DISPLACED: Bottom row, from left, Kushite Thomas, Keshawn Thomas. Top row from left: Kendale Harris, Khalil Topps, Keanna Harris, LaShanda Thomas, and Michael Thomas are living in a rental house after the flood made the one they were previously living in "unlivable."

• A flooded market

  Lashonda Thomas thought she’d found a good deal in the form of a big, four-bedroom house down in a cozy hollow just south of the Wildcat Creek.
  That was before a couple of feet of water swamped the house in the 300 block of East Murden Street, putting Thomas, her husband Michael, and their five children back into the rental market, erasing three years of faithful contract-buying payments. She said she had $8,000 left to pay before the flood hit.

  May 26, 2013 1 Photo

• Chase, accident leads to arrest
• Hitting the road
• Board weighs flood control options
• Kokomo Beach will partially open Tuesday

• Baseball squads gear up for busy Memorial Day

  Memorial Day weekend in Indiana always means the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday and a heavy slate of high school baseball games on Monday.
  Sectionals across the state had opening-round games Wednesday and Thursday. Semifinals and finals will follow on Monday. Locally, all five Howard County squads will be in action Monday.
  Kokomo is hosting a Class 4A sectional. Western and Northwestern are in the 3A sectional at Peru. And, Taylor and Eastern are in the 2A field at Eastern.

  May 26, 2013 1 Photo

• Comets wear crown
• Northwestern takes down West Lafayette

• Forever thankful

  If you do nothing else patriotic Memorial Day, stop and think about why you have the rights you enjoy.

  May 26, 2013

• May 25, 2013: Cheers & Jeers
• Scammers seek to profit

• Funerals - May 26, 2013

  May 26, 2013

• Elmer Lee Cook
• Harold E. ‘Abe’ Kessler
• Barbara K. Watkins
• John M. Nelson

• PHOTO GALLERY: Tipton graduation

  Tipton High School 2013 graduation

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  May 25, 2013 1 Photo

• PHOTO GALLERY: Eastern wins softball sectional
• PHOTO GALLERY: Eastern vs. Taylor softball

• A day in the life

  My love for words was written into a hobby at an early age. I wrote stories about the nature I witnessed from my window, experiences I shared with my Pap and anything that came to mind. From age 9, most of my moments were stories my mind hadn’t written yet. For me, writing was the tool that enriched my experiences. If I went to the children’s museum and saw something that struck me, I’d write about it.

  May 23, 2013 1 Photo

• Facebooks threads into more than I expected
• Kokomo Speedway

• Movie preview: “The Hangover Part III”

  Plot: The Wolfpack set out in search of Mr. Chow after Doug is kidnapped by a criminal seeking to recover $21 million from the diminutive hustler as the decadent “Hangover” trilogy winds to a close.

  May 24, 2013 1 Photo

• Movie preview: “Fast & Furious 6”
• Movie preview: “Epic”
• Movie preview: “Star Trek Into Darkness”

Harper Marie Roe, the first granddaughter of Tom and MeLodye Roe, was born March 14. Submitted | Melodye Roe

• READER PHOTOS: May 2013

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  May 10, 2013 1 Photo

• READER PHOTOS: April 2013

• PHOTO GALLERY: 1913 Flood

  Historical photos of the 1913 flood in Kokomo and Peru

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  April 8, 2013 1 Photo

• PHOTO GALLERY: St. Joseph Hospital - 100 years