Dave Askins

David Wolfe Bender’s name was the only one that appeared on the May 2 Democratic Party’s primary for the Bloomington city council’s District 6 seat. So Bender is currently the party’s nominee for that council position. All other things being equal, he will appear on the

The first reading of an ordinance that would increase trash collection fees by at least 58 percent got its first reading at Wednesday night’s Bloomington city council meeting. Under Bloomington local law, no discussion of an ordinance by the city council is allowed on the occasion of a first

Now set to continue, but with a few tweaks, is pilot program started last year by Bloomington Transit (BT), to replace late night service on some routes—with vouchers that can be used on Uber or Lyft. The Uber-Lyft option is branded as BT Late Nite. The approach of using

Monroe County’s health department has released the reports for inspections of food service operations that were conducted in April. Just about one-third (24) of the 66 places that were inspected in April had no violations. Recording at least one non-critical violation, but no critical violations were 13 establishments. Recording

As soon as this year’s construction season, the old Monroe Oil building, just south of the Seminary Square Kroger where The B-Line Trail crosses 1st Street, could see work start, to make it into a restaurant and banquet facility. That’s the timing that owner Rudy Fields told The

At least one fledgling is visible in the red-tailed hawk’s nest in the Sycamore Tree above Bryan Hall on Indiana University’s campus. These photos were taken on Sunday, May 14, 2023. The nest is visible from the sidewalk on the west side of Indiana Avenue  in front of