Power outages in multiple counties yesterday were caused by power lines being weighed down by ice and snow. On Saturday, a different culprit. More than 4,000 customers were in the cold Saturday because of a squirrel at a substation in western Delaware County.

An Eaton man has been arrested for his role in alleged drug dealings that led to a Muncie man’s arrest. Michael Beall is the 26-year-old driver who police picked up during the arrest of John Jesse Springman, who’s now in custody and charged with selling heroin. Beall is in Delaware County jail with a $15,000 […]

Muncie police have arrested a man for selling them heroin, though it turned out not to be. 21-year-old John Swafford, Jr. is being held in Delaware County jail under a $5,000 bond. He’s charged with dealing in a lookalike substance, a level five felony that could get him six years in prison. The man has […]

An Indiana lawmaker is proposing students get a near-full ride to college if they graduate in the top 20 percent of their class and agree to become teachers. The GOP house bill is a key piece of legislation for the new session. Speaker Brian Bosma says students would get $30,000 for college if they agree […]

Police are looking for three men who robbed a man from Elwood who was trying to sell tools. The 41-year-old victim met the trio in a remote location with the tools. That’s when they attacked him with a club and stole the tools and a cellphone. The tools are valued at $1,000. The victim was […]

A follow up to the story of a man who threatened an eight-year-old boy with a screwdriver at a local grocery store last month. William Rothel is now in jail, after his probation was revoked today following a hearing in Madison Circuit Court. His attorney is asking for psychiatrists to evaluate the man and has […]

A convicted felon from rural Muncie was arrested for having a gun. 40-year-old David Shoemaker was arrested and remained in Delaware County jail yesterday with a $5,000 bond. He was arrested during a traffic stop after this girlfriend was pulled over for speeding. He told police he had a gun and it belonged to his […]

Police arrested a Muncie man after his girlfriend said he beat her, threatened and spit on her. The man is 34-year-old Cainman Lopilato, now charged with strangulation, domestic battery and interference with the reporting of a crime. Lopilato’s alleged victim described a violent altercation and officers report the woman had visibile signs of being beaten. […]

An Anderson man will go on trial next month for fatally stabbing a man he allegedly found having sex with the man’s ex-wife, then kidnapped his family and headed to Minnesota las summer. The man is 25-year-old Mark Emerson. He’s reportedly planning to argue self-defense, according to a notice filed this week in Madison Circuit […]