Category Archives: Local News

Drive Sober CampaignAfter the numbers are in, Kokomo Police Department says they’re cracking down on drunk driving even more. In 2013, there were 114 fatal alcohol-impaired crashes. Kokomo Polic...

Indiana State Fair to open Aug. 1Indiana State Fair is just days away from its colossal start on Aug. 1. For many, it will be their first glimpses of the newly remodeled Coliseum; and Indiana State Fa...

Bona Vista building downtown KokomoBona Vista will break ground downtown Kokomo to help Kokomo residents with disabilities. The local organization will invest $1.23 million in a housing development at...

Pre-school voucher programHoward County will not be getting the preschool voucher as a pilot program. Despite the county applying for the program that provides quality pre-school curriculum for low-in...

Indiana University Kokomo Chancellor receives Sagamore of the WabashSusan Giesecke, Indiana University Kokomo Chancellor, has received the state’s greatest honor. Giesecke was presented with the...

Science meets artIndiana University Kokomo students are learning about biology through art. A relatively new science course at Indiana University Kokomo educates summer-school students on a plant'...

Howard County Sheriff Department gets rappingHoward County Sheriff Department is proving they’re not sore losers. The group was in a fundraising competition hosted by KHCPL and lost. However, th...

Renovating Downtown KokomoIvy Tech Community College is the new kid on the block at the downtown Armstrong-Landon Building and the school is building its way to a better a Kokomo and educational exper...

Ivy Tech Chancellor to retireChancellor Stephen Daily has served Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo Region for 20 years; however, after January 2015 Daily will hang his hat on higher educatio...