State and Local News

Three Muncie elementary schools and one middle school that earned accountability grades of “F” will receive federal aid to help them improve. Northside Middle School, as well as Longfellow, ...Read more

A statewide Hepatitis A outbreak has made its way into the Delaware County jail. Health officials report just under a thousand cases of Hepatitis A have been reported in Indiana in the past month, ...Read more

A business publication reports that Payless Shoe Source will close all of its U-S stores in the next few weeks. Reuters says the company will file for bankruptcy later this month for the second ...Read more

Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana will hold a bonus food giveaway in Grant County Saturday morning in the parking lot of the Five Points Mall in Marion outside the old Sears ...Read more

The Indiana House has passed a bill that would allow Howard County to appoint a magistrate to ease the stress in the local court system. Local officials say a magistrate could reduce the Howard ...Read more

The Kokomo Plan Commission has approved plans for an apartment complex just north of the downtown that will provide 51 units. The four-story affordable-housing project on North Washington Street ...Read more

Ford is recalling more than a million F-150 pickup trucks because the transmission can suddenly downshift into first gear. Included are F-150s from 2011 through 2013 with six-speed, automatic ...Read more

Some taxpayers are complaining that their income tax refunds are smaller this year under the new Republican tax law. But appearances can be deceiving. Tax experts say those taxpayers probably had ...Read more

High winds and cold temperatures have postponed work on demolishing a house on South Branson Street in Marion until tomorrow. The vacant house on South Branson Street will now be demolished on ...Read more

Indiana is one of several states to reach a settlement with Walgreens in two whistleblower lawsuits involving alleged fraud and overbilling. The suits claim Walgreens over-dispensed insulin pens to ...Read more