1st Street & Henderson Street

It's a special edition of Sunday Funnies ... on Friday, because Taste of Bloomington is on Saturday! This comic gives you the combination of food and local political drama that everyone is craving! Why did the city councilmembers have to settle for walking the chicken over Kirkwood Avenue?

Monroe County’s justice building reopened Friday after a sewer backup. Meanwhile, the jail population kept climbing. The total rose 7%, from 247 on July 21 to 264 on July 31, even as 70 people left during the 11-day period. Half of those released had spent one day or less in jail.

This morning's edition includes reports on the sewage backup that closed the Monroe County justice center and raised spending questions; the 271-day wait for an Indiana Supreme Court annexation ruling; and a planned encampment closure with a description of one resident's housing barriers.