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Nichols family has good night in Tipton
Sons grab coroner and council positions
TIPTON — The office of Tipton County coroner will remain within the Nichols family for the next four years.
Voters chose Republican Philip V. Nichols, the father of the current coroner, Bob Nichols, by 1,499 votes over Democrat Donald Boyer. It was a good night for the Nichols family as another son, Brad, was the top vote-getter among Tipton County Council at-large candidates.
Republican Marla Featherstone won re-election as recorder. She garnered 64.5 percent of the vote in beating Democrat Nichole Burkett.
Running unopposed, Thomas Lett retained the position of Tipton Circuit Court judge.
Republican Dan Burton, the incumbent in the 5th District in the U.S. House of Representatives, garnered 5,093 votes, or 66.6 percent. Democrat Mary Etta Ruley received 2,553 votes.
For state representative District 35, Republican L. Jack Lutz won the county with 1,020 votes to 621 for Democrat Lee Ann Mengelt.
In national and state offices, Republican presidential candidate John McCain was an easy winner in the county, finishing with 1,202 votes more than Democrat Barack Obama.
Gov. Mitch Daniels scored the highest vote percentage of candidates with opposition. The Republican received 67 percent of the vote to Democrat Jill Long Thompson’s 30.7 percent.
Greg Zoeller and Tony Bennett, Republican candidates for attorney general and superintendent of public instruction, respectively, each won the county by more than 1,000 votes.
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Kokomo church struggles to pay cleanup debt
Pastor Dwight Hobson says he can’t understand why the state of Indiana is insisting on taking the money out of his collection plate.
After all, Hobson says, he is saving the state money by counseling teenagers on Kokomo’s near east side, keeping them away from gangs, drugs and teen pregnancy.
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GM not changing anything for now
General Motors leaders on Wednesday addressed the company’s business operations and competition to its workers in Kokomo, GM said.
GM spokesman Kevin Nadrowski said company leaders spoke to their Kokomo employees during a routine update meeting. The company told the workers it is "assessing its business model," he said, but he would not further comment on the discussion.
“We’re not making any announcements, and there are no immediate changes to
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County council OKs funds for event center repairs
The Howard County Council on Tuesday night approved funding for repairs to the Kokomo Event Center’s roof, which should cost about a third as much as previously estimated.
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‘Delphi isn’t closing anything’
Delphi Automotive Systems LLC says it will not close any of its operations in Kokomo.
Company spokeswoman Linda Ferries has responded to reports posted this afternoon on Inside INdiana Business’ website. She said the reported information is incorrect. The Indianapolis-based news agency quoted United Auto Workers Region 3 Director Maurice Davison as saying Delphi will phase out its Kokomo operations in 2012.
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Nude drawings prompt arrest
Two drawings that police say depict a naked underage girl have allegedy landed a Sharpsville man behind bars on two counts of felony possession of child pornography.
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Korean War veterans honored in Armistice Day event
A handful of Korean veterans stood at attention Tuesday to honor the brave soldiers who didn’t make it home after the three-year war in Southeast Asia.
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Center Road closed for U.S. 31 work
Center Road is now closed between 150 East and 350 East, due to construction work on the U.S. 31 Kokomo Corridor bypass.
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Councilman brings up business prospect at meeting
Kokomo Common Councilman Bob Cameron took more than a few people by surprise Monday when he asked area economic development director Jeb Conrad to come to the microphone.
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Standoff ends in suicide
A Tipton County man allegedly fired a shotgun at a neighboring house late Monday before committing suicide, Howard County Sheriff Marty Talbert reported.
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Duke Energy cuts power to apartments
Duke Energy Corp. says it had to cut power Tuesday to a Kokomo apartment building that dates back to the Great Depression because of “serious safety hazards.”
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