Dave Askins

Earlier this year, when Bloomington’s city council deliberated on increasing the local income tax (LIT) paid by all county residents, part of the pitch from the administration included a need to pay city employees more, to stem the tide of their departures. The data provided at the time by

Residents who live near the intersection of Maxwell Lane and Sheridan Drive, which is located in a central Bloomington neighborhood, want to be able to walk across Maxwell, without “scurrying” to the other side. As Stephanie Hatton put it, when she addressed Bloomington’s traffic commission on Wednesday night, “We

In a news release issued early Thursday afternoon, Bloomington police have reported the shooting death of a 28-year-old man who lived in the Kinser Flats apartment building on the city’s north side. The shooting appears to have taken place early Wednesday morning. Bloomington police are asking anyone with information

If Monroe County builds a new jail, where will it be located? The answer to that question came Wednesday morning. A $10.02 million purchase agreement for an 87-acre piece of land at the northeast corner of I-69 and West Fullerton Pike was approved on a unanimous vote of the

At 6th and Walnut streets in downtown Bloomington, the storefront next to the old Subway sandwich shop is no longer shuttered. Tuesday was opening day for Cayla Cloke’s new photography-based business called Era Vintage Photos. On Tuesday afternoon, employees Madison Morgan and Rynn Zimmerman sauntered about on the sidewalk,

The latest COVID-19 map from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) shows Monroe County, Indiana, as having “low” community spread of the pandemic virus. That comes after the county spent some time a few weeks ago in the “medium” classification, based on the number of new hospital admissions. Monroe County