State and Local News

The Kokomo-Howard County Public Library has begun a pilot program to eliminate late fees on certain items. Effectively immediately, overdue fines will not be charged on books classified as ...Read more

Public skating at Kokomo’s Municipal Stadium will end for the season this weekend. Known since it opened as “The Frozen Sandlot,” the skating rink inside the stadium will be dismantled once ...Read more

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Muncie have received a grant of 100-thousand dollars from the George and Frances Ball Foundation to support the clubs’ educational programming. The “Power Hour” ...Read more

Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana will hand out free food to needy Delaware County families Thursday morning in the east parking lot of the Muncie Mall. The free food will be ...Read more

The Grant County Board of Zoning Appeals has again turned down a request for Concerts and Mudding events at a location near Marion. Mudd Yard Owner Junior Stone again requested permission to host ...Read more

A Marion man has been arrested in connection to a weekend fight and stabbing in LaGrange County. Police in LaGrange say 36-year old Wes Weinberg of Marion got into an argument with 70-year old ...Read more

A portion of a Marion Street will be closed for the installation of a sanitary sewer line, and the street will be closed in that area for at least three days. Crews will be installing the new sewer ...Read more

The little Kokomo boy who has a big heart for police officers is at it again. Malachi’s Magnificent Lemonade will again be selling lemonade and raising money for a fallen southern Indiana police ...Read more

As he hosted his annual Prayer Breakfast Monday, Kokomo Mayor Greg Goodnight also handed out his annual Faith and Community In Action Award. Mayor Goodnight gave the award to Morgan Young of ...Read more

Ball State University officials have adopted a five-year strategic plan that calls for a new type of college transcript; provides mentors to help every graduate carry out a lifelong learning plan; ...Read more