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ByGone Muncie: Welcome to a dark age of local news outlets
The Star Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoI’ve been writing ByGone Muncie since February 2017, and the series, so far, has featured 179...
Bygone Muncie: Journalist John Carlson was an antidote for a dark age
The Star Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIf it wasn’t for the celibacy, I think being a medieval monk would be the best job in the world. As...
ByGone Muncie: King of the Boxcar Thieves
The Star Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNew York Central’s Big Four Express Train No. 27 was two hours late when it rolled into Winchester’s station on a chilly April 5, 1911, evening. No. 27...
ByGone Muncie: Eclipses of a Munsonian Sun
The Star Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAs you probably know, there’s an eclipse of the sun today. The skies begin to darken here at 1:52pm. At 3:07pm, the moon will shroud Muncie in shadow for...
ByGone Muncie: Who Killed William Stall?
The Star Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoMUNCIE, Ind. -- Around 6 a.m. on the morning of Sept. 5, 1898, Joseph Nelson and George Thornburg of Crystal Lake Ice Company were out making deliveries...
Bygone Muncie: 1932 Fourth of July celebration included speeches, baseball, epic fireworks
The Star Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn the ancient Roman Republic, there was an elected official with the title of aedile. The aediles...
Dark skies disappearing, but you can bring them back
The Star Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNight skies are not always dark skies. Even though I spent my childhood camping and playing outdoors, the first time I saw a truly dark sky was on a...
'Persons of interest' questioned in fatal hit-and-run northwest of Muncie
The Star Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMUNCIE, Ind. — Delaware County sheriff's deputies are investigating a fatality stemming from a...
Bygone Muncie: The Great 20th Century Starlings War
The Star Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn the mid-20th century, county commissioners waged a decades-long war against European starlings at the Delaware County courthouse. Every fall and...
Muncie mother: Ethnicity played role in heartbreaking pregnancy
The Star Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoEditor's Note: The following is part of a class project originally initiated in the classroom of...