Dave Askins

In late 2007, Bloomington’s then-chief of police Mike Hostetler was set to retire at the end of the year. Bloomington’s fire chief at the time was Roger Kerr, who was serving as interim chief, to fill the vacancy left by Jeff Barlow, who left for a fire chief

The Indiana Center for Recovery would like to build two group home facilities in central Bloomington, one on the north side of West 1st Street, and the other on the south side. The facilities would be used for treating patients with substance use disorders and mental and behavioral health conditions.

The issuance of an RFQ (request for qualifications) for a “construction manager as contractor” for the convention center expansion project will be one of the first actions considered in the new year by Monroe County’s capital improvement board of managers (CIB). The issuance of such an RFQ, with a

Thursday’s meeting of the Monroe County election board included several updates and briefings, as the board looks ahead to the challenges of the 2024 election cycle. Primary election day falls on May 7 this year. That means early in-person voting starts April 9, which is just 95 days away.

An encampment where reportedly up to a dozen people were living in the southwest quadrant of Bloomington was cleared Thursday morning by city staff from public works and the community and family resources department (CFRD), with police officers standing by. The land is city-owned property on the northwest corner of

Since fall of 2021, temporary banners have served as signage for Inkwell Bakery and Cafe’s second location at Woodlawn and Atwater avenues, on the southwestern edge of Indiana University’s Bloomington campus. Those banners can now be swapped out for permanent signs, based on Wednesday’s action by the