The Kokomo Police Department is asking the public for help in identifying and locating a man they believe was connected to a vehicle theft over the weekend at an area business. 

Police are asking the public for help in locating a Kokomo woman who they believe is connected to the death of a 10-month-old boy. 

PERU — A year ago, downtown Peru looked perfectly normal after the Peru Circus City Festival was forced to cancel due to the pandemic.

TIPTON — Steel Parts Manufacturing Inc. is set to permanently close next year, bringing an end to the more than 60-year-old company, according to officials with the United Steel Workers union.

Step through what the kids call “The Cabin” and into Stephanie McKinstry’s backyard, and you’ll find a day care center unlike most others.

It was announced on Friday that the Kokomo Tribune newsroom brought home seven awards during this year’s Hoosier State Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest.

PERU — Pat Kelly traveled the country performing in circuses as a sad, downtrodden clown for most his life, just like his father, Emmett Kelly, the iconic depression-era hobo clown named Weary Willy.

WASHINGTON — Unfazed by Republican threats of a boycott, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared Thursday that a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection will take on its “deadly serious” work whether Republians participate or not.

RUSSIAVILLE — Melissa DeWeese started her career 16 years ago as a first grade teacher at Western Primary School.

SOUTH BEND — Attorneys for a mentally disabled Indiana man whose conviction in the 2002 slaying of a 94-year-old woman was overturned last year say a judge's recent dismissal of the case means he has been exonerated.

TIPTON — Construction on a new bridge over the Norfolk Southern Railroad crossing on U.S. 31 is set to begin Monday in a move officials say will dramatically reduce accidents at the intersection.

It was an early July afternoon at Camp Tycony, the Kokomo YMCA’s facility on the county’s northwest side.

Motorists on U.S. 35 from Galveston to Logansport will have another two months of travel interruptions.

The Greentown Main Street Association recently announced this summer’s music lineup.

Howard County schools saw dips in ILEARN results this year, though school officials are not too concerned about the results of a standardized test administered during a year of challenges.

PERU — Mississinewa Lake is seeing record-shattering crowds visit the state recreational area this year following a huge spike in attendance last year during the pandemic.

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday rejected two Republicans tapped by House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy to sit on a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, a decision the Republican denounced as “an egregious abuse of power.”

Aaron Hyman will take the reins of the Western High School athletic department as the school board officially approved his hiring Tuesday evening.

INDIANAPOLIS — State officials filed an appeal this week in an ongoing attempt to withdraw Indiana from federal programs that expanded unemployment benefits during the pandemic.

PERU — A father and son in Peru were taken into custody at gunpoint after police say one of them punched a sheriff’s deputy in the face.

MIAMI COUNTY — A Watervliet, Michigan, woman was arrested on suspicion of operating while intoxicated Tuesday morning after a citizen alerted authorities that she was driving erratically down the highway at a high rate of speed.

SHARPSVILLE — Workers at Functional Devices are set to vote on forming a union, saying they want a contract with the company that brings fair wages, better benefits and workplace safety.

Editor’s note: This is the first of a new series titled “A Day With ... .” Reporters Kim Dunlap and Spencer Durham will give readers a glimpse into a typical day of various residents from Howard, Tipton, Miami or Cass counties with unique jobs. Photographers also will provide photos and vide…

A crane operator from Florida who breached the U.S. Senate chamber carrying a Trump campaign flag was sentenced Monday to eight months behind bars, the first punishment handed down for a felony charge in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and one that could help determine the severity of other sentence…

The Kokomo Police Department is asking the public for help locating a man they believe was involved in a theft from a small local business back in May.

Garden Square residents will have easier access to mental health services thanks to a partnership between Four County and the Kokomo Housing Authority.

MONTOURSVILLE, Pa. — A soft breeze rattles the intertwined limbs and leaves of 21 trees planted in a circuit at Montoursville Memorial Gardens.