Dave Askins

Monroe County sheriff Ruben Marté has fired a guard at the county jail after an altercation with a prisoner, because the guard “failed to follow our high standard requiring de-escalation whenever possible.” In the bodycam footage  that was released by the sheriff’s office, as three guards tussle with the

In a Thursday afternoon meeting that lasted about six and a half minutes, Monroe County’s three-member election board dispatched all the resolutions related to setting polling locations for the May 2 primary elections. There will be 17 polling locations for Bloomington’s city elections and one for Ellettsville. The

On Wednesday night, a four-member special committee of the Bloomington city council met to consider the possible removal of Greg Alexander from the city’s traffic commission. The outcome of the committee’s deliberations included scheduling two more meetings, both of them before a deadline of March 1. The full

This Monday marked the first meeting of Monroe County’s community justice response committee (CJRC) after the membership was revised by county commissioners—to include all three commissioners, reduce the number of judges from four to two, but not add any representatives from Bloomington city government. The previous couple of

What do AraMark at IU Health Hospital, C-3 Bar, Chef’s Table Catering, The Elm, Fairfax Inn, Feast Market and Cellar, Gables Bagels, Inkwell Café-Woodlawn, Oliver Winery, Raising Canes, Brilliant Coffee, Scenic View Restaurant, Serena’s Food Hut, Toto’s Uncle, Trailhead Pizzeria, Uptown Café, and Wings Xtreme have in

At Monroe County’s election board meeting last Thursday, election supervisor Karen Wheeler announced she had resigned her position. “Today will be my last election board meeting, since tomorrow is my last day as Monroe County election supervisor,” Wheeler said. Wheeler read aloud some prepared remarks recounting her time serving