Dave Askins

Monroe County positive case numbers for the COVID-19 virus are holding steady or maybe nudging upward over the last couple of weeks. That’s consistent with statewide and nationwide trends. According to CDC numbers, the daily rolling average of cases for the U.S. had decreased to 63,852

Bloomington’s animal control commission voted unanimously on Monday to support a proposed new ordinance banning the sale of cats and dogs. If the new ordinance is enacted by the city council, then starting in about a year, on Jan. 1, 2023, pet shops inside the city limits of Bloomington

In the early light of Thursday morning, Veterans Day was observed in front of Indiana University’s Franklin Hall. It’s the building that houses the former School of Journalism. Since 2014 it has been called the Media School. Outside is a reminder of the subject matter taught inside the

Keep children and pets away from the ash and burned paint chips that fell out of the smoke plume from a fire that Bloomington’s fire department set at 1213 High Street on Friday. That’s the advice that local health officials gave last Friday about the ash from the

In a communication issued by the Monroe Democratic Party late Tuesday afternoon, logistical details were released about a caucus to fill the District 4 vacancy on the county council. The caucus will be held on Sunday, Dec. 19 at 2 p.m. in the Monroe County Public Library. The bigger

A third possibility for new county council district boundaries is now getting consideration from the four-person committee that has been appointed to make recommendations on new precinct and district boundaries for Monroe County. It’s simple to describe the third county council district option, which was floated at Monday’