State and Local News

Tomorrow officers from the Indiana State Police will conduct an enforcement checkpoint targeting impaired drivers in Miami County. After the checkpoint, troopers will conduct roving saturation ...Read more

An Indiana University Kokomo freshman is among an elite group of future teachers, receiving the Next Generation Hoosier Educator Scholarship. Makenna Norman received the scholarship from the ...Read more

WBAT is hosting a Radiothon this Friday to benefit the Salvation Army of Grant County. This annual fundraiser is a way for you to support their work, which becomes difficult for them to sustain ...Read more

The National Association of Realtors® has honored Kokomo, Ind., Realtor® Paul Wyman as a finalist for its 2019 Good Neighbor Awards. NAR, the nation’s largest trade association, uses the Good ...Read more

Today U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) will speak to veterans in Kokomo, present a police patch in Warsaw and present WWII medals in South Bend. At 11:00 a.m., Senator Young will be speaking about ...Read more

Indiana Wesleyan University has announced a restructuring of some of its academic programs in the College of Arts and Sciences on the Marion Campus in Marion, Indiana, located approximately 60 ...Read more

A big opioid verdict in Oklahoma bodes well for nearly two dozen similar lawsuits in Indiana. The state of Indiana is suing drugmaker Purdue Pharma, accusing the company of ignoring or downplaying ...Read more

An asteroid larger than the Empire State Building will come uncomfortably close to planet Earth next month. Dubbed Asteroid 2000 QW7, it’s estimated to be between 1,000 – 2,100 feet in ...Read more

The Delaware County Coroner needs help finding the family of a Muncie woman who recently died. Judith Ann Richardson, 60, was found dead Monday in her northwest-side apartment, reports The Star ...Read more