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Bygone Muncie: Jacob of Wysor’s Bottoms

These informal quarters of the city were named after Jacob Henry Wysor, a 19th-century Muncie landowner and businessman.
Muncie police said the woman had a "large bleeding knot" on her forehead, a bite mark on her hand and several marks and bruises on her arms and legs.
MUNCIE, IN — A motorcyclist was killed on the evening of Sunday, Jan. 4, in a collision on Indiana 332 in western Delaware ...
MUNCIE, Ind. (WISH) — The Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission has approved three Designated Outdoor Refreshment Areas, or DORAs, in Muncie. DORAs in Indiana allow patrons to purchase alcoholic ...
MUNCIE, Ind. — Residents in a Muncie neighborhood are asking for accountability after dozens of shots were fired during a party last week. "In our neighborhood, it is relatively quiet," said Kourtney ...
A Muncie man is dead after he reportedly forced his way into a residence on Saturday. According to the Muncie Police ...
East Central Indiana won sectional championships, and 31 total qualified for the upcoming IHSAA regional at Muncie Central.
Delaware Circuit Court Judge Judi Calhoun sentenced De’Merio Strong, 28, to 13 years in prison after his conviction by jury ...
MUNCIE, Ind. — Just hours after a loud town hall in Westfield Friday night, Indiana Rep. Victoria Spartz held a second town hall Saturday morning in Muncie, taking tough questions from constituents ...
MUNCIE — Indiana's first tiny home village for the homeless was trucked to Muncie on Monday. "It's going to let us reach a population that no one has been able to serve yet," said Susie Kemp, director ...
MUNCIE, Ind. — Investigators say the disappearance of a 9-year-old boy in Muncie is one of the most disturbing cases they’ve ever seen. “I can’t ever remember something quite like this,” Delaware ...
Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. Here is why I think this report from central Indiana matters, for people ...