From Fire Up Downtown to Food Drives: Muncie Highlights Community Spirit Amid Local Headlines

We’re less than a month from Fire Up Downtown, and Vicki Veach of the Muncie Downtown Development Partnership tells “Delaware County Today” August 2 will be a celebration of the city’s heart.

Listen to the full interview at WMUN Muncie.com.

A Muncie man with previous legal trouble has been sentenced to 18 years in jail after being convicted of armed robbery. The Star Press reports 38-year-old Brock Anthony Watson was on probation for crimes committed in Ohio when he was arrested for armed robbery on West 17th street in September 2022.

Cooke & Belle will take the James Dean Memorial Stage at Fairmount’s Playacres Park for a concert beginning at 7 p.m. The duo’s style is a blend of country, soul and hits from the 1960s and ’70s with gospel influences.

The Colorado indictment of a former Alexandria resident indicates his wife’s remains were moved at least twice after her death. The Herald Bulletin reports 57-year-old Barry Morphew was using the alias “Lee Moore” when he was arrested last month in Arizona. His wife, Suzanne Morphew, was reported missing from her Colorado home on Mother’s Day 2020 and her body was found in September 2023.

Viking Realty’s Lucious Connor has a goal of saving house owners $1 million this year. Helping his neighbors build wealth is a labor of love.

Replay the entire interview from “Delaware County Today” at WMUN Muncie.com.

Second Harvest food bank will hold a tailgate distribution in Muncie on Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Muncie Mall. Tailgates will also be held at New Castle’s First Baptist Church and Winchester’s Goodrich Park on Friday at 10 a.m.

Tracy Walters’ “Turn Away No Longer” organization supports foster children throughout the listening area, and she told “Anderson Talks” while she has great help, the need is constant.

Listen to “Anderson Talks” with Mitch Henck weekdays from 4 to 6 p.m. on Oldies 101.

A Winchester man has again been accused of child molesting. The Star Press reports 56-year-old Frank Samuel Farrington II has been charged with repeated assault of a girl in her early teens. Farrington was convicted of child molesting in Jay County in 1999.

That 90s Band will be in concert at 6:30 p.m. at Middletown’s Belgian Horse Winery. The band’s diverse set-list focuses on alternative rock, grunge and metal. Covers include Nirvana, Green Day, Pearl Jam and Vanilla Ice.