The Muncie Post-Democrat is a variety site on Muncie’s local politics. Low budget, low staffed, and infrequent, we’re the most reliable news that Muncie, Indiana has to offer! Beyond news stories, we hope to act as a guide to Muncie’s municipal history.

Originally, the paper was founded by editor George R. Dale, simply titled The Muncie Post in 1915, and served as a political organ for then-mayor Rollin H. Bunch. After a falling out between the two, a political scandal and prison sentence for Bunch in 1919, the paper ended for two years only to be restarted by Dale in 1921, this time titled The Muncie Post-Democrat.

Throughout the ’20s the paper was a rival against the Ku Klux Klan, machine politics, and the paving trust scandal perpetrated by the John C. Hampton administration. The paper later became something of a fireside chat when Dale himself held office as mayor, and after his death in 1936 it was continued by the rest of the family before ceasing in 1953. This iteration stands against nearly identical corruption as before, not to mention the vast privatization happening here locally.

Run by the great-great-granddaughter of George (let’s just say “semi-anonymously”), and now seeking new writers! Seriously, contact us!