State and Local News

If you’ve spent any time at the gas pump over the last week or two, you’ve probably noticed that gas prices have increased. A lot of that has to do with OPEC and the coronavirus, ...Read more

On Election Day, Indiana and Kentucky are the first states to close their polls, at 6 p.m — and it will stay that way this year. A Senate committee rejected Democrats’ proposal to add ...Read more

The Muncie man charged with murder for the hit-and-run that killed a pedestrian in October wants his car back. Aaron Harmon, and the co-owner, Terri Pritz, have filed a lawsuit against Northwest ...Read more

While investigating this month’s homicide and kidnapping case, police in Kokomo have made arrests in a separate kidnapping and torture case. On Feb. 3, LaShay Young-Beard was found shot to ...Read more

In the mid-1980s, funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Black Women in the Middle West (BWMW) Project collected manuscripts and photographic records of black women ...Read more

Purdue University announced its ninth consecutive tuition freeze. The steady tuition fees means that seven graduating classes will have earned degrees without seeing any tuition hike. Purdue says ...Read more

The Marion Police Department is investigating an incident where a man suffered blunt force trauma to the back of his head on Saturday. Police were first called to the residence on 420 W. 29th St. ...Read more

Marion High School Black History Club treat for audiences this year at their annual play: “Superheroes”. The play is set for 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 29, at the Walton Center at Marion High ...Read more

This weekend, hundreds of students from our region will gather here in Marion as part of the Indiana Music Education Association’s 31st annual Circle the State with Song festival. About 420 ...Read more

A Muncie man used his Facebook account to impersonate a Delaware County sheriff’s deputy. Jordan Newman was charged with impersonation of a public servant, said the Muncie Star Press. His ...Read more