State and Local News

Indiana’s unemployment rate remained unchanged in December at 3.6-percent. Officials with the Indiana Department of Workforce Development say private sector employment hit a new preliminary ...Read more

The University of Notre Dame will cover its Christopher Columbus paintings inside the university’s main building. Notre Dame President Reverend John Jenkins said the world had a different view of ...Read more

The City of Kokomo has agreed to address contamination at the site where the new hotel and conference center will be built after a study found elevated levels of hazardous substances there. The ...Read more

Many events planned at Indiana University-Kokomo this weekend to commemorate Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Day were postponed due to the snow storm, but will be made up. Second Missionary ...Read more

Muncie Central High School not only has a food pantry for students who need it, the school now also has laundry facilities for students as well. Through a grant and private donations, school ...Read more

Meridian Health has set the date and details for Rialzo Ten…it’s fundraising Gala at the Horizon Convention Center in downtown Muncie. Rialzo Ten will be held on Saturday, April 27th from ...Read more

There will be a contested race for Mayor in Gas City this year, but it probably won’t happen until November. Gas City businessman Bill Rock has filed to run for Mayor, but as an ...Read more

Saturday’s Third House Forum featuring legislators that serve Grant County has been postponed. Officials with the Marion-Grant County Chamber of Commerce say the impending bad weather and the ...Read more

Fire Thursday evening caused heavy damage to a home in rural southeastern Grant County. Firefighters from Fairmount, Mill Township and Matthews were called to a home at 70-93 South Wheeling Pike at ...Read more

Governor Eric Holcomb’s State of the State address this week featured a proposal to pump up teacher salaries. But the governor also announced a commission to come up with additional ideas on ...Read more