State and Local News

Meridian Health officials yesterday announced that the theme for this year’s fundraising gala will be “Meridian’s Magic Carpet Ride.” Rialzo IX is set for April 14th at the Horizon ...Read more

At midnight tonight, the Federal government could shut down again unless the House and Senate can agree on a spending measure. The House passed a spending plan earlier in the week that Fifth ...Read more

The long time director of the Red Tail Land Conservancy in East Central Indiana plans to retire soon. Barry Banks has led the conservancy since the beginning nearly 20-years ago, but plans to ...Read more

Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana has cancelled the tailgate food distribution in Muncie that was scheduled for Thursday outside the old Borg-Warner plant. Thursday’s food giveaway ...Read more

A proposal that would have forced government mergers on about 300 small Indiana townships has died in the Legislature without a vote. The bill wasn’t called for a vote by Monday night’s ...Read more

Thirteen of Ivy Tech Community College’s testing centers…including four in this area…have earned National Test Center Certification. The recognition shows that a test center operates ...Read more

When the Taylor women’s basketball team visits Indiana Wesleyan tonight for a key Crossroads League game, the focus won’t be totally on basketball. Both teams will take part in a special event ...Read more

Hundreds of area residents will brave the cold, the snow and the ice this weekend to help raise money for the Grant County Rescue Mission, during the Walk-A-Mile In My Shoes event. Rescue Mission ...Read more

Marion Police have confirmed that the deaths of two teenagers over the weekend was a case of Murder-Suicide. Investigators say 17-year old Corbin Page of Gas City shot 13-year old Alainee Byer of ...Read more

About 50-thousand General Motors factory workers will receive profit sharing checks later this month from the company totaling more than 11-thousand dollars each. A 7.3-billion dollar accounting ...Read more