Dave Askins

In a Sept. 5, 2023 news release, the Bloomington police department (BPD) announced that officers would soon be piloting the use of electronic control weapons, commonly known as tasers. For Bloomington police officers, the tasers will be added to pepper spray and collapsible batons as options that are less lethal

For more than a year, and probably much longer, the city of Bloomington has been trying to convince Joe Davis to take a more conventional approach to his South Washington Street house and yard. But Davis describes himself as an “unconventional guy.” Parked in the backyard with building materials stacked

Based on the deliberations among county councilors on Wednesday night, Monroe County employees will likely receive 8.5-percent raises in 2024 compared to their pay this year. But no final decisions were made. The council did undertake some adjustments to get closer to the goal of 8.5-percent raises. There’

On Wednesday, outside Monroe County’s jail, a gas line that was busted around 3:42 p.m. had by 7:12 p.m. been shut off. That’s according to a Monroe County sheriff’s office news release. At least three Bloomington fire department trucks were on the scene

At Wednesday morning’s meeting of Monroe County commissioners, the routine approval of county employee holidays for the following year included a bright spot. There will be one extra day compared to last year: April 8, 2024, which is Solar Eclipse Day. On that day, the narrow band of the

At its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday night, Bloomington Transit’s five-member board approved a total of $2.8 million in spending. The three big approvals broke down like this: a contract with Foursquare ITP for an east-west high-frequency transit corridor feasibility study ($450,000); a contract with ETA Transit