By: Aly Brumback

Randy Howard, vice president for Business Affairs, said it’s too early to say exactly what will be cut from within Ball State after the Indiana Commission for Higher Education announced $15.2 million in funding cuts to the university. Howard said ad...

By: Andrea Zeek

Ball State University animal lovers are expected to show up in support of the Muncie Animal Shelter at the City Council meeting tonight in downtown Muncie. Muncie Mayor Sharon McShurley announced last week the shelter would be closing Dec. 31 due to budge...

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Interstate-69, state, U.S. highways and county roads are wet with scattered slick spots, and there are strong winds from the west. Motorists operating high-profile vehicles such as semi-tractor trailers, box trucks, vans and SUV’s are urged to use c...

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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — In a scene reminiscent of other school shootings, a Northern Virginia Community College teacher spotted a weapon and ducked to avoid gunfire. Students ran from the classroom building while others barricaded themselves inside, pilin...

By: The Associated Press

ANDERSON, Ind. — A proposal to consolidate Anderson's two high schools is drawing widespread opposition in the central Indiana city. Hundreds of opponents jammed a School Board meeting Tuesday night, a week before the board is expected to vote on th...

By: The Associated Press

Homes are being sought for dozens of pets as Muncie officials prepare to close the city's animal shelter at year's end. Mayor Sharon McShurley decided to close the shelter after City Council budget cuts for next year that she says would leave it understaf...

By: Andrea Zeek

Ball State University crews spent the early Monday morning sweeping snow off sidewalks with power brooms and putting salt down on the roads as needed, Kevin Kenyon, associate vice president of Facilities, Planning and Management, said. “It worked ou...

By: Andrea Zeek

The first snow has kept Indiana State Police busy this morning. As of 11:30 a.m., state police spokesperson Sgt. Rod Russell announced troopers at the Redkey District, which includes Delaware, Grant, Blackford, Jay and Randolph counties, investigated 22 s...

By: Sarah Boswell

State funding for Ball State University and other Indiana public colleges will be reduced by $150 million during the next two years, Gov. Mitch Daniels said Friday morning. The budget cuts are part of Daniels’ plan to cut overall spending in respons...

By: Sarah Boswell

President Jo Ann Gora will host meetings with other university professors next week to discuss strengthening a dual degree program for Chinese students. This 1+2+1 program allows bilingual Chinese students to earn two bachelor degrees from universities in...

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Ball State University announced Thursday that it is accepting applications for this year's Provost Prize award....

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The Amelia T. Wood Health Center announced Thursday morning that it received a shipment of the injectable seasonal flu vaccines....

By: Associated Press

Sexting — sharing sexually explicit photos, videos and chat by cell phone or online — is fairly commonplace among young people, despite sometimes grim consequences for those who do it. More than a quarter of young people have been involved in ...

By: Associated Press

Indiana's Board of Education is considering a proposal that could change the way the state ranks schools by giving them letter grades instead of putting them into categories....

By: Mason Kirchubel

Today, Ball State University’s Student Government Association will travel to Purdue University to sit in on one of the school’s SGA meetings....

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John Mellencamp's 14-year-old son has started a social networking campaign on Facebook that he hopes will get his rocker dad to quit smoking. Mellencamp's youngest son, Speck, says his dad has promised to quit if he gets 1 million people to join the Faceb...

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An Indiana Senate Committee has gotten a jump start on discussing bills on unemployment taxes and property tax caps and plans to vote on the legislation next week....

By: Staff reports

Mayor Sharon McShurley announced Monday morning that the Ball Brothers Foundation awarded a grant to the High Performance Government Network to help the city implement its strategic performance plan....

By: Bob Culp

Jessica Stevens, graduate assistant for the Office of Health Education, has a message she wants to get out for Safer Sex Week. “There’s no such thing as safe sex, there’s only safer sex,” she said....

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Ball State University announced Friday afternoon that it will offer free H1N1 vaccines to students Saturday at Worthen Arena during the men’s and women’s basketball team's home games....