Miami County News

The tree-killing emerald ash borer has reached another four Indiana counties, boosting the insect's foothold in the state to 30 counties.

Saturday morning, at approximately 1:00 a.m., Indiana State Trooper Mike Lorona was on routine patrol when he noticed a 1989 Lincoln passenger car at the intersection of Ellis Road and Business 31 without its headlights turned on.

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

Howard County Arrests Wednesday, 8:01 p.m., police arrested a 16-year-old female at the Robert J. Kinsey Youth Center, 701 S. Berkley Road, on a charge of runaway.

A Peru man wanting to get as many U.S. Army veterans and supporters recognized as possible needs the public's assistance to accomplish his goal.

The block of road with the Cowan-Brown family's new home remained closed to the public Thursday as crews from "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" finished cleaning up after the past week's chaos.

A new home, courtesy of ABC-TV reality show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" and hundreds of volunteers, wasn't the last gift the Cowan-Brown family received this week.

Heather and Andy Cowen with their 4 children, Trevor, 13, Ryan, 16, Kori, 12, and Mason, 8, in front of their house that will be demolished and rebuilt in less 106 hours by Extreme Makeover.

Thumbs up: To the volunteers from Madison County who are helping out at the five-day build for "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" in Miami County.

BUNKER HILL, Ind. - It is a matter of hours before ABC-TV reality show star Ty Pennington pulls out his megaphone and shouts "Move that bus" out front of 11040 S. 100 West in rural Miami County.

According to the 2010 budget approved for the operation of Miami County government, employees will see no pay increases.

The number of volunteers for the "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" project in rural Miami County has become so overwhelming organizers are sending extras to do simple projects for other agencies.

Late Thursday evening, Randy Fletcher made his way from Peru down U.S. 31 headed toward the Bunker Hill build site for ABC-TV reality show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." Fletcher knew he was in the right location long before reaching his destination.

Anita Knepp and Tammy Ward stood in a tent on the south end of a harvested farm field in rural Miami County.

Ty Pennington and the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition team gave one Miami County family a surprise of a lifetime when they rang their doorbell Wednesday morning.

Wednesday, Oct. 21 8:45 a.m.: A police-escorted caravan of vehicles pulls out of Kokomo's Hampton Inn parking lot onto U.S. 31.

Earlier this week, a line formed at the Darrough Chapel Early Learning Center, starting near the office and winding through the building.

With an increasing number of students absent with flu-like illnesses at the Maconaquah School Corp., Superintendent Debra Jones will meet with Miami County health officials Monday to plan for a voluntary H1N1 flu shot vaccination clinic at the school.

Skip Kuker says the continuing drop in the unemployment rate for the month of August was no surprise.

More than 50 people attended a recent public meeting regarding the widening of Ind.