State and Local News

The Kokomo Park Band will present its “Horns and Harmony” concert Wednesday evening in Highland Park, which begins at 8 p-m. The event is free and will feature the Gazebo Band, the Kokomo Men ...Read more

The United Way of Howard County has received a 24-thousand dollar grant from the Duke Energy Foundation for the Real Men Read Program of Kokomo.  Real Men Read is a volunteer reading program in ...Read more

The Kokomo Rescue Mission begins its annual Back to School giveaway program today that provides a new pair of shoes, socks and undergarments to needy kids in the community.  And it will continue ...Read more

The newly-appointed Muncie School Board will meet this evening for the first time after going through a day-long training session on Saturday. The new board members learned their  responsibilities ...Read more

Grant County authorities are investigating the apparent drowning death of a two-year old girl. Sheriff’s deputies say they received a call from a woman in the 2000 block of East Bradford Pike ...Read more

A local farmer is seeking a permit to build a hog-raising operation in northern Grant County that could house more than nine-thousand hogs. The operation would be a wean to finish operation on a ...Read more

Howard County authorities say a Converse man has died of injuries suffered in a two-vehicle accident Wednesday afternoon on Highway 19 east of Kokomo. Police say 63-year old Thomas Biggs of ...Read more

Marion Police are looking for an armed bandit who started to buy a snack early Wednesday morning, then decided to rob the store. The man walked into the Marion pantry in the 32-hundred block of ...Read more

A Japanese company called Oji Intertech will create up to 33 new jobs as it expands its operations in Wabash County. The company will double its 80-thousand-square-foot plant in North Manchester. ...Read more

CASA of Grant County will hold its’ annual sand sculpture contest Saturday at the Splash House in Marion and organizers say it should be the biggest and best one yet. The Court Appointed Special ...Read more