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What’s next for Muncie Community Schools
Muncie Community Schools highlighted its many accomplishments in the last five years during its State of the Schools meeting. IPR’s Thomas Ouellette reports on what’s next for MCS. Despite rising enrollment, a positive cash balance and a 40 percent increase in teacher salaries, MCS officials say things are...
Free employee Well-Being Workshops presented by Wellness Council of Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS— May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, and the Wellness Council of Indiana (WCI), supported by Elevance Health, will complement the focus by launching a free workshop series on scenario-based strategies for supporting employee well-being. WCI is a subsidiary of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, which has prioritized...
Skincare is on the rise with younger generations — what can be the mental health repercussions?
Editor's Note: The following is part of a class project originally initiated in the classroom of Ball State University professor Adam Kuban in fall 2021. Kuban continued the project this spring semester, challenging his students to find sustainability efforts in the Muncie area and pitch their ideas to Ron Wilkins, interim editor of The Star Press, Journal & Courier and Palladium-Item. This spring, stories related to health care will be featured.
Vote now: Who is The Star Press' IU Health Athlete of the Week for May 6-11?
It's time again to vote for The Star Press East Central Indiana high school Athlete of the Week sponsored by IU Health. The reigning Athlete of the Week is Carter Duncan of Monroe Central baseball after he received 25,483 votes (43.13%) last week. This week brings us more nominees for Athlete of the Week for May 6-11. Please submit nominees via email to clindskog@gannett.com so they can be included in next week's poll.
Virginia Black named editor of Lafayette, Muncie and Richmond newspapers
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Virginia Black, the news adviser at the Purdue Exponent and former assistant managing editor at The South Bend Tribune, will lead the news operations as the editor at the Lafayette Journal & Courier, The Star Press in Muncie and The Palladium-Item in Richmond. Black’s roots as a journalist run deep in the Greater Lafayette area. ...
Authors of book “Cold Case Muncie" host event at Muncie Public Library
True crime journalists and authors Douglas Walker and Keith Roysdon co-wrote a book titled, “Cold Case Muncie.” At the Carnegie Library May 14, the authors shared comments about their findings as well as a Q&A session with the audience. The event was free to the public and did...
A new fund aims at helping struggling artists bring their projects to life
Artists in the Muncie area who may not be able to afford the costs of their dream project may be in luck. IPR’s Thomas Ouellette reports on how a new non-profit foundation will help fund artists with peace of mind loans. The Vore Arts Fund seeks to elevate for-profit...
Baseball Recap: Hagerstown has no trouble against Union City
Hagerstown stacked an 11th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They blew past the Union City Indians 9-1. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Hagerstown also won the last time the pair played back in May of 2023. Ben Williams made a...
Softball Game Preview: Adams Central on Home-Turf
Adams Central is 3-0 against Winchester Community since May of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Adams Central Flying Jets will be playing at home against the Winchester Community Golden Falcons at 5:30 p.m. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for Adams Central and three for Winchester Community.
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