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Fire damages home on Green Street

Tipton Fire Department was dispatched to the 300 block of Green Street in the City of Tipton at approximately 8:50 p.m. on Wednesday, June 14, along with automatic aid from Cicero Township Volunteer Fire Department, for a report of a structure fire. Engine 10 and Medic 81 arrived on the scene approximately four minutes after the initial 911 call to find flames showing from the south side of the structure.

Arrests reported

• James L. Taylor, 36, Frankfort, was arrested June 19 at 5:30 p.m. by TCSD for Auto Theft and Operator Never Licensed. He was taken to Tipton County Jail and later released on the pretrial release program.

The gold dispenser

The Association of Mature American Citizens You can find a candy bar dispenser anywhere these days but you’ll have to go to South Korea if you want to find a gold bar dispenser. GS Retail, which operates some 10,000 convenience stores throughout that country, has been fitting them out with gold bar vending machines since last September.

Indiana State Fair announces second wave of Hoosier Lottery Free Stage Concerts for 2023

INDIANAPOLIS - A fair favorite returns bigger and better in 2023! The best concert value of the summer returns featuring classic rock legends STYX, American Country A Cappella Group Home Free, 90’s Hit Makers Gin Blossoms, The Fan Favorite Happy Together Tour, Gospel Music Legend CeCe Winans & Popular DJ Kurt Streblow and More! On Friday, the Indiana State Fair unveiled additional shows to its 2023 list of scheduled concerts as a part of the Hoosier Lottery Free Stage schedule, July 28 through August 20 (The fair is closed Mondays and Tuesdays). The Hoosier Lottery Free Stage has become a summertime staple for concertgoers and music lovers.

COC Election

The Tipton/Hamilton County Farm Service Agency Committee (COC) Election is now through Aug. 1, 2023. This is the period for nominating farmers as candidates for the local COC election. This year the LAA (Local Administrative Area) is having the election in Tipton County is LAA 2, which includes Cicero and Liberty Townships and Hamilton County is LAA 4, which includes Adams, Clay, Jackson, and Washington Townships. FSA encourages all eligible producers to nominate themselves, or another eligible producer, to run for office. Nomination forms (FSA-669A’s) are available:

Briefs

Check out our new rates located on page 2! Delivery Change The Tipton County Tribune has been informed by the local postmaster that those with zip codes 46068 and 46076 will now have their paper delivered from the Kokomo Post Office. Your paper should continue to be delivered on Wednesday.

Aging Warriors prepare for arrival of tribute to fallen comrades

LAWRENCE - Under a hot sun a dozen or so veterans, most in their 70s, labored to prepare a place to honor their comrades who never made it home from a distant, long ago war. “The Moving Wall,” a 1/2 scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, will arrive in Lawrence, Indiana June 22nd, but before the 70 black panels embossed with 58,228 names of those who lost their lives in the Vietnam War can be displayed, the members of Vietnam Veterans of America Sammy L.