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ID
103682
Title of Article
City honors fallen officers
Source
Elkhart Truth
Location
Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption
Elkhart Police Department Honor Guard members shoot; Jason Brooks gives invocation; Leonard Sailor plays bagpipes; Elkhart Police officers salute; Andrew Whitmyer delivers opening remarks
Date
May 16, 2026
Page
A1, A6
ID
103694
Title of Article
Elkhart’s Alonzo Newbern wins three events at NIC
Source
Elkhart Truth
Location
Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption
Alonzo Newbern
Date
May 16, 2026
Page
C3
ID
103667
Title of Article
City hosts neighborhood association forum
Source
Elkhart Truth
Location
Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption
Dwight Fish speaks with residents; Brent Curry speaks; Daniela Morales talks; Hugo Madrigal answers question
Elkhart’s Cassiday Cook and Brennen Crouch show off their state championship medals after the Lions won the Unified Track state title last spring; Elkhart senior Hayden Dinehart holds up her poster for the 2026 Unified Track team
Elkhart schools receive national student health award
Source
Elkhart Truth
Location
Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption
Steve Higginbotham, CEO of Smile America Partners, presents the Smile America Partners 2026 Children’s Health Champion Award to Elkhart Community Schools. From left are Higginbotham; Kelsey Rockstroh, district health services coordinator; Michele A. Riise, interim superintendent; and Lindsey Brander, director of student services; A second-grade student at Roosevelt STEAM Academy has his teeth cleaned by Patricia Zimmer, a registered dental hygienist with Indiana Dental Outreach.
Regional air quality improvement projects recognized at annual event
Source
Elkhart Truth
Location
Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption
Seed to Feed was one of three organizations honored in Elkhart at the Michiana Area Council of Governments’ (MACOG) 2026 Partners for Clean Air Awards Luncheon
Work continues on the demolition of the former Elkhart High School on Franklin Street. Crews hope to salvage the stone sign and columns, city officials said. The former school, replaced decades ago by the district, was annexed to the newer county courts building, which also will be demolished after the county completed construction of the Elkhart County Courthouse at U.S. 33 and Reliance Road in Goshen. City officials have said they plan to seek private development of the block in downtown Elkhart. The work for this phase of the operation is being done by masonry restoration company RestoreWorks, located in Chicago and Northwest Indiana; Work continues on the demolition of the former Elkhart High School on Franklin Street. Crews hope to salvage the stone sign and columns, city officials said. The former school, replaced decades ago by the district, was annexed to the newer county courts building, which also will be demolished after the county completed construction of the Elkhart County Courthouse at U.S. 33 and Reliance Road in Goshen. City officials have said they plan to seek private development of the block in downtown Elkhart. The work for this phase of the operation is being done by masonry restoration company RestoreWorks, located in Chicago and Northwest Indiana
Elkhart Air Force JROTC Raider Team notches 5th place at national championship
Source
Elkhart Truth
Location
Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption
The event served as the third annual national championship, bringing together elite Raider teams from across the country to compete for the title of Raider National Champion.
Tucker Florea, Jayde Lippert put boxes into vehicle; Jayde Lippert, Sophia Jones, Zach Davis, Jim Moore pose in front of Lippert Cares sponsor sign; Scott Griffey opens box; Cassie Ross puts box in trunk
The National New York Central Railroad Museum has announced ElkhartRail175, a yearlong celebration marking 175 years since the first train arrived in Elkhart on Oct. 3, 1851
Voters mill around and speak with candidates at the League of Women Voters event Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church in Elkhart; Carl Stutsman, Democratic candidate for House District 48, speaks with voter Ian Thompson during a meet-and-greet event Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church in Elkhart; Michelle Milne, Democratic primary candidate for House District 49, left, speaks with a voter during a meet-and-greet event Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church in Elkhart
A worker helps tear down the last of the old Elkhart High School building Thursday, part of the demolition of the former county courts building on Franklin Street between 2nd and 3rd streets. The building had been used as an annex to the courts building and is being leveled as part of the redevelopment of the entire block. C&E Excavating is the contractor hired to do the job, the city said.
Brian Holloman (left) and Michael Culp square off Wednesday during a debate between the candidates for Elkhart County sheriff at the Indiana University South Bend Elkhart Center.
Students present first doctoral dissertations at AMBS
Source
Elkhart Truth
Location
Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption
Janeen Bertsche Johnson, MDiv, of Goshen, (center) gives her AMBS Doctor of Ministry in Leadership professional dissertation presentation to listeners at AMBS in Elkhart and via Zoom on Jan. 29; James Rissler, PhD, of Macon, Georgia, gives his AMBS Doctor of Ministry in Leadership professional dissertation presentation to listeners at Atlanta Mennonite Church and via Zoom on March 4
ABOVE: Easter Bunny posed for photos with Elkhart-area families Sunday during the annual Easter Egg Hunt at Ben Barnes Park, 1318 South 6th Street, Elkhart. The event was hosted by 100 Black Sons Initiative in partnership with City of Elkhart and the Elkhart Chapter of Indiana Black Expo. Organizers said the bunny left more than 35,000 plastic eggs for children to find, along with candy and prizes. RIGHT: Children and their parents scrambled to find eggs left behind by Easter Bunny on Sunday.
