State and Local News

Now that Sears has announced the closing three Indiana stores, a Ball State economics professor believes the closings will have a bigger impact on Muncie than in other locations. Doctor Mike Hicks ...Read more

Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler is seeking justice against whoever left racist graffiti at Prairie Creek Reservoir on Friday. In a video Tyler posted on the city’s Facebook page, he referred to the ...Read more

Ground was broken this morning on a 6.6-million dollar expansion and renovation for Delta High School. Work on the project will start next week and be done in two phases.  The first phase should ...Read more

The Splash House in Marion will be closed this Sunday due to special circumstances. City officials say a high number of staff members will be unable to work at the Splash House on Sunday due to ...Read more

Communications workers in the Midwest have gone on strike against A-T & T, looking for a new contract. Local 49-hundred of the Communications Workers of America walked out early Thursday after ...Read more

The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission late yesterday gave final approval to the revised rate increase plan for Indiana-Michigan Electric Company. A year ago, I & M requested a huge increase ...Read more

Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana will hold its monthly tailgate food distribution in Marion on Friday in the parking lot of the Five Points Mall outside the old Sears Store. Free ...Read more

Grant County’s entry in the National Spelling Bee won’t be on the stage today for the finals of the event. Though 11-year old Evan Bishir of Fairmount did well in spelling his words in the ...Read more

A Marion woman was detained by police early Tuesday after she allegedly tried to leave her young twin boys at Marion General Hospital. Police say the woman tried to leave the four-year old twins at ...Read more

The Minnetrista Cultural Center in Muncie will hold its annual Garden Fair this Saturday from 8 a-m to 4 p-m, and the event will be just one day only this year. Minnetrista’s weekly Farmers ...Read more