http://www.kokomotribune.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:01:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_310230217.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_310230217.html Before the news of the Fort Hood, Texas, shooting rampage hit the TV news Thursday, William Hamrick had already been told of the horrific event by his son, Pfc. Scott Hamrick, who witnessed the attack. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:58:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_310225515.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_310225515.html Hoosiers have known for weeks that Indiana’s Republican congressional delegation won’t vote for health-care reform, but they’re still waiting to hear what the Democrats will do. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:58:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_310225601.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_310225601.html Home foreclosures in Howard County are decreasing after sheriff’s sales spiked during the summer.It was good news for local real estate experts Friday, the same day Congress passed an extension on the first-time home buyers tax credit. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:58:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_310225936.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_310225936.html Congress’ decision to extend the credit for first-time homebuyers is expected to be good news for the local real estate market.The U.S. House and Senate voted to extend — and expand — the program until April 30. It was previously scheduled to end Nov. 30. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:57:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_310135055.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_310135055.html KILLEEN, Texas — Neighbors who lived in the same apartment complex with Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan say he was kind, friendly and generous — a far different portrait of a man authorities say gunned down 13 people in cold blood at Fort Hood on Thursday. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:57:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_310142904.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_310142904.html TEMPLE, Texas — A doctor at a hospital where several of the wounded from the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, were taken says some patients are still at risk of dying. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:56:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_310083937.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_310083937.html FORT HOOD, Texas — Soldiers who witnessed the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted “Allahu Akbar!” before opening fire, the base commander said Friday. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:56:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_310133715.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_310133715.html INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has announced a series of spending cuts and other steps designed to offset a continuing multimillion dollar decline in state revenues. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:13:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_310001413.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_310001413.html With the family of Abby Rethlake standing by, Howard County Prosecutor James Fleming announced Thursday the arrests of four people allegedly involved in the April 5, 2008, shooting death of Rethlake and the serious injury of her friend, Morgan Vetter. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:11:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_310001207.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_310001207.html Martha Hoshaw has fond memories of her time as a student at First Presbyterian Little School.She finger-painted, learned to write her name, was a tree in a play called “You Cannot Fool Mother Nature” and sang songs with her friends. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:10:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_310001119.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_310001119.html By mid-2010, buses will be running two routes in Kokomo, making the City of Firsts the last Hoosier city of its size to have a fixed-route bus system. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:09:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_310001021.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_310001021.html For more than eight-hours Wednesday, 400 journalists, analysts, dealers, politicians and guests heard Chrysler Group LLC’s CEO Sergio Marchionne and his executives explain the company’s five-year turnaround plan during a lux event at the company’s stylish Auburn Hills, Mich., headquarters. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:07:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_310000730.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_310000730.html With four transmission plants in Kokomo, local union officials are hoping Chrysler Group LLC sees the City of Firsts as the perfect location for the company to build its new dual-clutch transmission. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:06:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_309085219.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_309085219.html INDIANAPOLIS — State officials are urging black residents and other minorities to learn more about HIV and AIDS and get tested for the virus. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:05:00 +0000 http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_309085512.html http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_309085512.html INDIANAPOLIS — State health officials say nine Indiana residents died last week from swine flu, a surge that’s nearly doubled the state’s swine flu fatalities to 19 since June.