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DeHority Complex radiator reparied after subzero temperatures compromises equipment

January 7, 2014

Maintenance personnel repaired DeHority Complex’s broken radiator this morning, after negative temperatures caused it to break yesterday. The radiator provides heat to the vestibule and surrounding area of DeHority complex, so the whole complex was not affected. George Edwards, the associate director of facilities, estimated that the radiator caused flooding about 10 feet in diameter in the front lobby of the building. Edwards said a custodian, who was considered essential personnel, had been planning to spend the night in DeHority due to an inability to drive, when the radiator broke.

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US power grid operator urges conservation

By The Associated Press / January 7, 2014

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — The company that operates the power grid that supplies energy for more than 61 million people in parts of the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest and South is calling for the public to conserve electricity Tuesday because of the extreme cold. PJM Interconnection operates the power grid in all or parts of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, D.C. The grid operator asks the public to conserve electricity Tuesday, especially from 6 a.m.

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Future of several unsafe Muncie houses in doubt

By The Associated Press / January 7, 2014

MUNCIE — A Muncie official says she’s worried that the chances of several houses being repaired have been hurt because of their purchase by a company that buys tax-delinquent properties. The company — TLCF 2012A LLC of Philadelphia — bought 103 properties around Delaware County at an October tax sale for about $290,000.

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Radiator breaks in DeHority Complex, floods front lobby

By Staff Reports / January 7, 2014

A radiator in DeHority Complex broke Monday night causing flooding in the front lobby of the residence hall. The flooding stretched from the front doors of the building to the office doors located a few yards back. Staff set up six fans in the lobby to dry the carpet and two space heater in the vestibule. Most students seemed unconcerned with the breakage. “I can’t believe the radiator exploded but it doesn’t really concern me since it was in the front lobby and we have been snowed in,” Ben Mcintosh, a freshman speech pathology major.

Muncie mayor Dennis Tyler bough pizza and drinks for city sanitation workers Sunday.
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Muncie Mayor buys dinner for city workers

By Lauren Chapman / January 5, 2014

Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler showed his appreciation to the city’s sanitation and snowplow workers who were out in force Sunday working to keep the city functioning. Sunday night, Mayor Dennis Tyler sent over pizza, soda and bottles of water to the 130 employees of the Muncie Sanitary District, shortly before declaring a winter weather emergency. “If we can survive the ice storm, we can handle this,” Nikki Grigsby, district administrator of the Muncie Sanitary District said referencing Indiana’s ice storm 4 year prior. While the city’s Department of Public Works had its own crew out before noon, the sanitary district was sent out by Tyler at noon and were expected to be working well into the night to clear roads with plows and to keep sewers flowing according to the superintendent of sanitation, Phil Reagon.

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YOUR PHOTOS: Weather where you are

By Staff Reports / January 5, 2014

Ball State will be closed Monday due to the continuing snow and predicted cold weather. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning that will be in effect through late tonight and a wind chill warning in effect beginning late tonight through Tuesday. Temperatures Monday are expected to fall to -15 degrees with a wind chill of between -25 and -40 degrees which, according to the National Weather Service, can cause frost bite on exposed skin in 10 minutes. [View the story “Weather where you are” on Storify]

Junior Kylie Pine and her father Bob Elliott move in to Park during the snow. Pine and Elliott didn't encounter much difficulty on their way to Muncie from the south side of Indianapolis.
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Students adjust plans to prepare for winter weather

By Staff Reports / January 5, 2014

Unlike a typical move-in day, there were few cars lined up by Woodworth Complex, Park Hall and DeHority Complex as many students took advantage of Saturday’s move-in. Molly Sitz, a junior and a resident assistant at Woodworth Complex, said she was surprised that so many people moved in Saturday. “I have 52 people on my floor and more than half of them moved in on Saturday,” Sitz said.

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Broken southern Indiana levee closes highway

By The Associated Press / December 25, 2013

INDIANAPOLIS — Water covered several highways Monday as central and southern Indiana residents contended with flooded creeks and rivers following a weekend of heavy rain and melting snow. The high water impeded the morning rush hour for Indianapolis commuters, causing them to take alternate routes around inundated roads, emergency management officials said. “The good news is that we don’t have school today, and many people aren’t working due to the Christmas holiday,” Ed Reuter, director of the Bartholomew County Emergency Operations 911 Center, told The Republic newspaper on Monday.

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