Business

By: Megan Jeffers— First Merchants is hosting a free computer lab for families and individuals to file their income taxes through the United Way VITA myfreetaxes.com website. First Merchants will be staffing the lab with volunteers available to answer questions Monday, February 27 through Friday, March 3 from 9:00am – 4:00pm.

Technology and services provider to the healthcare and ARM industries will accept award May 5th in Indianapolis. Muncie, IN – Ontario Systems, a leading technology and services provider to the healthcare and accounts receivable management industries, announced it has been named to the 11th annual list of the Best Places to Work in Indiana by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, its second placement on that list in as many years. The company continues to credit its staff and You-Powered Talent Credo for the honor. “Service and Community are two of the five values on which we center our culture,” says Jill…

Muncie, IN—Congressman Luke Messer was in Muncie earlier today, and spoke to members of the Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce. The chamber will frequently bring a legislator to Muncie to speak to chamber members. You can listen to Congressman Messer’s remarks below. Note: You will hear a recurring reference to “Hank” in the audio below. Congressman Messer was referring to one of the sponsors of the event—Hank Milius, President and CEO of Meridian Health Services.      

By: Mike Rhodes— Muncie, IN—The 6th Annual State of Commercial Real Estate in Delaware County was presented by Coldwell Banker Lunsford on Wednesday, February 22nd at the Ball State Alumni Center. The annual presentation and panel discussion by local experts typically covers both the national and local economy, employment and real estate activity. The presentations are generally considered to be a good barometer of how Delaware County is doing in those areas. The presentation began with Dr. Michael Hicks, George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at Ball State. According to Hicks, “Within any community in the…

By: Mike Rhodes— If you walk through the offices of Woof Boom Radio, you may notice the following mission statement hanging on the office walls around the building: “Our mission is to be our customers best marketing partner.” “Woof Boom Radio really means that. We can’t be successful if our customers are not successful,” said J. Chapman, President and CEO of Woof Boom Radio, LLC. So, in that spirit, for the second year, Woof Boom radio is offering its customers one of the largest, most powerful integrated marketing opportunities for local business that has ever been undertaken by a local media company.  The opportunity combines a…

The following audio files contain recent interviews recorded by WLBC’s Steve Lindell. All audio files are playable on your computer, Smartphone or tablet device. Governor Eric Holcomb interview   Jay Julian, President/CEO and Chief Economic Development Officer for the Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce interview   Mayor Dennis Tyler interview                  

By: Sheena Peters— Muncie, IN– Whitinger & Company is proud to announce the promotion of Angie Everroad to the new position of Processing Manager for the regional accounting and advisory firm. Angie is a graduate of Muncie Central High School and Indiana Business College where she received an associate’s degree in Business Administration and an associate’s degree in Management. She joined Whitinger & Company in 1998 and has served as a significant member of the firm’s Processing Department for the past nineteen years. In her new role as Processing Manager, Everroad is responsible for overseeing the many functions of the…