Business

By: Stacey Shannon— Muncie, IN—While Muncie has changed since Lowery’s Home Made Candies first opened in 1941, the candy-maker itself has stayed very much the same. The family-run business is on its fourth generation of leadership under Charles Joseph, but the recipes and techniques remain the same as they’ve always been. Joseph said stepping into Lowery’s Home Made Candies on West Kilgore Avenue is like taking a step into the past. All candies are made by hand with carefully selected ingredients using the same tools that were used 100 years ago. Lowery’s doesn’t use machines or mixes to make candy….

By: Mike Rhodes— Muncie, IN—Saturday, April 13th is National Record Store Day across the globe. You remember vinyl records, right? LP’s? 45’s? Needles and cartridges? Record cleaning fluid? Discwasher? (Manufactured by RCA in Indianapolis back in the day.) Well, all that old technology is now very popular these days. Even with millennials, who grew up listening to mostly compressed digital music files on iTunes and other digital music services. According to Forbes, analog-recorded vinyl record sales are through the roof. In fact, the format has seen 260% growth since 2009. Used. New. Doesn’t matter. Vinyl records are cool again. And…

By: Mike Rhodes— Muncie, IN—Earlier today, members of Delaware Dynamics, the Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce, the Muncie-Delaware County Economic Development Alliance, government officials and other community leaders gathered to break ground for a new facility at Delaware Dynamics, in downtown Muncie. In opening remarks, Jeff Parsons said, “Each day the Chamber, the Economic Development Alliance and its partners work together with elected officials and stakeholders to advance economic development in our community, and today is no exception.” Delaware Dynamics new facility  will be dedicated to escalating their high-tech capabilities.  The building will house more high-speed mills including another state-of-the-art…

By: Mike Rhodes— Muncie, IN—A  group of Ball State students spent 24 hours straight coming up with creative ideas on how to help the Muncie community. The event was titled the Cardinal Hackathon and was hosted by Ball State’s Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization (CEO), and held at the Innovation Connector from 7pm Friday, March 22nd to 7am Saturday, March 23rd. (24 continuous hours.) Krystal Geyer, assistant director of Ball State’s Entrepreneurship Center is the faculty advisor for CEO. Ted Baker, executive director of the Innovation Connector said, “We were pleased to host the hackathon at the Innovation Connector. The Innovation Connector is a…

By: Ball State Athletics— Muncie, IN— Ball State baseball home games will be on over-the-air radio. BSU and its athletics multimedia rightsholder, Learfield IMG College have announced the addition of home baseball broadcasts to their radio coverage for the remainder of the 2019 season. While the team’s games have been available via online stream since 2013, this marks the first consistent over-the-air radio coverage of Ball State baseball in recent years. The team’s 12 remaining home games, beginning Friday, April 12 vs. Eastern Michigan, will be carried on Woof Boom Radio’s WXFN 102.9 FM and 1340 AM, Muncie’s Sports Station. Ball State’s April…