State and Local News

Indiana Schools will get a funding boost to see them through until the next state budget. Before they adjourned Wednesday night, state lawmakers approved 100-million dollars in extra money to make ...Read more

The Indiana General Assembly’s 2018 session came to a chaotic close early today as lawmakers blew past their midnight deadline to adjourn with major bills still untouched. Republican House ...Read more

The last of Governor Holcomb’s anti-opioid bills is on its way to his desk. Legislators are clearing a path to open nine new drug treatment centers, with a goal of making sure no Hoosier is ...Read more

The bill that would have allowed Muncie Community Schools to be taken over by Ball State University died in the Indiana Legislature Wednesday…the final day of the 2018 session. The bill was ...Read more

Wednesday was National Walkout Day across the country, marking the one-month anniversary of the mass shooting at a Florida High School that left 17 dead. Many schools held ceremonies and marches, ...Read more

The South Muncie Community Development Corporation is inviting residents of that area to attend a meeting this evening at 5:30 to share ideas on how to improve the neighborhood. The meeting will be ...Read more

Hundreds of students at Ball State University and Muncie Central High School walked out of class Wednesday. All were there as part of the National School Walkout, a 17-minute walk to call for ...Read more

A huge book sale is underway this week at the Walton Library. The Friends of the Walton Library are selling Children’s books for just 10-cents each or 12 for a dollar. Adult paperback books are ...Read more

Officials say yesterday’s National Walkout Day effort was one of the largest school protests in decades. Thousands of students…including many from Howard County schools…walked out of ...Read more

IU-Kokomo’s annual 5-K Run…formerly known as the “Old Ben 5-K”…is set for Saturday, March 24th beginning at 8:30 a-m as part of IU-K’s Homecoming activities. The run will start ...Read more