5 international stories of the week
Eid al-Fitr celebrations, the new travel restrictions on Brazil, protests in Hong Kong, the Israeli prime minister’s corruption trial and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on work to keep alive a ...
Community donations keep muncie business open
After closing dine-in services for more than a month in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Queer Chocolatier co-owner Morgan Roddy shared concerns online May 4 about the business' financial situation. ...
Artful Ruckus: Another story about addiction
I thought I could’ve saved him. I thought, if only I had acted sooner, maybe he wouldn’t have gotten addicted to drugs and alcohol.
Ball State announces new Foundation president
In a campus- wide email Friday, Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns appointed Jean Crosby as the new president of the Ball State University Foundation and vice president of university advancement.
Boy Scouts plant flags for veterans to celebrate Memorial Day
The Boy Scouts of America Troop 22 in Muncie walked the grounds of the Beech Grove Cemetery Thursday to plant flags in honor of fallen veterans — a tradition started about six years ago to celebrate ...
Burris teacher shares her approach to 21st century elementary education
This April, much like she had done in the past 10 years, Stephanie Onieal held a poetry activity for her second-grade students over the Zoom video conference platform.
34th annual 'A Taste of Muncie' canceled
In a press release Thursday, Cornerstone Center for the Arts announced the 34th annual "A Taste of Muncie" event has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sincerely, Liz: Adiós España
I wasn’t ready to go. I stood looking at a fiery sunset as it descended behind the Spanish Sierra Nevada mountains. In front of the mountains, hundreds of colorful panderías, apartments and plazas ...
Remembering the Ball family’s 101-year-old family member
Lucina Ball Moxley, granddaughter of one of the five Ball Brothers, died March 25. At age 101, Moxley was the oldest living member of the Ball Family at the time.
Ball State professors adjust to online classes
Regular on-campus professors began operating solely online after Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns announced early March the university would forgo in-person classes for the rest of semester to prevent ...
5 national stories of the week
White House aides defending the president’s use of a potentially fatal malaria drug, updates on the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, flooding in the Midwest, the pandemic affecting communion rituals and the ...
All Indiana teachers recognized as 2021 Teacher of the Year
The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) recognized all Indiana teachers collectively as the 2021 Teacher of the Year, according to a press release from the department.
Ball State offers emergency student funding through CARES Act
Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns sent a campus-wide email Tuesday to students regarding the U.S. Department of Education funding for students in need through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic ...
5 international stories of the week
An independent probe into WHO’s management during the virus outbreak, how churches in Italy have opened up for public masses, virus cases in French schools days after they opened, local leaders resisting ...
Village restaurants adapt to new dine-in requirements
Restaurants across Indiana can now start to open their dining rooms to 50 percent capacity as of May 11, but some restaurants in the Village are waiting to make sure their policies are in line with the ...
Muncie, Ball State police investigate reports of shot fired on New York Avenue
A tweet sent out by Ball State Alerts a little after 7:30 p.m. Friday, said MPD with UPD's assistance is investigating reports of shots fired in the 1600 block of N. New York Ave.
Ball State greenhouse’s annual sale goes online
While the greenhouse continues to remain closed for in-person visits, it is still conducting its annual orchid sale entirely online — the first time in the sale’s nine-year history that it has taken ...
Ball State postpones summer 2020 commencement
Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns announced Friday in an email that the university will not hold its summer or spring commencement ceremonies on July 18.
Ishmael El-Amin is here to stay
After announcing in March his plan on transferring, Ishmael El-Amin will be returning to Ball State for his senior year.
5 national stories of the week
Dr. Anthony Fauci’s warning on reopening the economy too soon, updates on the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, the Supreme Court hearing on the president’s taxes and bank records, cases of fraud during the ...
