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Cascade softball wins school's first state title: 'It'll sink in in a little bit.'
WEST LAFAYETTE — On more than one occasion in the IHSAA Class 2A softball state championship game between Cascade and Lapel, Grace Gray found herself in a jam. While the junior Ball State commit had mostly cruised through her opposition this season, the Cascade ace was on the mound in the biggest game of her life. ...
A broken hand couldn't stop Lapel's lone senior. 'She has that fire in her.'
WEST LAFAYETTE — Krystin Davis didn't let her season end after sectional because of a broken hand. And she sure as heck wasn't going to let the final game of her softball career — the IHSAA Class 2A state championship game — go by without getting on base. Lapel needed a hit and...
The Gathering of the Queens gives out backpacks of food and books to support Anderson kids
In Anderson, a local organization launched a program this year that provides backpacks filled with food to local children. IPR’s Thomas Ouellette reports on how the Gathering of the Queens are combating local food insecurity. The idea for the program came after the founder of the Queens, Marilynn Collier,...
Firefighters extinguish car fire at Delaware County gas station
ANTHONY, Indiana — Disaster was avoided Saturday evening when firefighters were able to extinguish a car fire at a Muncie-area gas station. According to a social media post from the Hamilton Township Volunteer Fire Department, around 9:13 p.m. on June 1, firefighters were called to a Marathon gas station located at 9600 Wheeling Avenue in the town of Anthony.
Docs: Anderson man to pay thousands after wire fraud guilty plea
INDIANAPOLIS — An Anderson man recently pleaded guilty in Indianapolis federal court after he conducted around 120 electronic transfers worth more than $952,000 to his personal account from the company he was working for. According to court documents filed in late May in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana’s Indianapolis […]
Community grants totaling $411,897 awarded
MUNCIE, Ind. — The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County awarded $411,897 in community grants in recent days. Community grants provide nonprofit organizations serving Muncie and Delaware County with the opportunity to apply for funding to support their work, according to a news release. "Grants are awarded to...
Yorktown Libraries holds summer reading program for local families
Yorktown Public Library is conducting a family reading program this summer. The program, which has been hosted since 2000, allows young kids ready to start a lifetime of enthusiastic reading and book-loving adults to connect and build a broad social circle. Hundreds of people participate each year, hoping to avoid the summer slide of boredom and excessive screen time.
Red Lobster adds to list of Indiana restaurant closings
(WISH) — The ailing Red Lobster restaurant chain will be shutting down five Indiana locations, adding three more since it announced nationwide closings just a few days ago. Here’s the list of seafood restaurants closings in Indiana:. 1752 N. Shadeland Ave., Indianapolis. 1900 S. U.S. 31 Bypass (Reed...
Four Anderson Officers Recognized for Saving Woman in River
ANDERSON, Ind. — It was originally a welfare call to check on some kids in a river. When police arrived, they found themselves in a life-threatening situation. It was last Thursday, May 23rd, when Anderson Police officers made their way to Edgewater Park. Someone called police saying a few kids were unattended and playing in […] The post Four Anderson Officers Recognized for Saving Woman in River appeared first on WIBC 93.1 FM.
Pandora’s Cluster of Galaxies
This deep field mosaicked image presents a stunning view of galaxy cluster Abell 2744 recorded by the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam. Also dubbed Pandora’s Cluster, Abell 2744 itself appears to be a ponderous merger of three different massive galaxy clusters. It lies some 3.5 billion light-years away, toward the constellation Sculptor. Dominated by dark matter, the mega-cluster warps and distorts the fabric of spacetime,
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