central-Memorial rivalry will be a thing of the past, but tonight, Elkhart fans celebrate with one final Mangy Lion football game.
BRISTOL — When welding equipment fell from a forklift and killed 43-year-old Shawn Gray on June 7 at Bravo Trailers, the employer was at least partly responsible, according to documents from the Indiana Department of Labor.
ELKHART — Drivers and pedestrians in Elkhart will need to navigate around multiple street and sidewalk closures in the city starting Thursday.
GOSHEN — The August brush pickup in Goshen will begin on Monday.
GOSHEN — City Council members weighed the forest against the trees Tuesday as they questioned whether Goshen could expand its green commitment without overgrowing the size of government.
GOSHEN — The latest try at raising the Goshen mayor’s compensation was reversed by a 6-0 vote.
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ELKHART — Local seniors and their contributions to society earned the spotlight at the Council on Aging of Elkhart County’s fourth annual client picnic on Wednesday.
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ELKHART — Elkhart County suffered the largest decrease in weekly average wages in the nation from March 2018 to March 2019, according to a report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Wednesday.
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CASSOPOLIS, Mich. — An Elkhart payroll company is facing additional claims from clients who say they are owed millions of dollars, while the wife of the company founder has also asked a judge to freeze his assets.
ELKHART — An external audit of the Elkhart Parks & Recreation Department, proposed by Mayor Tim Neese after the parks superintendent was charged with embezzlement from his previous job, has been turned down by the City Council.
ELKHART — As Mayor Tim Neese’s term draws to a close, one of his key staff members is leaving the administration for a job in Indianapolis.
ELKHART — Organizers are welcoming children of all ages and their families to the fifth annual Elkhart Education Foundation Kick Off Classic, advertised as the city’s biggest back-to-school party.
WARSAW — Police were releasing details Tuesday about an “interdiction detail” conducted by a narcotics unit that resulted in five arrests at two locations Thursday night in Kosciusko County.
GOSHEN — Goshen City Council learned more Tuesday about plans to create a new department to handle environmental issues.
GOSHEN — Felony charges have been filed against a jail inmate who was mistakenly released and then recaptured Saturday, after he allegedly used another inmate’s ID in order to get out.
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ELKHART — Cueramaro Supermarket on Lusher Avenue burned on Friday, Aug. 9, and the owners say they feel certain they know who set it ablaze.
ELKHART — A 57-year-old motorcyclist was injured in a crash west of Elkhart on Tuesday morning, according to the Elkhart County Sheriff's Office.
ELKHART — Heart City Dental Center officially marked its move to a newly constructed building on Monday afternoon.
GOSHEN — A third suspect has been arrested in the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars in money and valuables from a Goshen residence.
ELKHART — U.S. Rep Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., visited a veteran-owned business on Monday to discuss a bipartisan bill she co-sponsored intended to help veterans start small businesses.
GOSHEN — Two adults and a child were taken to the hospital, one man by helicopter, after a three-vehicle crash in Goshen on Friday, according to the Goshen Police Department.
GOSHEN — The Goshen Board of Works ordered that two rental properties be torn down despite the owner's claim that one of them would be inhabitable in four weeks.
INDIANAPOLIS — Bristol in Elkhart County will be part of a six-stop Indiana tour of the Smithsonian-curated exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America.
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MIDDLEBURY — One local school district is working with a local organization for youth to ensure the mental health of students by developing a therapeutic horse barn.
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GOSHEN — Elkhart County officials opened bids for intersection improvements north of Middlebury which will be funded by Grand Design RV.
ELKHART — The ninth annual Quilt Gardens Bike Ride had 250 bicyclists riding around Elkhart County on Saturday to raise funds for fighting cancer.
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GOSHEN — People facing lower-level criminal charges who pose little risk to re-offend may get out of jail quicker under new rules that go into effect next year.
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ELKHART — Employees at Forest River Inc. know how to build RVs. They also know how to throw a picnic.
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury’s Boys & Girls Club is ready to take on the next wave of children with an expansion of its facilities.
GOSHEN — Former Elkhart County Sheriff Brad Rogers has thrown his hat in the ring as a Republican candidate for the Elkhart County Board of Commissioners in the spring primary.
ELKHART — Multiple agencies that serve children and families announced a new collaborative approach to intervention that they built together from the ground up.
ELKHART — A South Bend man was arrested on drugged driving and drug possession charges after a traffic stop Wednesday night on the Indiana Toll Road, police said.
ELKHART — The City of Elkhart Office of Development Services is inviting residents to participate in a series of free fair housing training sessions. These sessions will be held in collaboration with the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana and aim to educate the public on fair housing laws.
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