UPDATE: New findings in Kokomo Central Garage Fire
Kevin and Lindsay in the Morning interviewed Greg Goodnight, City of Kokomo mayor, Thursday morning about Tuesday’s Kokomo Central Garage Fire.
According to Goodnight, the fire’s cause is still being investigated but the fire’s source has been pinned down.
“We believe one of the vehicles in the garage was the source of the fire,” Goodnight told WWKI-FM Thursday morning. “The diesel engine [in one of the vehicles] under this kind of weather can stay heated and that may have been related [to the fire].”
Goodnight said although six of the 15 Spirit of Kokomo buses were destroyed, city employees were proactive in which vehicles to save.
“It says a lot about our employees, a lot of them went in before the building was engulfed and got the newest buses out first,” Goodnight said.
Goodnight added the 20-year-old garage didn’t store much else besides the buses.
Two dead in supermarket shooting
Two people died after a man opened fire in an Elkhart supermarket. Police reports said the man started shooting at 10 p.m. Wednesday at Martin’s Supermarket – killing a young female employee and a female shopper. Police shot and killed the suspect when they arrived on the scene.
Power outages spike in Howard County
A bright light that flashed through Kokomo around 7 a.m. Thursday may have caused power outages in Howard County. The flash happened at Kokomo’s southside and briefly disrupted radio signals – 217 people in Howard County were without power Thursday morning.
Schools making the grade in Howard County
It’s report-card time for Howard County schools. According to Indiana State Department of Education guidelines, Western Schools Corp. and Eastern School Corp. aced 2013. The schools scored an A. Kokomo Schools Corp. received a D; however, the school still studied up from its 2012 grade of an F. Northwestern, Peru, Tipton scored B’s. Tri-Central, Taylor and Maconaquah finished 2013 with C’s.
Country’s favorite new artist gets “popping” on tour
Kacey Musgraves may croon a country sound, but the CMA New Artist of the Year is crossing genres for tour season. Musgraves is set to tour with Katy Perry this summer. The unlikely tour pairing stems from a friendship: The girls have been songwriting friends for a couple of years. The “Prismatic” tour will not stop in Indianapolis.
Trace Adkins enters rehab
Trace Adkins is kicking off 2014 by getting clean. The former “The Apprentice” contestant has been clean for 12 years. The decision came after a bar altercation with a Trace Adkins impersonator on the Country Cruising ship where he was set to perform Jan. 19.
