Muncie's Avila family carries strong ties to Ball State
September 23, 2012Even at a young age, Ramon A. Avila's children were introduced to Ball State.
Even at a young age, Ramon A. Avila's children were introduced to Ball State.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Written off by many in his own party a mere month ago, Republican Rep. Todd Akin has been slowly rebuilding his Senate campaign after apologizing for inflammatory remarks about pregnancy and rape.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Police have arrested 27 people on alcohol-related charges while patrolling the area near Indiana State University in Terre Haute.
Saturday was part of parents weekend, meaning the annual "Chase Charlie" event was held on Ball States's campus. crowds of students and family members came out to run in the event. Three separate events make up the races including a 5k marathon and mile run in the morning; in the evening the sprint after Charlie during the football game.
Police arrested two Muncie teenagers Friday afternoon in connection with a pre-dawn armed robbery.
-á In a now familiar global ritual, Apple fans jammed shops across the globe to pick up the tech juggernaut's latest iPhone. Eager buyers formed long lines Friday at Apple Inc. stores in Asia, Europe and North America to be the first to get their hands on the latest version of the smartphone.
AURORA, Colo.- Three people wounded in the shooting that killed 12 people at a Colorado theater have filed lawsuits alleging the exit door the gunman used to enter the building should have had an alarm.
WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, paid $1.94 million in federal taxes on last year's income of $13.7 million, for an effective tax rate of 14.1 percent, his campaign said Friday.
DENVER - The suspect in the U.S. theater rampage that killed 12 in one of the worst mass shootings in the country's history smiled and glanced around the courtroom Thursday, a marked difference from his dazed, silent appearances in the past. The bright orange hair was gone and was now short and brown. -á
NEW YORK - Libya's newly-elected leader will join Egypt's president and the U.N. secretary-general for the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York City.
Justin Fitzgerald with the office of student life discusses what the office and other student organizations are doing to get students registered on University Green Thursday for Democracy Day. Students have until Oct. 9 to register to vote in the state of Indiana.
Maybe I go because it's in the middle of a Saturday, when I'm typically free. Or maybe it's because I like seeing families bond together.
NEW YORK - Starbucks Corp. is turning up the heat on the single-serve coffee market, and someone might get burned.
MIAMI - President Barack Obama said Thursday that extremists used an anti-Islam video as an excuse to assault U.S. interests overseas, including an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.
CHICAGO - Three checks for campaign services have been stolen from President Barack Obama's national campaign headquarters in Chicago.
LOS ANGELES - A judge on Thursday denied a request seeking to force YouTube to remove an anti-Muslim film trailer that has been blamed for causing deadly violence in the Muslim World.
For the first time, Ball State dining will present a Family Weekend Picnic with WCRD.
-á HOUSTON - The space shuttle Endeavour took off atop a modified transport plane from a Houston airport Thursday, beginning its journey to retirement in California, where it will be put on permanent display in a museum.
ATLANTA - Chick-fil-A is once again in the public relations fryer.
-á HOUSTON - The space shuttle Endeavour took off atop a modified transport plane from a Houston airport Thursday, beginning its journey to retirement in California, where it will be put on permanent display in a museum.
