Auditions are underway for the DWNTWN Idol competition
Warm up your vocal cords. The first of two rounds of auditions are underway for the Muncie Downtown Development Partnership’s DWNTWN Idol competition. Singers 21 and older can tryout at The Heorot on Thursdays from 8 p.m. to midnight through May 15, and singers of all ages can show their skills at The Common Market on Saturdays from 6 to 10 p.m. through May 17. Read more at our Muncie Journal.com.
A three-hour Muncie City Council meeting Monday night included an extended debate that came as a surprise to mayor Dan Ridenour..
In March, the council approved a 5% pay increase for police and fire by unanimous vote.
Hear all of the mayor’s “Delaware County Today” interview from Tuesday morning at WMUN Muncie.com.
It took until Monday afternoon to get down to 300 – as many as 17,000 Anderson Power & Light customers were without electricity in the wake of last week’s tornadoes. Flood waters and fallen trees hampered recovery efforts, but APL’s units were assisted by 25 outside crews.
It’s time to check the freezer. Nearly 23,000 pounds of Johnsonville Cheddar bratwurst produced February 5 at a plant in Momence, Illinois, have been recalled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. Indiana is one of 10 states affected by the recall, caused by consumers finding hard plastic material inside the bratwursts.
During an appearance on Oldies 101’s “Anderson Talks” last week, Madison County deputy prosecutor Andrew Hanna discussed some of the reasons the trial of Carl Roy Webb Boards II seems to moving at a slow pace…
Boards is accused of killing Elwood police officer Noah Shahnavaz in July 2022. Hear Hanna’s entire talk with Oldies 101’s Mitch Henck on the Oldies 101 app.
A Muncie woman already in jail pleaded guilty to five charges as part of a plea deal Monday. WTHR-13 reports 41-year-old Olivia Larue faces up to 17½ years in prison for dealing cocaine in Delaware County. Police were attempting to arrest her for that crime on January 23, 2024, when she fled and caused a crash in downtown Muncie that killed 30-year-old Javonta Jones as well as his sister Acacia Hammond’s unborn baby. Larue pleaded guilty to four felony counts Monday resulting from the crash.
Someone in Indiana now has the measles. John Herrick reports.
The Rangeline Community Center will hold an Easter egg hunt Saturday at noon. The event will feature more than 700 eggs and will be part of the community center’s Second Saturday Sale that will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1405 N. Rangeline Road.
Cowan Elementary School Kindergarten enrollment begins today (Wednesday 4/09/25). Children must be 5 years old by Aug. 1 to enroll. For more information, call the school at 765-289-7129.
A traffic stop in Randolph County on Sunday afternoon led to multiple charges against a Union City woman. The Star Press reports 28-year-old Makayla D. Riggs faces six charges including a felony count of dealing in meth after a Winchester police officer noticed her driving erratically. Riggs was previously arrested for possession of meth twice in Randolph County and was convicted on a 2020 burglary charge in Ohio.
