News 6/2/2020, 12:06pm Cornerstone Center for the Arts to go online By Tyler Griffith In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, this summer could look a little different for many families. Megan Nolan and her family are getting used to the new normal, working from home.
News 6/2/2020, 12:00pm Indiana holds delayed primary with widespread mail balloting By Associated Press Indiana’s first election to feature widespread mail-in balloting concludes Tuesday with an in-person primary that was delayed four weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic.
News 6/2/2020, 10:00am Muncie City Council hosts first in-person meeting after COVID-19 lockdown By Jake Merkel Muncie City Council members sat 6 feet apart Monday to maintain social distancing guidelines at the council’s first in-person meeting in almost two months.
News 6/1/2020, 6:00pm Holcomb: National Guard remains on duty amid violence threat By Associated Press Indianapolis’ mayor extended an overnight curfew into a second night Monday following violent weekend protests over the death of George Floyd and police treatment of African Americans that left behind widespread damage, including shattered downtown storefronts in Indiana’s capital.
News 6/1/2020, 5:30pm Ball State president speaks out about Floyd's death, protests By Staff Reports Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns released a statement via Twitter on Monday describing his thoughts behind the death of George Floyd, the nationwide protests which followed and why he will be joining Ball State community members in a protest march on Thursday.
News 6/1/2020, 3:00pm 5 international stories of the week By Associated Press Countries around the world responding to the death of George Floyd and U.S. protests, lockdowns easing in Europe and Asia, Vatican City’s efforts to cut down waste and corruption, China’s reaction to U.S. action on Hong Kong and people in Hong Kong applying for U.K. passports make up this week’s five international stories.
News 6/1/2020, 2:30pm Indianapolis `relatively quiet’ during curfew after violence By Associated Press An overnight curfew imposed by Indianapolis’ mayor after two nights of violent protest over the death of George Floyd and police treatment of African Americans was followed by a night of relative calm after a weekend that left the city with widespread damage downtown, a police spokesman said Monday.
News 6/1/2020, 10:30am Muncie mayor speaks about Floyd's death, protests By Staff Reports In his daily community update video, Muncie Mayor Dan Ridenour spoke about the death of George Floyd and the nationwide protests surrounding it.
News 5/31/2020, 2:30pm Indianapolis imposes curfew after 2 nights of violence By Associated Press The Indianapolis mayor imposed an overnight curfew Sunday after two nights of violent protest over police mistreatment of African Americans that caused widespread damage downtown and included several shootings.
News 5/31/2020, 10:00am Indianapolis protesters march for deaths of George Floyd, Dreasjon Reed By Gabbi Mitchell Over the past few days protests have continued in multiple cities nationwide in reaction to the death of George Floyd, including Indianapolis.
News 5/30/2020, 4:00pm SpaceX rocket ship blasts off into orbit with 2 Americans By Associated Press A rocket ship built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company thundered away from Earth with two Americans on Saturday, ushering in a new era of commercial space travel and putting NASA back in the business of launching astronauts from U.S. soil for the first time in nearly a decade.
News 5/30/2020, 2:53pm Protest held in downtown Muncie following George Floyd's death By Charles Melton Under sunny skies around noon Saturday, protesters met in downtown Muncie on the corner of Main and Walnut streets to protest the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man who died Monday in police custody.
News 5/29/2020, 6:00pm Minnetrista farmers market strives to remain open for the community By Gabbi Mitchell Wearing face masks and carrying reusable bags, customers walked around Minnetrista’s weekly farmers market May 23 — its third one since it reopened to the community as an essential business.
News 5/29/2020, 1:00pm Protesters torch Minneapolis police station in violent night By Associated Press Thick smoke hovered over Minneapolis on Friday, hours after cheering protesters torched a police station that officers abandoned as a third night of violent protests flared over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer knelt on his neck.
News 5/29/2020, 12:03pm Work continues on LaFollette Complex demolition By Staff Reports Phase two of the demolition of LaFollette Complex continued this week at Ball State.
News 5/29/2020, 10:00am Here's what's happening at Muncie's parks this summer By Rohith Rao and Jake Merkel At Muncie Mayor Dan Ridenour's "Dream with Dan 2.0" online community forum held via Facebook Live Thursday, Carl Malone, superintendent for the parks department, talked about the status of the parks and provided updates on the opening dates for some of them.
News 5/28/2020, 3:00pm Ball State graduate student to travel to Poland as Fulbright scholar By Jake Merkel Valerie Weingart’s great grandparents emigrated to the United States from Poland in the 1920s. In January 2021, she will return back to her ancestral home as a Fulbright scholar.
News 5/27/2020, 7:01pm MCS hires 2 new principals, chief communications officer By Staff Reports Muncie Community Schools' (MCS) Board of Trustees added two new principals to the district Tuesday during its school board meeting, according to an MCS press release.
News 5/27/2020, 5:27pm Ball State students to return to campus in the fall By Staff Reports Ball State's Board of Trustees voted unanimously Wednesday to approve plans for face-to-face instruction to begin on Aug. 24, as scheduled for the fall 2020 semester, according to a university press release and Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns' campus-wide email.
News 5/26/2020, 3:00pm 5 national stories of the week By Associated Press The reopening of the New York Stock Exchange, disregard for social distancing rules during the Memorial Day weekend, White House failing to meet its testing goals in nursing homes, the death of black man in Minneapolis and SpaceX’s first-ever launch of NASA astronauts make up this week’s five national stories.
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