State and Local News

Grant County industrialist and philanthropist Leland Boren died unexpectedly over the weekend.  He was 95. Boren grew up in Anderson, and became head of the Pierce Governor Company and moved it to ...Read more

One person was injured and a duplex in the 600 block of West Second Street in Marion was heavily damaged Sunday when fire raced through the structure. A juvenile girl suffered first degree burns on ...Read more

The deadline looms for applying for the Grant County Recorder’s position and a seat on the Grant County Council. Nomination forms are available at the Grant County Clerk’s office or online.  ...Read more

Four graduates of the IU-Kokomo Education program will be honored tonight as this year’s Teachers of Distinction at IU-K during a reception in the Kelly Student Center from 6 to 8pm. Honored this ...Read more

This is the final week to sign up for the Kokomo Rescue Mission’s Red Ribbon Christmas Outreach Program. Persons can sign up their kids for the program today at the Rescue Mission from 9 a-m to 1 ...Read more

All Grant County communities will hold their Trick of Treating hours on Wednesday…Halloween Day. Several cities and towns will have Trick or Treating from 5 until 8 p-m, including Marion, Gas ...Read more

Salin Bank…which has two locations in Grant County…has been sold to a Michigan City-based banking firm.  Horizon Bancorp of Michigan City has agreed to purchase Salin bank for just ...Read more

State Police in Fulton County say three children are dead and a fourth seriously injured after they were struck by a vehicle while board a bus.  Police say the kids were all members of the same ...Read more

A final vote on plans to build a Confined Animal Feeding Operation in northern Grant County has been delayed. The Grant County Area Plan Commission’s decision on plans for Nolan Holloway were ...Read more

Miami County authorities say a group of Boy Scouts and fishermen saved the lives of two brothers who capsized their kayaks over the weekend at Mississinewa Lake and were stranded in the water for ...Read more