Delaware County News

A rural Selma man has been accused of choking and battering a local woman. William Earnest Swift, 40, 11749 S. U.S. 35, was charged last week with strangulation, a Class D felony carrying a standard 18-month sentence, and domestic battery, a misdemeanor.

YORKTOWN -- If the Muncie Fire Department can use Tax Increment Financing district funds to buy a fire truck, then Yorktown fire officials figure their department can do the same.

MUNCIE - A street fight in the Old West End early Tuesday resulted in the arrest of a Farmland man who allegedly threatened a woman with a pellet gun.

If something resembling a small kangaroo hops past you in the greater Gaston area, be advised its owner is looking for it.

MUNCIE - Delaware County Council will conduct an emergency meeting "to amend the Wheel Tax Ordinance to comply with Indiana Code" at 5:30 p.m. today in the Delaware County Building.

MUNCIE -- Delaware County is in the top 10 of all Indiana counties for asthma-related hospital visits.

Julian's first day -- he's scheduled to meet and greet at that day's Muncie on the Move gathering for business professionals.

Many residents of Delaware County thought is was probably a fluke when Italian company Brevini announced it was moving its North American headquarters to Delaware County, even as local economic development officials were touting it as the beginning of a new green era in local industry.

MUNCIE - Jason H. Shirley, 33, of Anderson, was killed in a motorcycle wreck on the Muncie Bypass early Saturday morning.

MUNCIE - A Muncie woman accused of leaving her three children -- ages three years, two years and 11 months, respectively -- unattended has been arrested on three preliminary counts of neglect of a dependent.

Construction on the Yorktown sports park project has moved into the second phase, while funding for the next three phases remains uncertain and concern among some residents grows.

MUNCIE -- Delaware County Treasurer John Dorer is transforming his office into a debt collection agency.

MUNCIE -- A 15-year-old Muncie boy faces criminal charges that could send him to prison for decades after being waived into adult court.

MUNCIE -- Delaware County Council has warned administrators that they might have to cut spending next year by as much as 25 percent.

A Muncie man remained in the Delaware County jail on Monday, a day after he allegedly forced his way into an ex-girlfriend's apartment and stole her prescription medication.

Motorists can expect more paving in Muncie and Delaware County in the next three years, but it will come at a cost.

MUNCIE - The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is forecasting high ozone levels in Delaware County on Wednesday.

Law enforcement agencies in Muncie and Delaware County jailed 10 people Monday. For a searchable database of arrest records since Aug.

The day after an Anderson man was arrested on suspicion of child molestation, a Muncie man was taken into custody for allegedly molesting the same 12-year-old girl.

Law enforcement agencies in Muncie and Delaware County jailed 10 people Saturday.