MUNCIE, Ind. — Juneteenth Muncie invites the community to celebrate freedom, heritage, and unity at the 5th Annual Juneteenth Celebration on Saturday, June 15, from 2-9 p.m. at McCulloch Park. Admission to the celebration is free. Juneteenth Muncie celebration The event will feature free food from 3 to 6 p.m. and a variety of activities […]
MUNCIE, Ind. — Muncie Community Schools will hold kindergarten roundup at all six of its elementary schools from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 11. This is an opportunity for families to register their 5-year-olds for the 2024-25 school year while getting a firsthand look at classrooms and having questions answered directly by teachers and […]
MUNCIE, Ind. — A Muncie woman was convicted Friday of dealing the drugs that led to a fatal overdose. A Delaware Circuit Court 5 jury found Cynthia Crane, 37, guilty of dealing in a controlled substance resulting in death, a Level 1 felony carrying up to 40 years in prison. Crane was also convicted of […]
MUNCIE, Ind. — An Indianapolis man who caused a fatal crash on the Muncie Bypass was sentenced Friday to five years in prison. A Delaware Circuit Court 3 jury on Feb. 1 found Melvin Lee Weaver, 31, guilty of reckless homicide, obstruction of justice and driving while suspended. At a hearing Friday afternoon, Judge Doug […]
Editor’s note: To celebrate Black History Month, The Star Press will feature a daily brief about prominent Black community members in Delaware County. MUNCIE, Ind. — In 1967, Daniel N. Kelley Jr. (1922-2002) became the second African American elected to Muncie City Council. That year, the Democrat, who was a local steel worker and union […]
Editor’s note: To celebrate Black History Month, The Star Press will feature a daily brief about prominent Black community members in Delaware County. MUNCIE, Ind. — Muncie native Robert O. Foster (1932-2011) was the first Black American to serve as a principal in the city’s school system. A graduate of Central High School and Ball State […]
Editor’s note: To celebrate Black History Month, The Star Press will feature a daily brief about prominent Black community members in Delaware County. MUNCIE, Ind. — Walter L. Berry became the first Black deputy mayor in Muncie’s history, serving in Mayor David Dominick’s administration from 1992 through 1995. Berry, who had retired as human resources manager […]
A new season is upon us. If consistent with past years, its full force will hit Delaware County in coming months. It creeps up in February and then wham, come mid-March, Muncie resembles a vast pitted moonscape. Of course I’m referring to Pothole Season — that time in late winter when city streets fracture open, […]