Muncie News

WINCHESTER -- The local teenager who implicated Terry Durbin in the shooting of Patrick Cheadle over a marijuana deal will get some high powered legal help.

MUNCIE - An armed bandit robbed employees at the Village Pantry at 3615 E. Jackson St.

A Muncie man accused of beating and confining his girlfriend remained in the Delaware County jail on Monday.

MUNCIE -- Deputy Mayor Dick Shirey will undergo open heart surgery today in Indianapolis and is not expected to return to work before his job is eliminated at year's end.

MUNCIE - Muncie Mission is taking donations of food for its 79th annual free Thanksgiving dinner.

MUNCIE - A Muncie man was arrested early Tuesday as he rode his bicycle near the scene of a business burglary.

Muncie police are looking for a bandit who was wearing baggy blue jeans when he held up a clerk at the Village Pantry, 524 S. Tillotson Ave., on Sunday night.

MUNCIE - Allegations stemming from a game of "strip Yahtzee" led to a Muncie woman's arrest this week.

Submitted by volunteer47305 on Tue, 11/17/2009 - 10:49pm. Folks that see me out and about ask me what it is we are doing over here on our East Jackson Street area? If you have been by any time in the last twelve weeks, you should be able to say you have seen a magnificent change taking place over here by the Overhead RailRoad Trestle.

It's shorts one day; heavy coat the next. Temperatures in Indiana are known to fluctuate, but the latest weather pattern has local residents saying this is a little extreme -- even for Indiana.

MUNCIE -- The future of the city's animal shelter is uncertain as budget cuts and a clause in a union contract might decimate the staff for next year, the mayor said.

MUNCIE -- Contrary to the wishes of his victim and her guardian, convicted sex offender Christopher L. Gilmer was handcuffed on Monday and taken to the Delaware County jail.

MUNCIE -- Former private investigator Jeff Hinds, convicted nearly a year ago of bribery, will be home for the holidays to spend time with his wife and infant son.

MUNCIE -- Delaware County's proposed ordinance to regulate tanning salons has caught the attention of the Indoor Tanning Association, a national trade group based in Washington, D.C., which sent one of its attorneys here last month to express concern.

From morning until night, Naomi Clark is at her husband's side. With her tender touch, she helps Douglas with his personal hygiene, gives him his insulin shots, monitors his 18 different medicines and assists him with his exercises.

A national figure in city planning and author of a classic 1993 volume on urban space titled Great Streets wandered through some of Muncie's own great downtown streets last week.

It's time for you to get on the MAP. That's Muncie Action Plan, an ambitious project to develop a vision for Muncie and then make it happen.

MUNCIE -- The Democratic majority on Muncie city council has won the budget battle against Republican Mayor Sharon McShurley.

MUNCIE -- A Muncie man was being questioned Sunday afternoon after threatening his ex-girlfriend with a shotgun and then turning it on himself.

MUNCIE -- The resignation of the Indiana Supreme Court's disciplinary commission leader could mean another delay in resolving a misconduct complaint against Delaware County Prosecutor Mark McKinney.