Keith Wenning grew up watching the Cincinnati Bengals as a kid in Coldwater, Ohio. Now, he'll have a chance to play for them.
Ball State was higher than the national average, as it brought in 1,660 patrons per contest through 15 home games. The Cardinals averaged 782 fans per home game in 2013-14, according to ballstatesports.com
NCAA men's basketball experienced a boost in attendance this season, as 32,510,647 fans came to watch games across all three divisions in 2014-15.
Just a week and a half after a flash flood warning on June 26, the National Weather Service issued another flash flood warning for several Indiana counties until 8 p.m. The warning, issued at 2:05 p.m., includes Boone, Delaware, Hamilton, Hendricks, Madison, Marion, Clay, Morgan, Putnam, Montogomery, Tipton and Hancock counties.
Athletic director Mark Sandy announced that Sallee's extension will run through the 2019-20 season. Sallee has led Ball State to a 52-47 record during his tenure.
ZIONSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — FBI agents and Indiana State Police are at the home of Subway restaurant spokesman Jared Fogle and have removed electronics from the property.
SHELBYVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Record rainfall continues to take a toll on Indiana's crops, with Purdue University experts estimating that farmers statewide have lost $486 million in corn and soybean production.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — It could trade for 400 times more than the price of crude oil and 2,000 times more than iron ore.
GRETNA, La. (AP) — A man convicted in the death and dismemberment of a Bourbon Street dancer is seeking a new trial, citing a history of mental illness and three failed requests for a mistrial during his proceedings. Terry Speaks is scheduled to be sentenced to life in prison Thursday in the 2013 death of Jaren Lockhart. But multiple news agencies report that in a motion filed Monday, public defender John Benz argues that Judge Stephen Grefer should have asked Speaks about possible mental illness when the defendant sought to represent himself on the trial's opening day.
VERLOT, Wash. (AP) — Ice caves popular with hikers northeast of Seattle partially collapsed, killing one person and leaving at least four other injured, officials said. Monday's collapse came after authorities warned that the caves were especially dangerous because of warming temperatures. The person who died remained buried under the debris at the Big Four Ice Caves east of Verlot, Snohomish County sheriff's spokeswoman Shari Ireton said late Monday night.
A recently established Muncie bar feels like “home,” said a local musician. The Acoustic Room, which opened March 27, is a bar and music venue located on Kilgore Avenue.
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan's state media say the security forces have arrested a man with purported links to an Iranian group on suspicion he planned to carry out terror attacks in the kingdom.
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Ball State University officials say they haven't received any restitution from two men convicted in a $13 million investment scam.
CHICAGO (AP) — Police say a man was critically hurt in a fall at a Grateful Dead concert at Chicago's Soldier Field. Chicago Police Department spokesman Officer Hector Alfaro says police were called around 9 p.m.
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of having sex on a Florida beach in front of families will soon learn how long he must spend in prison. Jose Caballero is scheduled to be sentenced Monday.
CHICAGO (AP) — A performance that the Grateful Dead says was their last together has topped records for ticket sales at Chicago's Soldier Field set by the band earlier in the weekend. In a news release, Soldier Field says 71,000 tickets were sold for Sunday night's show and that this is the most sold for any event at the stadium.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Soccer fans in Indiana celebrated the U.S. women's soccer team winning the World Cup over Japan, with Indy Eleven celebrating while viewing their team's fall opener against the New York Cosmos.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Officials in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana announced an $18.7 billion settlement with BP on Thursday that resolves years of litigation over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The settlement announcement comes as a federal judge was preparing to rule on how much BP owed in federal Clean Water Act penalties after millions of gallons of oil spewed into the Gulf.
The Supreme Court’s Friday ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide prompted celebrations around the country, but local LGBT organization says there's still work to be done.
TOKYO (AP) — A solar-powered plane took off from Japan early Monday to attempt a five-day flight over open water to Hawaii, the eighth leg of its bid to fly around the world without fuel. Its long wings lighting up the night sky, the Solar Impulse 2 departed at 3:03 a.m.
