Local & State News

How to educate children on how important blood donations are in emergencies and medical procedures, giving them a way to help fulfill the ever going need to keep blood supplies at high levels, and giving kids a thank-you activity where ... Read more...

DONALDSON, IN — The Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ will remember their long-time friend and liturgist Mary Lou McCarthy-Artz with a memorial concert on November 8, 2014 at 7 p.m. The concert will be held in the beautiful Ancilla ... Read more...

Indianapolis – Lt. Governor Sue Ellspermann Thursday announced two rounds of awards from Indiana’s Hardest Hit Fund Blight Elimination Program (BEP). The 23 successful Indiana applicants from Divisions Five and Six received a combined ... Read more...

Monday afternoon Plymouth Officer Ben McIntyre was dispatched to the Marshall County Probation Department at 3:30 for a subject with an active warrant for a probation violation. 38 year old Ernest L. Lanham of Nappanee was taken into ... Read more...

Plymouth Police responded to a two vehicle crash at Michigan and Harrison Streets at 4:34 p.m. for a two vehicle crash. Matt Emenhiser was the investigating officer. His report states that 24 year old Jake Kollar of Grovertown was stopped ... Read more...

Markee Farler is the 2014 Miss Yellowstone Queen and is looking for sponsors to take her to the next step.In a letter sent to potential sponsors, Farler tells them, “I am a graduate of Plymouth High School where I was on the Cheer Squad ... Read more...

During Monday’s County Commissioner meeting, Laurie Baker, County Highway Administrative Manager said the annual bridge inspections were started by USI. his year the county must complete a phase one inspection which is not as in-depth as ... Read more...

The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department and the Plymouth Police Department joined forces to demonstrate each of their department’s unified support for breast cancer awareness and research by having a shirt locally designed and printed ... Read more...

Triton Jr.-Sr. High School is proud to recognize Derek Johnston a senior and Baylee McIntire a freshman who will be competing at the semi-state in cross country this weekend. They are coached by Wes ... Read more...

Eight-year-old Jacob Murasko began his presentation to his classmates at Menominee Elementary saying, “Hi. I’m Jacob, I am 8-years old and I was born with Down syndrome. Did you know that I have one extra chromosome? No, you can’t ... Read more...

Don Snemis, Commissioner of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV), announced that BMV license branches will extend hours of operation on Monday, November 3 and on Tuesday, November 4 to issue ID cards and driver’s licenses that may ... Read more...

The Plymouth Public Library is asking everyone to have a haunted good time at the library’s Trick or Treat Open House this Saturday, October 25 from 1 till 3 pm, during the downtown Trick or Treat event. Kids will play carnival-style ... Read more...

At approximately 8:30 A.M. on Wednesday, October 22nd the Starke County 9-1-1 Center received multiple calls of a traffic accident that had occurred on US 30 near Knoll Brothers with multiple patients and one entrapped. As Starke County ... Read more...

WTCA reported a single vehicle accident on North Michigan Road north of 3rd Road Sunday afternoon. The crash occurred when the driver, 29 year old Brandon Adkins of Plymouth told emergency responders and County Officer Rob Hafke he fell ... Read more...

The city’s Metronet project is was substantially complete on October 10th according to Brent Martin, project manager. Martin explained a couple of issues that have delayed final completion of the conduit installation during Tuesday ... Read more...

The Plymouth School system is actively looking at policies and procedures of background information collection on all hires for the corporation. A substitute teacher that had been approved for hire at the October 7 school board meeting was ... Read more...

Halloween is next week, but Plymouth will begin celebrating this week. This Friday, October 23rd, the Plymouth Park Department will hold their annual Haunted Grounds in Centennial Park from 6 to 8 p.m. There are lots of activities ... Read more...

There is a new date and a new location for this year’s Senior Expo. It will be held this Thursday, October 23rd at Plymouth High School from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. Although it’s a different day and place, everything else is the ... Read more...

Plymouth Kiwanis Club donated candy to Miller’s Assisted Living for their annual Community Trick or Treat which will take place this Saturday, October 25th from 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. The Kiwanis organization has been dedicated to ... Read more...

Participants in the 2014 Scarecrow Contest sponsored by WTCA FM 106.1 and AM 105 and the Pilot News have gotten very creative in this second year. Voting is currently underway this week through 5 p.m. on Saturday, September 25th and voting ... Read more...