Dave Askins

Getting unanimous approval from Bloomington’s plan commission on Monday night was a development on the east side of town that will construct 176 new apartments with 236 total bedrooms in five buildings. Called The Overlook on 3rd, the planned development also includes a self-storage building and a clubhouse,

The north-south street that cuts through the Indiana University campus in Bloomington will no longer be named after David Starr Jordan, the school’s president from 1885 to 1891. Jordan was a proponent of eugenics, which advocates for the improvement of the human species through selective mating. On a

Bloomington’s new 4th Street parking garage opened for use three weeks ago on Monday, Aug. 23. The opening was announced in a release issued by the mayor’s office the previous week.  It means the city hit its hoped-for opening date of August 2021. The city has sold

In a news release issued Monday morning, the Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) announced 278 $3,000 awards for a total of $834,000 to arts groups across the state. Among the awardees are 16 Monroe County arts groups. The $48,000 that went to local groups puts Monroe County fourth

Next Friday it looks like I will again be able to enjoy a breakfast of biscuits and gravy from Village Deli on Kirkwood Avenue. A temporary shutdown was supposed to go through Sept. 1. There was no word as that date came and went, so speculation had tended towards permanent