‘The Claire’s’ in the Muncie Mall to be Closed
The Claire’s fashion accessories store in the Muncie Mall is one of four locations in Indiana and more than 200 across the nation slated to be closed. Claire’s Holdings LLC announced last month it had sold its North American business to private equity firm Ames Watson for $104 million.
A Ball State professor has been charged with drunk driving in a fatal crash. The Star Press reports 58-year-old Monte D. Antrim’s pickup truck hit two motorcyclists at Main and Walnut Streets in Daleville on Aug. 15. 36-year-old Eric McConnell of Anderson was killed in the crash.
A Winchester man was sentenced to 17 years in prison for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and a separate count of juvenile solicitation. The Star Press reports 28-year-old Larry J. Planck III already is serving a 30-year sentence from October 2024 for 17 crimes including child exploitation.
About 11 tents still stand at Fountain Square in Indy, three weeks past the city’s Aug. 11 deadline. People that live in those tents say housing is finally on the way.
Heather Drummond told WISH-TV she plans to move into an apartment in two weeks through the city’s “Streets to Home” program.
The Muncie Mission expects to serve 19,000 meals between now and Thanksgiving. As the busiest time of the year begins, the organization is asking for donations to help feed the men, women and children of East Central Indiana. A full meal costs just $2.69.
A Marion man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his involvement in a crash that killed a pregnant Muncie woman. The Star Press reports 47-year-old Nicholas Allen Blackburn ingested drugs before the April 2023 crash that killed 32-year-old Brittany N. Wilson on State Road 32.
