NEWS

Strawberry Festival packs downtown
06/07/2025

Thousands celebrate summer's arrival in Kokomo with a favorite treat

A helping hand to serve and empower
06/06/2025

United Way awards more than $100k in grants to local nonprofits

Community First bolsters its ranks
06/06/2025

Four strategic hires enhance bank's retail, commercial lending, mortgage services, and HR capabilities

Solidarity is where...

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SPORTS

Finding your tree stand in the dark
06/08/2025

I know deer season is quite a ways off, but when someone asks me a question, I have discovered at my age, it is best if I reply as soon as possible or I have a tendency to forget!

Outdoors with Bud, June 7, 2025: DIY Drag Lines and Shooting Sticks
06/07/2025

What are shooting sticks? How about drag lines? And how do you make your own? This week, Bud explains how these important tools work. You don't want to climb into your tree stand without a haul line. And it can be difficult to hold your rifle or muzzleloader in an aiming position for prolonged periods. Shooting sticks will steady your aim. But you don't have to spend hundreds of dollars on either of these tools. Bud has some DIY ideas for you.

Western blanks the Red Devils
06/05/2025

Lady Panthers on a hurricane path to the state softball finals with four-straight shutouts

Features

Strawberry Festival packs downtown
06/07/2025

Thousands celebrate summer's arrival in Kokomo with a favorite treat

A helping hand to serve and empower
06/06/2025

United Way awards more than $100k in grants to local nonprofits

A moment, a memory, a mystery
06/06/2025

Time feels different depending on circumstance; we choose how we move through it

Obituaries

Obituaries, June 8, 2025
06/08/2025

Kevin Brent Walls

Obituaries, June 6, 2025
06/06/2025

Nancy Caroline Beaver-Kennedy, Michelle Jeanette Burthay

Obituaries, June 5, 2025
06/05/2025

Deacon Ronald Louis Morrow, Kenneth Mays, Tim William Meier, Susan Jane Hunt, Keith Edwin Allen, Rev. Lois Jean Glass

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LANTERN PODCASTS

Outdoors with Bud, June 7, 2025: DIY Drag Lines and Shooting Sticks
06/07/2025

What are shooting sticks? How about drag lines? And how do you make your own? This week, Bud explains how these important tools work. You don't want to climb into your tree stand without a haul line. And it can be difficult to hold your rifle or muzzleloader in an aiming position for prolonged periods. Shooting sticks will steady your aim. But you don't have to spend hundreds of dollars on either of these tools. Bud has some DIY ideas for you.

The Lamp, June 6, 2025: the Haynes-Apperson Festival
06/06/2025

This week, Kokomo Lantern publisher Pat Munsey hosts Paul Wyman as they discuss the upcoming Haynes-Apperson Festival. From the car shows and sports competitions to the parade, concerts, and fireworks, there is something for everyone to enjoy at the community's largest festival. Catch new episodes of The Lamp and review past episodes by visiting the Kokomo Lantern Podcast Network.

My Wife, My Ex-Wife, and Me, June 3, 2025
06/03/2025

What happens when cancer forces a divorced couple to rediscover what truly matters? In this candid conversation about blended families, we explore the surprising bonds that formed after our daughter's leukemia diagnosis transformed our fractured family into something stronger and more beautiful than we could have imagined.