Saying it’s not the best use for the property, Anderson Mayor Thomas Broderick has vetoed an ordinance to rezone a property for a repossession lot. The Herald Bulletin reports Broderick vetoed the ordinance requested by Jonny Jones to rezone property on the northeast corner of East 34th and East Lynn streets, saying it could potentially […]

The Muncie Campus of Ivy Tech Community College announces its newest endowed scholarship; Irie’s Guiding Fund. The new scholarship opportunity is named for Irie Elisabeth O’Shea, who tragically passed away in a house fire at the young age of 17. Irie was a stand-out Junior at Wes-Del High School, where she was a member of […]

UPDATE SATURDAY,  7AM:  We now know more about a story WLBC’s Peter Killeen told you about first on Friday: it was three men from Michigan that were found dead in a Muncie apartment.    Autopsies will be done this weekend.   Anyone with information was asked to call Muncie police detectives at 765-747-4867 or Muncie Crime Stoppers […]

Now possible flooding??  Temperatures are supposed to warm up soon all across Indiana Which is why meteorologist Aaron Updike with the National Weather Service in Indianapolis says you need to make sure your drains are clear, so when the snow melts, the water has some place to go. A new allocation of rental assistance will […]

Madison County is one of 11 counties that have dropped to blue on the COVID restriction metric. If the county can maintain that status for two weeks, it would be able to lower some of the restrictions it now faces under the yellow designation. Weekly cases per 100,000 residents and the 7-day positivity rate are […]

New charges face a 17-year-old Muncie youth awaiting trial on allegations he fired gunshots in a local store. Gavin Ford stands accused of pointing a gun at a woman’s head and taking her car. The Star Press reports a 20 year old woman was driving Ford home when he allegedly produced a handgun, pointed it […]

PlySpace, the artist in residence program of the Muncie Arts and Culture Council, is excited to announce a collaborative project with Indya Childs and Joshua Cleveland of Peace, Love, and Dance (Atlanta) and the Ball State University Department of Theatre and Dance. This February and March, Childs and Cleveland will join PlySpace and Ball State […]

Blue counties in WLBCland.  Madison and Jay counties are in the lowest threat-level for Weekly 2-metric score tracking COVID.  Randolph and Wayne counties are just a half point away from the same status, and Delaware and all other adjacent counties are at a score no higher than 1.5 – continuing to show progress in stopping […]

A Muncie man and woman are charged with neglect of a dependent after they got into an accident with their three kids in the car. Police say 38 year old Adam Hargis rear ended another vehicle on the 2500 block of West Kilgore Avenue. Police say Hargis then fled from the scene and was later […]