State and Local News

Ball State officials have hung huge new banners on the side of Scheumann Stadium. The banners are some of the biggest ever made for Ball State…a couple are up to 80-feet tall.  They’re ...Read more

Eleven applicants are reportedly seeking the two vacant seats on the Marion School Board that came open through recent resignations.  The deadline to apply for the last of the openings was last ...Read more

This is the second and final day of on-site registration for new students in Marion Community Schools.  On-site registration will be held again today at Marion High School from 10 am until 7 ...Read more

A Fairmount man has bee charged with ten counts of child molesting and other counts for allegedly committing sex acts with two sisters several years ago. 72-year old James Ley of Fairmount is now ...Read more

Marion takes center stage as the quilting capital of America this weekend during the Quilters Hall of Fame annual celebration.  Activities begin Thursday morning with lots of activities at many ...Read more

A new report shows that about 45-percent of students at Indiana’s public universities are completing bachelor’s degrees within a four-year period. The Indiana Commission for Higher ...Read more

Only 14 men who survived the sinking on the U-S-S Indianapolis are still alive. Six of those survivors are expected in Indianapolis this week to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the sinking of ...Read more

The chairman of the Howard County Republican Party is stepping down after just a year-and-a-half in the position. Marty Stout cited personal reasons and changes in circumstances in his life for his ...Read more

Kokomo’s Municipal Stadium is now in the Final 4 in the voting for the best Summer-Collegiate Baseball Park in America. Selection of the winner is based totally on fan balloting through Ballpark ...Read more

Six persons have been chosen as this year’s inductees for the Howard County Hall of Legends.. Selected are Orpha May Johnson, who became America’s first female Marine.  Reba Harris became an ...Read more