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Would you live in an old jail or courtrooms if they were turned into apartments? That’s what Muncie officials are hoping, as the city takes official ownership of the former downtown justice center. Muncie is now looking for a developer to turn it into housing or commercial space.
In a short virtual meeting on Wednesday, the East Central Indiana Regional Planning District voted to transfer ownership of the former justice center to the city of Muncie. The building has been empty since jail and court activities were moved to the former Wilson Middle School earlier this year. Now the city is looking for ideas on what the building could become, with the aim to keep it on the city’s tax rolls.
The Amphi School District Finally Approves A Call-To-The-Audience Segment But More Problems Lie On The Horizon.
By Jim Nintzel
MORE THAN 100 spectators jammed the meeting room last Tuesday,
April 13, when the Amphi School Board finally approved restoring
a call-to-the-audience segment at its meetings. The Board majority had steadfastly refused to allow such a call-to-the-audience,
despite pleas from parents and freshman Board member Nancy Young
Wright. The Board s recalcitrance helped ignite a firestorm among
voters which eventually consumed former Board President Mike Bernal,
who was unseated by Ken Smith last November. Still, Amphi Board
members Richard Scott, Gary Woodard and Virginia Houston refused
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Detectives released the names of two men slain in separate incidents in Albuquerque on Saturday.
Gilbert Gallegos, an Albuquerque police spokesman, said the deaths of Trevonte Robbins, 19, and Adam Porras, 33, are being investigated as homicides.
No arrests have been made in either case.
Officers responded around 5 p.m. to a shooting at Las Brisas Apartments, near Gibson and San Pedro SE. Police found Porras fatally shot and he later died at the hospital.
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Hours earlier, around 2:30 a.m., officers were responding to a gunshot detection device near Fourth and Central when Robbins, another man and a police vehicle were struck by gunfire.
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Pease has hopes to inspire all students and teach more potential STEM superstars. Author: Ariana Cohen Updated: 7:03 PM PDT July 9, 2021
SAN DIEGO An award-winning San Diego teacher is featured on a CBS television show.
Phet Pease said she became fascinated with STEM learning because of her Dad and now she wants to inspire other young students. Peas has been teaching at Wilson Middle School for 15 years. She won the 2015 San Diego County Teacher of the Year award.
She was recently featured on Mission Unstoppable, a show that highlights female innovators on the cutting edge of S.T.E.M which stands for Science Technology Engineering and Math.