As the chilly October wind whips up the litter at the corner of McGalliard Road and Walnut Street, an alien dances, lighting up the Texas Roadhouse building.
If you told Brittney Goulet Russell five years ago she would be a personal trainer, she would have laughed.
Amanda Reninger, president of Sea Salt and Cinnamon, said the best and easiest way to invite people into the vegan community is to hand them a cupcake.
Karin Hartwell, a 2018 Ball State alumna and owner of Hite’s Bakery, spends her weekends in her Greenfield, Indiana, home kitchen whipping up homemade cookies, fresh cinnamon rolls and sticky buns to raise money to find a cure for her son’s cancer.
“In all reality, I have been overweight for so much of my life, it began to take a toll on my life. I hated how I felt, how I looked and how people treated me. I knew I had to reclaim my life. Along with that, I wanted to prove everyone wrong.”
When Judith Gill was looking to find her next pair of leggings, she said, no store seemed to have her size, quality material or the colors and prints she liked.
What was once an empty patch of dirt now houses more than 16,000 sunflowers, each one with its head turned toward the sun, looking at the bright side — how Garret Conway did last spring.
“If you would have asked us six months before we bought the place if we would ever want to own a miniature golf course, we would have said you were crazy,” said Kyla Bartle, co-owner of The Frozen Boulder and Boulder Falls Mini Golf and BatZone.
When Amber Corduan’s 7-year-old whippet, Mischa the Roo, was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Corduan went to her vet to talk about taking a different treatment approach than chemotherapy.
Shane Heath, owner of The Bearded Baker, a Muncie-based bakery, said the Food Network show “Good Eats” was the catalyst behind his decision to attend culinary school at Ivy Tech in 2009.
Since March 8, Susan Danner has been isolating in her Muncie home, only going outside to get her mail, care for her flowers and feed her birds and squirrels.
As the front door swings open, wind blows dog hair across the wooden floor, dogs bark from the back room and Jenn Morgan, owner of Downtown Dogs, trims the fur of a shaggy 8-month-old puppy and greets everyone with a cheerful “Hello.”
Star Gooch, a sophomore music education major, said she always had a deep-rooted desire to make healthy products for the mind, body and spirit.
Show your love and support for the environment by taking part in these activities, on campus and off.
SteVen Knipp, the head of Muncie Pride, says it has taken about 10 years for the idea of Muncie Pride to finally come true.
In September, Muncie will have its very first Pride festival. SteVen Knipp, one of the organizers, attributes his 17 years as a Muncie resident to him feeling comfortable putting together an event like Pride.
Tee Cozy’s mission is to spread love, and he does that through his restaurant, Cozy Noodles n’ Rice.
Muncie, Indiana has a sister city in Zhuji, China. Relationships between sisters form a special kind of bond. For many, sisters are not only family, but a best friend.
Starting in fashion, Georedt Michael Huggins did not see himself as one day being a photographer and a creative support for youth in Muncie.
Muncie was once a factory city, but in recent years has experienced rapid deindustrialization.
