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Bomb threat received at local hospital

A bomb threat was received and resolved within 20 minutes Wednesday at Ball Memorial Hospital. Members of the Muncie Police Department and the Muncie Fire Department responded to the call at about 8:40 p.m., but were dispersed by about 9 p.m. from the hospital on University Avenue.


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Intercity bus route proposed

Miller Trailways has proposed a bus service that would provide service between Muncie and Indianapolis. The route would run seven days a week from downtown Muncie to downtown Indianapolis and include stops in Anderson and other cities, John Owen, who coordinates intercity operations for Miller Trailways, said.


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Grandma Neeley is here and here to stay

Click here to see an interactive graphic on Grandma Neeley. For 62 years, Jeanette Taylor has called Neeley Avenue home. Every morning she calls for her 7-year-old Shih Tzu named Phoebe, and together they walk toward their screened-in front porch where they'll sit for hours watching students pass by.



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Processing jobs come to Muncie

A new merge between a local meat processing plant and food production company Monogram Food Solutions has already supplied 40 new jobs to Delaware County residents. It is expected to provide at least 50 more within the next year. Last week, Monogram Food Solutions announced the $4 million expansion of its Muncie division, Monogram Comfort Foods.


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"Frog Baby" vandalized by bikini drawing

Despite "Frog Baby" being dressed up in a pink chalk bikini last weekend, Ball State University said that they had no intention to pursue the person who drew on the statue. Kevin Kenyon, associate vice president of facilities planning and management, said he didn't notice "Frog Baby's" outfit until several days after it was drawn.



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Bar owner reinvents local music scene

You don't get anywhere dreaming small," is a simple phrase with a powerful meaning that Mike Martin, owner of both Doc's Music Hall locations and Folly Moon Music, lives by. In an effort to increase Muncie's local music scene and empower independent artists, Martin has been hard at work to make such things happen.


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Audit states Burris employee responsible for missing money

An employee of the Burris Laboratory School is responsible for more than $65,000 missing from the school, according to an audit report from the Indiana State Board of Accounts. Burris is a K-12 school on Ball State University's campus and a department of Teacher's College.



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OUR VIEW: Time to eat

The rush for students to purchase their lunch before 3:30 p.m. is finally finished. The Ball State University Dining Services announced earlier this week that the lunch meal period was extended from 3:29 p.m. to 4:29 p.m. this summer and upcoming school year.


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BSU meteorology students track storms

A group of six Ball State University meteorology students will take an unusual summer vacation to track and chase storms across the Great Plains. The 10 to 14 day trip will be headed by meteorology professor David Call, who is also a former television weather broadcaster.


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Writing, 'laughing yoga' and music focus of weekend

TodayGallery 308 Living Arts Series: The Art of Crime Writing Gallery 308 will host a discussion at 7 p.m. tonight. The editor of Sister in Crime Anthologies, Brenda Stewart, and published mystery writers Sherita Saffer Campbell, Tammy Phillips and Delonda Hartmann will lead the open discussion.


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Hackers compromise Ball State server

University Computing Services said that a hacker breached a university server and defaced student and faculty web pages. The intrusion happened early Monday morning and was announced in a campuswide e-mail Tuesday afternoon. The server hosted some iWeb accounts, individual Web hosting accounts for the university community, said Kevin Gingerich, security group leader for UCS.


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BASEBALL: No. 2 seed Ball State falls in first round to EMU

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio- In a day full of upsets at the Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament, second-seeded Ball State University fell to Eastern Michigan University 19-16. The Eagles, the seventh seed, defeated the Cardinals for the third time in four meetings and dropped Ball State into the losers' bracket.