Dave Askins

Planning for a new Monroe County jail appeared on meeting agendas for both the county council and the board of county commissioners this week. For county councilors, it was a discussion with Monroe County sheriff Ruben Marté, chief deputy Phil Parker, and jail transition director Cory Grass—about a strategy

Preparations for the fast-approaching May 7 primary elections in Monroe County continued this week. Decided by a vote of the Monroe County commissioners on Wednesday were the 30 polling locations across the county,  where voters in each precinct are assigned to cast their ballots in the May 7 primary elections.

On April 8, the day of the total solar eclipse, the city of Bloomington’s four parking garages will be operating, but there will be no access for cars or people to the top floors. Restricted top-floor parking garage access was a point of emphasis from Bloomington’s director of

A pair of red-tailed hawks started the spring season renovating last year’s nest above Bryan Hall  on Indiana University’s campus. But some readers might have noticed that the birds seem to have shifted their focus to the grounds of the Monroe County courthouse in downtown Bloomington. That means

Rural Transit now has a way to provide on-demand public bus service to Ellettsville residents past the end of March. That’s because Ellettsville’s town council voted unanimously at its Monday night meeting to extend the timeframe, but not the dollar amount of an appropriation it made last year.

It looks like the city of Bloomington, along with all the other governmental units in Monroe County, will see a significant extra infusion of revenue at the start of May. The total amount of additional revenue to be injected into local coffers, across all local government units in Monroe County,