Christy Heitger-Ewing

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To Paris Powell, Muncie feels like home. He was born and raised in the town before moving to Anderson when he was 13 years old. He later relocated to Port Charlotte, Florida. In July 2023, however, Powell returned to Indiana to attend a Back to Muncie Festival, which is celebrated citywide by all cultures. Sadly, following the celebration, there was a mass shooting in the area of South Hackley and Willard Street that resulted in multiple injuries and one death.

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Muncie native Eric Van Matre has been immersed in fitness his entire life. A three-sport athlete in cross-country, basketball and baseball, he was two days shy of signing a contract to play minor league baseball when he blew out his elbow throwing a football with friends. He hadn’t properly warmed up. That injury led him to pursue a master’s degree in sports performance from Ball State University.

1 week ago | townepost.com | Christy Heitger-Ewing

When Kristen McConnell was a little girl, her grandmother lived in a house along the town’s main thoroughfare. It had a screened-in front porch that became the neighborhood’s de facto gathering spot. When people walked by, they’d stop to say hello and maybe even sit on the swing to chat for a bit. “That welcoming ‘front porch feel’ was what we wanted for this YMCA,” said McConnell, vice president of mission advancement at the YMCA of Muncie.

1 month ago | outreachmagazine.com | Christy Heitger-Ewing

Pastor Jaime Loya was 20 years old when he and his wife started Cross Church in their living room in San Benito, located in deep south Texas by the Mexican border. “Our vision in 1995 was to reach our friends and family and people who are far from God,” Loya explains. “I jokingly say that I didn’t have anyone around to talk me out of it. But that’s how God works.

1 month ago | townepost.com | Christy Heitger-Ewing

Photos by Sarah Browning When Brad Weber and his wife, Becky, set their sights on building a new home in Holliday Farms, they didn’t have to research who to hire because they had already built three homes with Randy Shaffer Custom Homes and Renovations and could not have been more pleased. “Randy is by far the best builder we’ve ever worked with,” says Weber, who appreciated how present and attentive Shaffer was throughout the building process.