August 11, 2022, the Ball State University COVID-19 vaccination clinic, in the Health Professions Building, is set to resume service with modified hours. From 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. August 11-12, 18-19 and 25, the clinic will be open, along with every Thursday (excluding Thanksgiving Day) of the Fall 2022 semester.
August 10, 2022, Ball State Daily News sophomore photographer Amber Pietz captured photos of one of Ball State University's landmarks, LaFollette Complex, under demolition.
Indiana’s governor on Tuesday formally called a special election to fill the congressional seat made vacant after U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski, R-2nd, was killed last week in a car crash. The special election to complete Walorski’s unexpired term will be held concurrently with the general election on Nov. 8, according to Gov. Eric Holcomb’s executive order.
As announced August 8, 2022, Kira Zick and Kim Kowalski have been selected as Muncie Community Schools’ (MCS) primary and secondary Teachers of the Year, respectively, for the 2021-22 school year.
Though it didn’t go exactly to plan, Fire Up DWNTWN took over Walnut Street and the rest of downtown Muncie, Indiana, August 6, 2022. Hot air balloons still briefly took the skies, local businesses set up shop under tents, food trucks lined the street and countless other events ran from 1-10 p.m., prompting Muncie’s community to show out in full form.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pushed their election-year economic package to Senate passage Sunday, a hard-fought compromise less ambitious than President Joe Biden's original domestic vision but one that still meets deep-rooted party goals of slowing global warming, moderating pharmaceutical costs and taxing immense corporations.
AP: Indiana's Legislature became the first in the nation Friday to pass new legislation restricting access to abortions since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Registration is now open for Ruble Racing's Muncie Sprint and Olympic Triathlons August 20, 2022. The sprint races are scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. August 20, while the olympic races are scheduled to begin at 8:20 a.m.
August 12 and 19, 2022, there are scheduled to be three new shows at the Charles W. Brown Planetarium. All three shows are free of charge and run consecutively.
AP: A judge in Russia convicted American basketball star Brittney Griner of drug possession and smuggling Thursday and sentenced her to nine years in prison. for drug possession and smuggling.
August 3, 2022, the National Weather Service and the Weather Channel issued a Special Weather Statement for Delaware County, Indiana. August 3, the area is under a Heat Advisory, and from August 3-9, Delaware County is under a Hazardous Weather Outlook.
In a notice sent out by the Ball State University Facilities Planning and Management department August 1, 2022, it was announced the domestic hot water in the Architecture Building August 2, 2022. The hot water will not be available from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. while the cold water will still be available.
Chief Strategy Office Charlene Alexander announced in a press release that, effective Sept. 19, Rashida Willard will join Ball State as the associate vice of inclusive excellence.
In the latest episode of Our Call to Beneficence hosted by university President Geoffry S. Mearns, broadway actress and Ball State graduate Kayla Davion joins the program.
Indiana state senators narrowly passed a near-total abortion ban Saturday during a rare weekend session, sending the bill to the House after a contentious week of arguments over whether to allow exceptions for rape and incest. The Republican-controlled Senate voted 26-20 after about three hours of debate, passing the bill with the minimum 26 votes needed to send it on to the House, which Republicans also control.
Indiana senators on Friday approved a measure to direct funding toward programs that help pregnant women, children and people who adopt during a divided special session where lawmakers have been wrangling over a proposal to ban nearly all abortions in the state.
Many Ball State alumni have turned their passion for politics into a dedicated livelihood. While working in a tedious field, employees find that each day is somewhat like a new adventure, no single day is similar to the next.
Indiana's Republican-dominated Senate rejected a push by conservative lawmakers Thursday night to strip exceptions for rape and incest victims in a proposal that would ban most abortions in the state.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that Washington had offered Russia a deal that would bring home Griner and another jailed American, Paul Whelan. A person familiar with the matter said the U.S. government proposed trading convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout for Whelan and Griner.
Indiana Sen. Mike Young has resigned from the Republican caucus amid disagreements over the GOP approach to abortion-restricting legislation.
