The Madjax sign sits on the corner of South Madison and East Jackson streets. Madjax Maker Force was originally called Gearbox Muncie: A Maker Hub, but the name changed in 2016 to better reflect the mission of the space. Rylan Capper, DN enterprise 5/2/2022, 3:00pm Muncie’s Maker Force By Grace McCormick The History and Future of Madjax A former 80,000-square-foot laundry facility in Muncie holds limitless possibilities. Boombox music fills the second floor while artists move tables to set up for First Thursday, a monthly event to draw people to explore art and culture downtown. A woodworker helps children build birdhouses while Steven Knipp colors hair in his salon a few doors down. Adjacent businesses invite people in for gift shopping or ax throwing.
Enterprise 3/28/2022, 7:20pm Habitat’s Heroine By Taylor Smith With a bottle of water, reading materials and a phone charging on the table beside her, Sharon Kay Brown sits in her favorite rocking chair every Tuesday evening and tunes into NBC’s “Chicago Fire.”
Campus 4/19/2021, 12:06pm Immersed in Deaf culture By Nicole Thomas When Stacy Steggs was about 8 years old, her grandmother was her first student she taught sign language to.
Volleyball 2/24/2020, 4:27pm The Shondell Effect By Jack Williams Two names hold the significance of royalty in Delaware County.
Communities 1/29/2020, 3:00pm Writing their next chapter By Tier Morrow There’s Sarah, whose mother tries to drown her; Bruno, who sneaks into a concentration camp to help a Jewish boy; and Katniss, who volunteers to take her sister’s place in an annual event where 24 kids fight each other to their deaths.
News 12/6/2019, 10:00am Decade in review By Staff Reports With the 2020s soon approaching, Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns reflected on the successes of the university in the past decade, things to improve on and the roadmap for the future.
Campus 5/3/2019, 10:00am The balancing act By Tier Morrow At nearly 5 a.m. every morning, Kileah Adkins’ alarm — a small voice full of more energy than she’ll have all day — sounds from beside her bouncing in bed waiting for mommy.
crime 11/8/2018, 3:00pm Unclear: Campus crime experts question Clery Act's effectiveness By Allie Kirkman After nearly 30 years of reporting, experts are mixed on the measurable effectiveness of the law.
campus 9/7/2018, 12:31pm Kent State spurs Ball State into action By Carli Scalf Imagine a sea of Ball State students gathering in front of the Arts Terrace at the David Owsley Museum of Art, not for graduation, but demonstration. At 10:30 a.m. May 7, 1970, a student yelled into a microphone, “Ball State, where are you?”
communities 4/19/2018, 10:41am Living Form: The man behind the masks By Brooke Kemp Behind a layer of synthetic rubber and paint, Jonathan Becker gains a greater understanding of himself and the world around him.
News 12/1/2017, 1:54am Faculty with felonies: where's the line? By Brynn Mechem and Max Lewis While some experts say there is no crime too great to disqualify someone from working at a university, others would say hiring officials would be better off excluding those with a violent past.
2022 Delaware County Fair 7/15/2022, 5:58pm 2022 Delaware County Fair runs July 11-23, events for July 15-23 upcoming By Staff Reports
Government/abortion 7/24/2022, 10:00am Indiana Capital Chronicle: Vice President Kamala Harris coming to Indiana Monday
Baseball 7/15/2022, 9:58am Still a firefighter: Ahead of likely being selected in the 2022 MLB Draft, Ball State Baseball pitcher Tyler Schweitzer reflects on going from reliever to MAC Pitcher of the Year
Solutions by The State News.