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A year after it was approved to open, Cardinal Academy, Muncie’s second charter school, will enroll its first students and open this fall. The school’s board has signed a lease to move into the former Riley Elementary, on Walnut Street in Muncie. The school will accept up to 300 students, 50 in each grade from kindergarten through fifth. It will be the 14th charter school operated by American Quality Schools, a Chicago company.
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It’s Groundhog Day and at 7:25 a.m., Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow. According to lore, we’ll get six more weeks of winter. A side note: Punxsutawney Phil has a 39% accuracy rate.
After a month of protests, walkouts and bitter debate, Indiana will become the 23rd right-to-work state. The Senate gave final approval to right-to-work 28-22, unchanged from the first vote on the bill last month. Governor Daniels signed the bill into law about three hours after the senate vote.
A man was killed Wednesday night in a one-vehicle accident along Ind. 3 in southern Delaware County. The victim — whose name had not been released late Wednesday pending notification of relatives — was pronounced dead at the scene by Delaware County Coroner Scott Hahn. The accident was reported shortly after 8 p.m. just south [...]