Tropical storm Isaac did not affect Muncie as expected
September 3, 2012Even though the city of Muncie prepared for Tropical Storm Isaac to hit hard, the area was not affected as much as expected.
Even though the city of Muncie prepared for Tropical Storm Isaac to hit hard, the area was not affected as much as expected.
The price of oil jumped 1.7 percent Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke made clear in a speech that the central bank will do more to revive the U.S. economy.
An ex-Marine wearing military clothing opened fire at a New Jersey supermarket early Friday, killing two of his co-workers and himself as other terrified store employees hid in the back, authorities said.
Neil Armstrong was a humble hero who saw himself as a team player and never capitalized on his celebrity as the first man to walk on the moon, mourners said Friday outside a private service attended by fellow space pioneers, including his two crewmates on the historic Apollo 11 mission.
An Indiana police chief has resigned rather than accept a week's suspension without pay over what he said was a harmless prank of giving a friend a piece of duck jerky made for dogs.
With Tropical Storm Isaac's rain and strong winds approaching the Midwest, Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler has issued a weather alert for the city in anticipation of potential flooding from heavy rain.
President Barack Obama will visit Louisiana on Monday to examine water and wind damage in the wake of Isaac.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney ordered a detour to hurricane-damaged Louisiana on Friday as he campaigned his way out of the Republican National Convention on the final leg of his quest for the White House.
The Atrium became the site of a small demonstration Thursday afternoon when a group of Ball State students gathered with the goal of further educating their classmates about the LGBTQ movement and its ties to the Chick-fil-A controversy.
Despite new tailgating rules, excise police and University police officers did not have any problems with Ball State football fans during Thursday's home game, Sgt. Matt Gaither said.
A 13-year-old Texas girl who authorities say was repeatedly sexually assaulted by 20 men and boys during a series of attacks two years ago cried Wednesday as a video of one of the encounters was played for jurors in the first case to go to trial.
CHICAGO - A federal judge sentenced a Chinese-born American Wednesday to four years in prison for stealing millions of dollars in trade secrets from Motorola, describing her as a soft-spoken, unassuming woman who carried out a "very purposeful raid" on the company in the dead of night.
As the end of the summer driving season approaches with Labor Day weekend, drivers throughout Indiana are experiencing higher gas prices with Tropical Storm Isaac damaging the Gulf Coast region.
In the hopes of fighting an era of partisanship in government, Ball State's College Republicans and University Democrats are working together this school year.
TAMPA, Fla. - Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan took his party's national convention spotlight Wednesday night as Republicans sought to turn the White House campaign back to the sluggish economy. He was accepting the vice presidential nomination at a gathering struggling for attention as Tropical Storm Isaac cast a pall from the nearby northern Gulf Coast.
CHICAGO - A federal judge sentenced a Chinese-born American Wednesday to four years in prison for stealing millions of dollars in trade secrets from Motorola, describing her as a soft-spoken, unassuming woman who carried out a "very purposeful raid" on the company in the dead of night.
Ball State spokesperson Tony Proudfoot said Chick-fil-A's donations are a matter of free speech, but Counseling Center psychologist Jay Zimmerman doesn't see it the same way.
A car plowed into a group of parents and children outside a South Los Angeles elementary school Wednesday afternoon, and eight people were hurt, six of them seriously, firefighters said.
Planning to stop gun violence one step at a time, a Ball State alumnus is walking across America from Times Square in New York to the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
A variety of Ball State majors ranging from English, history and graphic arts are helping to keep the legacy of the Auburn, Cord and Duesenberg automobiles alive.
