Muncie Sanitary District administrator Nikki Grigsby, now on unpaid leave and under indictment, can speak with the person doing her job. The 44 year old Grigsby was ordered not to have contact with anyone likely to be a witness in the investigation of bid rigging allegations. Her attorney asked she be able to communicate with […]

Police say one of two unborn babies being carried by a woman on life support after she was shot in Anderson has died. Investigators say one of the male twins died Tuesday of “detrimental effects” of the shooting. Police say 29-year-old Alexis M. Wasson was about 20 weeks pregnant when she was shot in the […]

As scores of citizens opposed to a planned hazardous waste recycling facility looked on, Muncie City Council President Doug Marshall, left a city council meeting this week. Marshall was being criticized for the crowd for enforcing the time limit on a man speaking out against the project. He adjourned the meeting then left with his […]

A Delaware County government employee has been fired and is now charged with public voyeurism. Police say 27 year old Glenn Pickett is accused of using his cell phone to take an inappropriate photo of a woman as she walked up some stairs. Authorities confiscated his phone. Pickett has since been let go from his […]

The Horizon Convention Center announces Executive Chef Austin Smith was chosen to compete in the 2019 Taste of Piazza Chef Competition. The competition will take place at the 2019 Taste of Piazza Food Show on Thursday, August 22nd at Banker’s Life Field House in downtown Indianapolis. Smith is one of only 4 chefs chosen out […]

On Thursday evening August 8th, the top-notch Big Band musicians from America’s Hometown Band will be taking their classy Big Band sound to the beautiful front lawn of the E.B. & Bertha C. Ball Center on Minnetrista Blvd. The public is invited, admission is free, and parking is free at the fairgrounds, right across the […]

Hackers apparently got at the computer system for the South Madison Community Schools and now the system is infected with a virus. No word on any compromised personal information of students or staff. District officials say they have not been asked to pay a rasom as yet and they are using back up files to […]

Attempted murder and other counts face a Muncie man accused of stabbing his brother and niece early Monday. 45 year old Matthew Edward VanMatre of the 2200 block of East Hoyt Avenue, was being held in the Delaware County jail under a bond of $80,000. Police were called to his brother’s home at about 12:45 […]

Meeks Mortuary will not be the only crematory in Muncie for long. Parton Mortuary is building a crematory to handle the increasing demand for cremations. The Star Press reports, currently, the mortuary has to bring bodies scheduled for cremation to Anderson, Fort Wayne or Meeks for cremation, then return at a later time to pick […]