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Faced with growing costs associated with the Howard County Jail and a need to sustainably run the jail while maintaining a healthy general fund, the Howard County Council is planning

Howard County employees next year are set to receive a 5% raise for the third year in a row, while employees at the Howard County Sheriff’s Office are set to

Over two days and more than 13 hours of discussion with Howard County government department heads, it became clear that employee and department head demands for wage increases is the

A local nonprofit prison ministry is suing the Howard County sheriff and the county’s jail commander over the jail’s book policy that the nonprofit claims is “severely” restricting the ability

A local nonprofit prison ministry is suing the Howard County sheriff and the county’s jail commander over the jail’s book policy that the nonprofit claims is “severely” restricting the ability

While many of the 130 or so residents who live at the complex have been through hard times, they’re grateful to be here still, and were thankful for Thursday’s meal and the gift bags. Formerly called Veterans Village, the complex houses 42 veterans.

Beloved, we are definitely “going to school” today in this column.

AZ goes EV: Rate of electric car ownership relatively high in Arizona By Firtsname Lastname Title | Company, if any WASHINGTON - For a mostly red state, Arizona has a lot of blue-state company when it comes to states ranked by electric vehicle ownership, according to recent government data. Arizona had 28,770 registered electric vehicles as of June, according to the U.S. Department of Energys Alternative Fuels Data Center, the seventh-highest number among states. When ownership is measured pe...

At the close of each year, the Kokomo Perspective staff puts their heads together to come up with some special New Year’s wishes and gifts for notable members of the community. They aren’t gifts, exactly, and some might appreciate the thought a little more than others. But it’s all in good fun. So, here are our New Year’s wishes for some of the people who caught our attention this year: To Kokomo Mayor Tyler Moore, in 2021, we give you a developer to complete the hotel conve...

1 of 4 Kokomo Police, with assistance from Indiana State Police, work at the scene of a fatal shooting in the 400 block of North Purdum Street shortly after 5 p.m. on Friday March 6, 2020. MBR Employees of the Howard County Criminal Justice Center look over the log sheet in Feb. 21, 2020. The state says the county’s Local Income Tax Special Fund, which funds the county’s jail and Kinsey center, is overbudgeted by $2 million. Photos by Tim Bath | Kokomo Tribune ...