Two firefighters were injured while putting out a fire at a historic building in downtown Muncie Friday. The fire took place at the J.C. Johnson House, which was built in the 1890s and now houses Our Daily Bread Restaurant and Catering. The fire damaged the third floor of the building, which is an appartment.
For the first time in 50 years, a Ball State University student was crowned Miss Indiana. Nicole Rash, a junior majoring in fashion design and Spanish took the title Saturday at the Zionsville Performing Arts Center with a crowd of more than 1,500 looking on.
Despite the recent rainfall, Muncie residents are enjoying the Delaware County Fair at the fairgrounds near Minnetrista. The standard food and rides can be found at the year's carnival, with everything from elephant ears to sweet corn and Tilt-A-Whirl to the classic Ferris wheel.
Cardboard boxes, trash cans and mops lay throughout the empty La Bamba lobby where students once ordered "Burritos as Big as Your Head." La Bamba, 1609 W. University Ave., closed its doors Saturday night after more than 12 years of business in the Village.
Nadalie Walsh has been chosen from a field of nine candidates to be the next women's gymnastics coach at Ball State University, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Tom Collins said Monday. "We went through a thorough search and we felt [Walsh] had good enthusiasm and wanted to be at this level," Collins said.
econd Summer Session has nearly come to a close, and it won't be long before classes are done for the summer. The Daily News editorial board presents the summer in review, in the form of awards for individuals and departments that were in the news in the last few months.
Two Ball State University students are putting a new twist on a summer Spanish study program to Mexico. Although senior Jeff Dillow earned credits for taking Spanish 201 and 202 during a previous trip to Mexico, he found a way to return to the country and earn further Spanish and telecommunications credits without taking a single class.
I consider myself a fan of both trivia as well as pop culture, and therefore, one of the television shows that I am most interested in right now is VH1's "World Series of Pop Culture." The show itself is becoming sort of a pop culture phenomenon, in that it is becoming just as popular as some of the subject matter that it is asking questions about.
A summer renovation of Emens Auditorium will include 3,200 new seats, a refinished concrete floor and a new audio system, Emens Director Bob Myers said. The auditorium, which was built in 1964, has attracted world-renowned musicians, comedians, and performers, and the renovations will only increase its stature, staff members said.
Respect is something we don't see being given to our government officials often enough. During election years we revel about how great our candidate is and how weak another candidate may be. We have a deep respect for them and feel an attachment of sorts. This great respect and admiration always seems to fade so quickly after the election.
An e-mail between Ball State head basketball coach Ronny Thompson and President Jo Ann Gora indicates Gora knew as early as May that Thompson wanted to resign his position. "I understand from our earlier conversation in May, as well as our discussion today, you are requesting to be let out of your contract and you wish to move on to other endeavors," President Jo Ann Gora wrote to Thompson in an e-mail June 26.
Drafted in the 27th round of the 2007 MLB First-Year Player Draft, Ball State standout closer Kyle Heyne said he is likely coming back to Muncie for his senior season. "Right now I'm pretty much 98 percent sure I'm coming back," Heyne said. "Unless something really, really good comes to hand .
Ball State University students are completing a music video for Virgin Millionaires, an Indianapolis band signed to Universal Records. Ian Nixon and Joe Backe created the video for their final project for the Digital Entertainment Option Pilot. The pilot class was a year-long immersive workshop for theater and telecommunications majors to give them hands-on experience in digital media and storytelling.
Most of us have fond memories of games we've played in the past. Perhaps it was family nights growing up playing Monopoly or Scrabble, or maybe a favorite sport which brought a sense of camaraderie and friendship with one's peers. However, with the advance of technology our world is ever changing, even our beloved games, as with so many things there are often two sides to the same coin.
The rumors can finally stop. After a tumultuous year at Ball State University, men's basketball coach Ronny Thompson has officially resigned. Now, it's time for Ball State officials to look to the future of the program and find a suitable replacement for Thompson.
Ball State University sophomore Tyler Rose died early Thursday morning in a motorcycle crash on the South Side of Indianapolis while fleeing from police trying to pull him over for speeding. Jim Adams, Rose's stepfather, described Rose, who was a criminal justice and criminology major, as "a great kid that just made a bad mistake.
