State and Local News

As expected, the Marion City Council last night gave final approval to the city’s budget for 2019…although it wasn’t a unanimous decision. On an 8-to-1 vote, the council gave final ...Read more

Tomorrow is the day to wear purple to work. As part of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Thursday is “Purple Thursday,” and workers are encouraged to wear purple and then share photos ...Read more

More trains are traveling through Peru and not everyone is happy about it. While more train traffic means increased business in Miami County, it’s also causing headaches through increases in ...Read more

An officer with the Salvation Army in Kokomo will head to Pensacola, Florida today to help with recovery efforts from Hurricane Michael. Major David Luft is a veteran of disaster efforts and will ...Read more

Indiana’s losing three-billion dollars a year because it doesn’t have enough child care. That’s the finding of an Indiana University study. The study calculates businesses bleed ...Read more

Vera Bradley plans to hire up to 200 seasonal and year-round associates to work at its distribution center in Roanoke. Positions include shipping clerks, receiving clerks and material handlers.  ...Read more

The Grant County Commissioners yesterday passed a moratorium on future Confined Animal Feeding Operations that will last until the county’s ordinance on CAFO’s can be revised. According to the ...Read more

Sign-ups get underway this week for the Angel Tree Program of the Salvation Army of Grant County.  The program provides gifts and clothing for hundreds of needy children in Grant County each ...Read more

All Madison-Grant Schools are closed today because of an outbreak of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease at Summitville Elementary. Two kindergarten students at Summitville were confirmed with the disease ...Read more

Indiana State Police say the former Town Marshal in Van Buren faces new charges and has apparently left the state. Donald Bosley was arrested earlier this year on charges of Burglary and Theft for ...Read more