O.J. Neighbours Elementary School honored five of its youth at the 2017 Kathy Swan Awards on May 15. Students (front row, from left) Mykenzie Renn, Clairyssa Mudd, Emma Cantrell and Leona Stapleton posed for a photo following the awards presentation with Wabash City Schools Board of Education members (back row, from left) Liz Hobbs, Mary Anne Tait, Tiffanie King, Brandon France and Kim Pinkerton. Photo by Emma Rausch

By Emma Rausch

Wabash City Schools honored five O.J. Neighbours youth Monday night, May 15, at the conclusion of the 11th annual Kathy Swan Awards.

Students Emma Cantrell, Clairyssa Mudd, Leona Stapleton, Mykenzie Renn and Aaron Youngman received awards for their hard work, perseverance and being “a joy” in the classroom, according to Danielle Miller, O.J. Neighbours principal.

Patty Brubaker (foreground) and Womans Clubhouse President Carol McDonald pass out books to Head Start youngsters. Photo by Joseph Slacian

By Joseph Slacian

Representatives from the Womans Clubhouse presented Head Start youngsters with a book and a stuffed animal during a brief ceremony Monday, May 15.

The book was a “Clifford the Big Red Dog” story, and the stuffed animal, of course, was one of the book’s title character, “Clifford the Big Red Dog.”

A riding lawnmower remains upright on Wabash Street following a two-vehicle collision on U.S. 24. A 1999 GM truck towing the riding lawn mower collided with a 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe at the intersection. The lawn mower was thrown during the collision and struck a 2016 Kia Forte. Photo by Emma Rausch

By Emma Rausch

Two Wabash and two Carmel residents were injured Friday, May 12, following a two-vehicle collision on U.S. 24.

At approximately 5:02 p.m., the Wabash County Sheriff’s Department responded to an accident at the intersection of U.S. 24 and Wabash Street.