Dave Askins

Monroe County’s new treasurer is Cathy Smith. Smith was the easy choice for the roughly five dozen Democratic Party precinct chairs who gathered in the Nat U. Hill room of the Monroe County courthouse on Saturday (Jan. 20). That’s because she was the only choice to fill the

Monroe County’s health department has released the reports for inspections of food service operations that were conducted in December 2023. A bit less than half (36) of the 76 places that were inspected in December 2023 had no violations. Recording at least one non-critical violation, but no critical

In a Friday mid-afternoon news release  (Jan. 19), Bloomington police have announced the arrest of a suspect in the shooting death of a 52-year-old man 10 days earlier, in an encampment on the city’s west side, near Wheeler Mission. According to the news release, a 41-

At its Wednesday meeting, Bloomington’s city council approved an annual resolution that authorizes allocations from the Community Development Block Grant program of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This year, the total estimated grant amount is $855,868, with $556,314 going to physical improvements

At its Wednesday afternoon meeting, Monroe County’s capital improvement board of managers (CIB) took the actions recommended by a three-member committee for moving ahead with the Monroe Convention Center expansion project. One step was to authorize the issuance of an RFQ (request for qualifications) for a “construction manager

The Monroe County Justice Building at 7th Street and College Avenue in downtown Bloomington is closed through the end of the week (Jan. 19). The closure is due to a problem with the heating system, according to a Wednesday announcement sent out through the county’s emergency alert system. The