Business

Indiana Retains A-Level Performance in Advanced Manufacturing

Indiana is among the nation’s elite in manufacturing, logistics, tax climate and global reach, says a new report from Ball State University and Conexus Indiana. The 2015 Manufacturing and Logistics Report Card, issued by Conexus Indiana, the state’s advanced manufacturing and logistics initiative, and Ball State’s Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER), found that Indiana has been leading the nation in these key industrial sectors for the last seven years. “Indiana successfully withstood the Great Recession and is making amazing strides in expanding its…

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Goals and Facts: The ARC of Indiana

The Arc strives to empower people and inspire change in many ways – including expanding employment opportunities for people with disabilities. We not only advocate for change – we are working to be part of that change by developing a training institute and teaching hotel in Muncie, Indiana. After receiving training at the institute, individuals will have the opportunity to apply those skills through an internship at the Courtyard Muncie at Horizon Convention Center that is being developed by our for-profit affiliate,…


J Chapman Brings Woof Boom to Muncie

With deep roots in Indiana, veteran radio broadcaster Jerry “J” Chapman is moving back to the Hoosier state and plans to return a network of six east central Indiana radio stations to local control by later this summer. A group of local investors, headed by Chapman, have formed Woof Boom Radio, a nod to the longtime dominance of WFBM in Indiana broadcasting from the beginnings of radio in the 1920’s until the mid-1970’s. Once the acquisition is completed later this…