A special session for state legislators could breathe new life into the proposal for Ball State to take control of troubled Muncie school district.
MUNCIE, Ind. — Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns is not an Indiana native, but he has quickly learned how much basketball means in this state. Mearns was a regular at Ball State men's and women's basketball games, and he was looking forward to seeing a Muncie Central game at the Muncie Fieldhouse, which is one of state's oldest gyms.
But the tornado that swept through Muncie in November 2017 — just as the high school basketball season was about to begin — rendered the building unusable for the entire season.