A coalition of health and business leaders has been lobbying to triple the tax on cigarettes in Indiana to three dollars a pack, but the House rejected the idea. No one at the statehouse is willing ...Read more
A Marion man who is one of the driving forces behind local charitable work has been honored by the state for his work. During Saturday’s Help the Hopeful Auction, Jay Yeakle was presented with ...Read more
The Grant County Commissioners yesterday asked for more time to study a request by Central Indiana Ethanol to increase their Tax Increment Financing district to coincide with a major expansion of ...Read more
Coyote sightings are being reported inside the Kokomo city and all over Howard County as the animals’ mating season arrives. State Wildlife Control Services officials say they’ve seen coyotes ...Read more
Blackford County authorities say they have made an arrest in Sunday night’s non-specific threat on social media that was aimed at Blackford County Schools. School officials say an anonymous ...Read more
The Marion “Chronicle-Tribune” announced Sunday that it will soon go to delivery by the U-S Postal Service instead of private delivery…meaning the paper won’t be arriving at most homes ...Read more
The annual Help the Hopeful Auction in Marion over the weekend was again very successful as the organization works to help medically-challenged children from Grant County. Saturday’s auction ...Read more
Indiana’s minimum wage will stay put for now. Lawmakers at the statehouse rejected an amendment late last week to the state budget that would have raised Indiana’s minimum wage to ...Read more
Gas prices in Indiana are inching downward. The statewide average for a gallon of gas in Indiana is now 2-26 according to gasbuddy.com. That’s down about five-cents in the past week. ...Read more
Trucking companies want Congress to let them fill a driver shortage with 18-to-20-year-olds. Every state in the U-S except Hawaii allows 18-year-olds to get a trucker’s license…but they ...Read more
