INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is hosting seven public information meetings as it continues the Planning and Environment Linkages (PEL) studies along the US 30 and US 31 corridors in northern Indiana. The purpose of the meetings is to report on insights gained from the public thus far, share additional data gathered by the study teams and provide an overview of needs and desired outcomes.
The Tipton Police Department would like to share a bittersweet announcement with the community. Officer Terence Napier is retiring after 20 years of law enforcement service! Terence began his law enforcement career in 2003 with the Madison Police Department, in Jefferson County, Indiana.
Today Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Light and variable wind becoming north 6 to 11 mph in the morning.
DNR seeks State Fair Fishin’ Pond volunteers The DNR needs volunteers to help at the Kids Fishin’ Pond at the Indiana State Fair, which runs July 28 to Aug. 20 in Indianapolis.
Arrests reported • Charles A. Jones, 55, Kokomo, was arrested Wednesday, May 17 at 1:36 by TPD for being a Habitual Traffic Violator.
1983 • At least 500 people attended the open house at the newly remodeled and expanded Tipton County Jail. Photos in the Tribune show Carla Good, a dispatcher, explaining the jail’s new control panel and IDACS computer hookup and Deputy Greg Alley guiding a group of on-lookers through the new facility and pointing out some of the finer points of criminal detention in one of the jail’s new cellblocks.
Aroma Community Church Aroma Community Church meets at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday.
Mayor Tom Dolezal announced the first step in discouraging semi trucks from going through the City of Tipton will be changing the downtown speed limit to 20 mph instead of 25 mph. The speed limit will also change at the curve near Leininger Acres from 30 mph to 40 mph. The signs and enforcement will take place on June 1. The stop lights will not be changed to red, yet.
Both middle and high school members of the Tipton FFA competed in the Area VIII Livestock Evaluation Career Development Event at the Carroll County Fairgrounds. The Livestock Evaluation Career Development Event allows students to rank breeding and market classes of beef, goats, sheep and swine.