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.

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

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.

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

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…

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.

Around 10 years ago, if you would have told Stephanie Schwartz she’d be running a 35-acre farm in rural Howard County, she would have thought you were crazy.

PERU — Courtlynn Crowe wasn’t going to make the cut the first time she tried out to become a flying trapeze performer in the Peru Amateur Circus.

Police recently arrested an Ohio man whom they believe used counterfeit money earlier this month at a local business.

MACY — A man who led officers on a high-speed chase Tuesday that ended with a SWAT standoff faces a new charge of attempted murder after police say he fired a gun at a state trooper.

The Kokomo Police Department Drug Task Force arrested two Kokomo residents Thursday afternoon for their alleged roles in a methamphetamine investigation.

TIPTON — The city is a finalist to win a $3 million investment package from T-Mobile, including enhancing the city’s 5G network and a free concert from the chart-topping band Florida Georgia Line.

On Monday, Taylor schools became the fifth and final school district in Howard County to make masks optional for the coming school year.

Police arrested five Kokomo residents Wednesday afternoon during a drug raid on the city’s north side.

When Eliza Byrum competed in and won the Supreme Showman at the Howard County 4-H Fair in 2019, the now 17-year-old admitted she was a tad nervous.

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