Tipton County News

From the Kokomo Tribune , a story by Daniel Human - some quotes: The governora s office announced Tuesday the appointment of 47-year Tipton resident Jack Richter as the citya s judge.

Job creation and training for green and biotech careers will be Boone County's primary goals in 2010, local officials say.

A Tipton County sheriff deputy escorted a county resident out of a Board of Commissioners meeting Monday after questions over a commissioner's alleged official misconduct digressed into shouting.

Local residents envision a new U.S. 31 to the east of Kokomo as a green corridor with limited retail and commercial developments, which would direct traffic back to the existing business corridor.

Archie Robertson, the man who allegedly rammed an unmarked detective's car and was shot at by police Thursday, was officially charged with three felonies.

The owner of the rural Tipton County house that is accredited as once belonging to President Barack Obama's ancestors wants to turn the property into a nonprofit organization, even if that means moving out of his home.

My Grandma Cauble's old white barn still has the Frankfort Milk Market's Grade 'A' Milk Permit tacked to the milk room door.

What a difference a year makes. Area highway departments battled a shortage of available supplies of road salt last winter.

Howard County Arrests Thursday, 1:15 p.m., deputies arrested Kristian Walker, 32, 2200 block of North Webster Street, at the Howard County Jail, on a petition to revoke suspended sentence.

Timothy B. and Jan L. Garrison are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Nov.

Chrysler has given back $5.5 million in bonds to Tipton County, ending a dispute over millions of dollars the county spent to secure a transmission plant that the company's supplier stopped building in 2008.

After a long night in the emergency room, Amber Reed's son was given a Thomas the Tank Engine blanket as he was checked into a pediatric room.

Health department officials in Miami and Tipton counties are describing plans to distribute the H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccines as "a logistical nightmare." Both counties had planned to vaccinate children first to prevent the spread of the flu in schools and daycare centers, but are not receiving the necessary number of doses to implement the plan.

Although Kokomo's unemployment rate dropped in September to 11.6 percent - down from August's 12.3 percent - it still leaves the City of Firsts with the third-highest rate among Indiana cities with populations greater than 20,000. Furthermore, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Howard County's rate also fell in September to 11.9 ...

A soggy spring and wet fall have left Indiana farmers scrambling to harvest their soybeans so they can replant the fields with winter crops.

A consensus of Howard County residents was opposed to allowing retail development along the new planned U.S. 31 freeway being constructed east of Kokomo.

The Tipton County Public Library has almost finalized plans for the renovation project at the Windfall branch.

A first public hearing on the City of Kokomo's West Side Annexation plan could happen some time in November - a year and a half after Mayor Greg Goodnight proposed adding approximately 14,000 people and 14.2 square miles to the city.

Howard County arrests Friday, 4:23 a.m., deputies arrested Stephen J. Flood, 52, 5900 block of Arrowhead Boulevard, at home, on a warrant for non-compliance with in-home detention.

TIPTON, Ind. - Authorities say a central Indiana farmer was killed while working on a combine in his field.