17,000 plus attendance estimate from past weekend’s Fire Up Downtown Muncie event
Back to school: August 7th: Liberty Christian, Muncie Burris and others.
17,000 plus – that’s the attendance estimate from this past weekend’s Fire Up Downtown Muncie event. That crowd information and much more data was derived from cell phone tracking – showing length of time on site, and much more. We were told those stats are coming soon, and that the 5th annual event is a GO for 2026.
Ball State president Geoffrey Mearns tells “Delaware County Today” scores are rising for Muncie Community Schools.
Mearns added Muncie Central is now above the state’s overall graduation rate.
Eleven misconduct charges have been filed against Randolph Superior Court Judge Dale Arnett. The Star Press reports the Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications has accused Arnett of “demonstrating an inability to perform judicial and administrative duties diligently” and failing to “adequately” supervise his staff.
Selma’s new Dollar General store will hold a grand opening Saturday at 8 a.m. The first 50 customers will receive a $10 gift card, and the first 100 customers receive a Dollar General tote bag.
The Daleville firehouse will host a community mental healthcare event Aug. 16 from 2 to 5 p.m. The afternoon includes a free meal, an educational speaker and a guest speaker on the topic of building coping skills to deal with the hard times all of us face.
The words of Jeff Scott…
the Ivy Tech Chancellor is the Greater Muncie Area Chamber of Commerce made the presentation yesterday…
he cited more of her attributes…
at the Muncie on the Move event.
Indiana Democratic Party chairperson Karen Tallian said in a release: “Indiana Republicans are so afraid of voters that they are willing to rig the elections to drown Hoosiers’ voices.” This is in response to the possibility of mid-census redistricting and ahead of Vice President JD Vance’s visit to Indianapolis today.
Greenfield native Aidan Davis has been appointed by Governor Mike Braun as the student representative on Ball State’s Board of Trustees. The biochemistry major will serve a two-year term through June 30, 2027.
Madison County Commissioners approved an agreement Tuesday with Extra Duty Solutions to provide security at the location where the jury will be sequestered during the January trial of Carl Roy Webbs Board II, says the Herald Bulletin. Boards is charged with 2022 shooting death of Elwood officer Noah Shahnavaz.
Taylor University will host an elite boys basketball prospect camp Sept. 6. The camp is open to players in ninth through 12th grades and will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. with check-in at 8:30 a.m. The cost is $95, and participants will have an opportunity for five-on-five competition.
