Stamp Out Hunger Saturday (May 9, 2025)
The U.S. Postal Service’s annual “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive will take place Saturday. Place a bag of healthy, non-perishable food items and place them by your mailbox for their letter carrier to pick up and deliver to food banks and pantries in the community.
Like many organizations, the United Way faces a funding crunch in the wake of the new state budget. Heart of Indiana United Way CEO and president Jenni Marsh
From “Delaware County Today” with some of the ways to help.
A change in leadership is coming to Anderson’s Man 4 Man Ministries. Director Bob Blume tells Oldies 101’s Mitch Henck he’ll soon be passing the baton, though he plans to remain heavily involved
The Blackford County Civil War Reenactment Club has announced Civil War Days 2025 has been canceled. Club president Sean Cavanaugh announced in an email that 3M has decided to terminate its collaboration with the club after 30 years. Cavanaugh thanked 3M for the long-time partnership and said the club will continue to seek solutions for future Civil War Days.
The names of the drivers involved in the April 29 fatal crash on State Road 67 have been released. The Delaware County Coroner’s Office has identified the deceased driver as 22-year-old Jordan Xavier Ivy of Muncie. The injured driver is 24-year-old Austin Douglas Duncan of Albany.
The Indiana State Police will hold youth camps across the state this summer, including four in Anderson in June. ISP Public Information Officer Scott Keegan on Wednesday’s “Delaware County Today.”
For more information, go to Trooper.org.
In a recent release, Republican senator Todd Young provided more information on why he helped introduce the bipartisan SHIPS for America act. Young notes the U.S. has just 80 internationally operating war ships while China boasts 5,500. The SHIPS act aims to cut that gap by reducing some red tape and offering manufacturing incentives.
18-year-old Rashawn Darrius Samuels was identified by a witness as one of the shooters in the February 2 slaying of Dayla Swain. Samuels was arrested in Milwaukee and returned to Madison County on Tuesday, and according to the Herald Bulletin also faces murder charges in the shooting death of 15-year-old Jullian Craig on November 24, 2024.
Master commissioner Timothy Hollems has announced he intends to run for judge. The Star Press reports the Republican hopes to replace Democrat Thomas Cannon Jr., who is not expected to seek a fourth term in Delaware Circuit Court 5.
Jeff Holloway will now do double duty at Muncie Central. The 1994 Bearcat graduate will serve as both athletic director, a role he’s held since 2021, and boys basketball head coach after the resignation last month of Justin Ullom, who left for Yorktown. Holloway previously served as Muncie Central’s boys basketball coach from 2014 to 2017.
