Dave Askins

As the old Thanksgiving saying goes, “The early bird gets the worm, but not every bird is a turkey, or even a bird.” The wisdom in that old chestnut was evident this morning on a quick tour from 6th Street in downtown Bloomington, north on Walnut Street to Miller-Showers Park,

A second and final vote by the Monroe County council on Tuesday night wrapped up the approvals by elected officials that are required for the purchase of some property in North Park as the planned site of the new county jail. The agreed upon purchase price is $11.375-million. On

With forecasted overnight low temperatures on Thanksgiving Day dropping to 24 F degrees, Bloomington’s severe winter weather shelter will activate starting Thursday night (Nov. 28). The Bloomington Severe Winter Emergency Shelter (B-SWERS) will deploy at two downtown Bloomington churches—on Thursday night at First Christian Church,  and on Friday

Fewer advertisements will appear on Bloomington Transit’s bus fleet starting in 2025—if a policy change gets a green light at the final BT board meeting of the year, set for Dec. 17. A change to the policy has been recommended by a two-member board committee made up of

Joe Davis, a write-in candidate for a Monroe County council at-large seat in the Nov. 5 election, has filed the paperwork with the circuit court to ask for a recount. Even if the recount were to take place, it would not change the outcome of the race, which put incumbent

Celebrated on Friday in Bloomington’s Trades District, north of city hall, was the opening of Bloomington’s new technology center, called The Forge. On hand to give remarks were: U.S. Senator Todd Young; Indiana University president Pamela Whitten; Bloomington mayor Kerry Thomson; vice president of The Mill and