Muncie News

A hunger strike by a local activist began Monday in order to try to increase media coverage of the same action inmates at Guantanamo Bay have undertaken after being held for years without any rights.

Many people living in a central Indiana county are organizing against construction of a wind farm proposed by a company that's putting up hundreds of the electricity-generating turbines in nearby counties.

In 1931, Muncie earned national recognition from the administration of President Herbert Hoover for its efforts to feed and employ the hungry and jobless through community gardening.

A Chicago-based company is seeking permission from Delaware County officials to build about 30 electricity-generating turbines in agricultural areas northeast of Muncie.

Members of the Pierre-area Vietnam and Vietnam ERA Veterans Association pitched in this weekend at the Capitol Lake War Memorial Cleanup.

The South Dakota Department of Education is kicking off a statewide reading challenge as students prepare for summer break.

An Iowa lawyer and former police officer lost his law license after being convicted of drug and forgery charges.

Today marks two months since Indiana teen Hannah Graham walked out the front door of her home in Crown Point.

McCulloch paid a balloonist $650 to drop red stars on the city in the days leading up to the launch on June 6, 1903.

MUNCIE, Ind. Brooke Garner claimed her second career outdoor hammer throw title on Thursday at The Summit League Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Muncie voted to call Seth Carrier as the congregation's new minister during a special meeting Sunday afternoon.

A $50 million apartment and retail development with a government owned parking garage may rise from the demolition of the historic Collegiate Store in the University Village near Ball State University.

Officials in a central Indiana county say they aren't going to do anything yet to block a proposed wind farm.

The Indiana Supreme Court has agreed to review a pair of cases, one that involves a school principal's failure to immediately pass along a student's report of rape and the other about expectations of privacy for commenters on news media websites.

Police are still trying to find the motivation behind the alleged rape of a Ball State woman by a former Carmel High School football star.

North View Elementary School Principal Pam Necessary has this advice for any fellow school administrators casting covetous eyes in Mike Lewis 's direction: Don't even think about it.

Mostly local work crews have worked diligently to complete the project on schedule.

Last week's Whatzit was of the Unknown variety. Guesses came in from The Howell Brothers, Farmland, who originally thought it was a lug wrench, but because of the small size, they decided it must be some kind of special wrench that came with a piece of machinery.

Buchanan has served in mortgage lending at Old National for seven years. Her office is located at 110 E. Main St.

Warm weather -- when it finally arrives in East Central Indiana and sticks around -- prompts changes for restaurants.