Tipton County News

The Tipton mayor and county commissioners have rejected a proposal to obtain Shovel Ready status for a business park.

Indiana, one of the nation's smaller players in wind energy, is about to take a big step forward, as the parent company of Indianapolis Power & Light Co.

The competency of the Tipton County Fairgrounds board was brought into question at Monday's Tipton County Board of Commissioners meeting.

A Tipton teen faces up to 20 years in prison after being charged as an adult with rape.

Ownership of the partially completed Getrag Transmission plant in Tipton County has been moved to a trust by a Michigan bankruptcy court.

Neighbors in a small Tipton County community are on alert after two children reported being approached by the same man.

MUNCIE - A sweep by police early Wednesday of the Imperial Apartments at Fifth and Mulberry streets resulted in the arrests of two Muncie residents facing felony charges.

Tipton County residents who got a break when Indiana passed a law establishing a ceiling for property tax increases could make up the difference with income taxes.

Residents in Tipton County are on high alert after a man tries to abduct a nine year old girl from her front yard.

Tipton County sheriff deputies are searching the county for a possible child abductor, Sheriff Frank Fritch said Monday.

A group of young women zipped about the conference room at the C.W. Mount Community Center, pouring tea for a room packed with supporters of the Tipton County Foundation's Women's Fund endowment.

The owner of a Kokomo driving school was convicted Wednesday evening in Tipton Circuit Court of fondling a 15-year-old girl student driver last year.

'Click It or Ticket' deemed a success After about two weeks and 50 extra hours of patrols, the Tipton County Sheriff Department netted 160 citations, warnings and arrests during the "Click It or Ticket" campaign.

A future economic advisement group would have decision-making abilities if the Tipton County Board of Commissioners accepts a resolution the Tipton City Council approved Monday.

Finding a solution for the empty Getrag Transmission plant, obtaining shovel-ready status for Northgate Business Park and attracting new businesses to the area are at the top of Tipton County's new economic development director's to-do list.

Since the economy took a turn for the worst, some Kokomo-area parents have had no other choice but to pull their children out of traditional day care.

Long-time Chamber Executive Director and former mayoral candidate Gayle Van Sessen will take a community and economic development post with Tipton County, the chamber announced Tuesday.

A tornado warning was in effect until 6:45 pm for Clinton County. Trained weather spotters saw a rotating wall at around 6:28 pm near Kirklin, eight miles east of Frankfort, moving east at 30 mph.

Storms hit Saturday from Illinois to West Virginia with tornadoes touching down in Tipton County in Indiana and Clinton and Clermont counties in Ohio, Accuweather.com reported Sunday.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHWESTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 915 PM EDT * AT 832 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE ...