Anderson, IN: Two Peds or Bikers Injured Every Month
Buckskin Bikes owner and Madison County Park Board president Ben Orcutt is urging Anderson officials to create a Complete Streets group to help improve bike safety. Speaking on “Anderson Talks” with Oldies 101’s Mitch Henck
Orcutt says studies show two pedestrians or bicyclists are injured every month in Anderson.
Ball State Athletics received a glowing report card from the NCAA. Thirteen Cardinals teams achieved a perfect score of 1,000 in the latest Academic Progress Report, and Ball State’s overall score of 992 tied the highest in school history for the third time.
Muncie’s Robert Donati is one of 14 members of White Castle’s Cravers Hall of Fame Class of 2025. Fox-59 says Donati’s credentials for the honor include making his Thanksgiving stuffing out of White Castle sliders and helping to create Craver Chapter 834, which works to “promote the slider experience.”
A New Castle man faces 42 felony charges including 34 counts of child exploitation. The Star Press reports 36-year-old Corey M. Bell was charged last week after Henry County deputies searched his home on a tip from the Center for Missing and Exploited Children involving the distribution of illicit videos.
Consultant Eric Weflen told Madison County commissioners this week the new Madison County Jail is on schedule and within its budget. The Herald Bulletin reports the 525-bed facility in North Anderson is scheduled to open in September 2026 and will cost $105.5 million.
The Funders Forum Collaborative invested more than $21 million in Muncie and Delaware County in 2024, according to a release. Included in that amount is $58,300 in grants to the Muncie Area Career Center, the Nonprofit Support Network and Delaware County BY5.
John Cary has been named the Scout Executive and CEO of the Crossroads of America Council, a seven-district governing body of Scouting America that includes the White River District covering Blackford, Delaware, Henry, Madison and Randolph counties.
The Community Foundation has announced 13 scholarship winners for the Class of 2025. Wes-Del’s Reece Berry, Wapahani’s Shelby Brannon, Yorktown’s Meghan Buehler, Heritage Hall’s Caleb Cunningham, Yorktown’s Christy Gao, Cowan’s Regan Gill, Muncie Central’s Zinnia Jefferson, Yorktown’s Aurilia Moulton, Delta’s Isabella Riley-Vannatta, Muncie Burris’ Andrew Sammelson, Delta’s Hailey Woodring, Yorktown’s Peyton Wormer and Wapahani’s Logan Wulff are the first group to be announced.
