The city of Muncie is buying the former GM factory property on the city's southside with hopes of turning it into a solar panel farm to generate power.

Ball State University announced its coronavirus screening procedures Monday. The Muncie school won't require students or staff to be tested for COVID-19 before the campus fully reopens for in-person classes next month.

Delaware County and the city of Muncie have issued a joint disaster emergency declaration that is closing more services to the public to help combat the spread of COVID-19.

With coronavirus precautions at Ball State University suspending in-person classes and closing the dorms, small merchants near campus face challenges they normally only have in the summer months.

Three Muncie police officers have been indicted on several federal counts relating to using excessive force against arrestees.

Officials evacuated the Muncie City Hall on Tuesday morning after the unidentified powder was reportedly found in elevators and on the building's third floor.

Mayor Dennis Tyler is taking no interview requests, but his staff says he expects to be working as usual all week. He was arrested by the FBI Monday.

The arrest is the latest in a four-year FBI investigation into corruption at Muncies city government. Seven people have been indicted on charges,

Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler was arrested at his home Monday morning by FBI agents amid an ongoing federal investigation.