Osceola

S&H Auto Group's attorney, George Lepeniotis, told the St. Joseph County Area Plan Commission Tuesday that they mistakenly paved and started to fence a new parking lot without realizing they needed to obtain a rezoning and building permit. But the commission wasn't swayed.

The St. Joseph County Area Plan Commission will meet Tuesday to consider whether to retroactively recommend zoning approval of a used car dealer's request to add a fenced parking lot.

Those who drive through the Osceola area have a chance to weigh in on the future of its railroad crossings. Public listening sessions will be held on Tuesday, June 9 and Wednesday, June 10 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Moran Elementary School.

The fire territory expansion will roughly double the fire service portion of township property tax rates, generating money that proponents say will keep them competitive with other departments for pay.

Harris Township Trustee Ken Lindsay says Clay Fire Territory is losing personnel to other departments that pay higher wages.

Bradley Mathis, a former coach for an Osceola youth softball team, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for child molestation.

A second Osceola youth softball coach with the OC Crush league has been charged with child molestation.

Former Osceola youth softball coach Michael Feltz will serve 30 years in prison for child molestation, after pleading guilty to statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl on one of his teams last month.

A former Osceola youth softball coach has pled guilty to one felony count of child molestation as part of a deal with prosecutors.

St. Joseph County has approved a study to explore ways to alleviate railroad traffic in Osceola.