Year 2021

July 2, 2021 Update from Indiana Department of Health

Last Updated on July 2, 2021 by Indiana Department of Health INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health announced today that 302 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 754,724…

Indiana marks one year anniversary of Hands Free Driving Law

Last Updated on July 2, 2021 by Indiana Department of Transportation INDIANA – The Indiana Department of Transportation is marking the one year anniversary of the Hands Free Driving Law going into effect.  On July 1, 2020, House Enrolled Act…

Willard R. McKnight

Last Updated on July 1, 2021 by Fisher Funeral Chapel Willard R. McKnight, 85, passed away Tuesday, June 29, 2021, in the St. Elizabeth Healthcare Center in Delphi. Born February 1, 1936, in Greenville, Kentucky, he was the son of…

Stephen R. Tosh

Last Updated on July 1, 2021 by Gundrum Funeral Home Stephen Rory Tosh, 79, of Logansport, Indiana, passed away peacefully on June 28, 2021 surrounded by family. He was born to parents William and Evelyn (Hogberg) Tosh, on May 1,…

Virginia (Barnes) Kniesly

Last Updated on July 1, 2021 by Kroeger Funeral Home Virginia (Barnes) Kniesly, age 99, Logansport, passed away at 10:10 a.m. on Thursday, June 24, 2021, at Miller’s Merry Manor. A Memorial Service will be planned in September. Arrangements are…

July 1, 2021 Update from Indiana Department of Health

Last Updated on July 1, 2021 by Indiana Department of Health INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health announced today that 249 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 754,317…

Indiana University Kokomo honors May 2021 graduates

Last Updated on June 30, 2021 by Indiana University Kokomo KOKOMO, Ind. —Three hundred twenty-three Indiana University Kokomo students earned degrees in May 2021. The graduates represent 20 Indiana counties, two states, and Nigeria.  Graduates are listed by hometown. Those…

Indiana Statehouse

Gov. Holcomb signs COVID-19 Executive Orders

Last Updated on June 30, 2021 by Office of Indiana Governor Eric J. Holcomb INDIANAPOLIS – Today, Governor Eric J. Holcomb signed Executive Orders 21-16 & 21-17. Executive Order 21-16 extends the public health emergency and Executive Order 21-17 rescinds all…

June 30, 2021 Update from Indiana Department of Health

Last Updated on June 30, 2021 by Indiana Department of Health INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health announced today that 295 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 753,927…

Area responders prepare for chemical emergencies

Last Updated on June 29, 2021 by Cass County Local Emergency Planning Committee LOGANSPORT, IN – On a hot and sunny June day, a train hits a farm trailer pulling chemicals that had stopped on the train tracks. Fortunately, it…

Margaret Belle Mitchell Connell

Last Updated on June 29, 2021 by Fisher Funeral Chapel Margaret Belle Mitchell Connell, 68, Logansport, passed away on Monday, June 29, 2021, at her home. Born September 7, 1952, in Mulberry, Arkansas, she was the daughter of the late…

Carol (Steele) Wood

Last Updated on June 29, 2021 by Fisher Funeral Chapel Arrangements are pending at Fisher Funeral Chapel for Carol Ann (Steele) Wood, 68, Logansport, who passed away at 3:54 a.m. Saturday, June 26, 2021, in the Logansport Memorial Hospital ICU…