Dave Askins

In a press release issued Tuesday afternoon, Monroe County’s sheriff, Brad Swain, reported the first four confirmed COVID-19 cases among the county jail’s population. According to the news release, the first two cases were identified last week, when two cellmates in a medium security cell block reported

At Friday’s weekly press conference of local leaders to talk about response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the counterpoint to the increasing number of deaths was news from IU Health that the first 15 doses of vaccine had been administered in Monroe County. According to Brian Shockney, who’s

At its meeting on Wednesday, the Bloomington city council approved a four-year collective bargaining agreement with International Association of Fire Fighters Local 586 that runs through 2024. For a firefighter first class, the agreement calls for a 1-percent raise in 2021 to $54,625 in base pay. A

Three months after the topic was previewed for the Bloomington city council’s administration committee, the council voted on Wednesday to adopt a new city seal, based on the ubiquitous city logo. The city logo, which was designed by former city councilmember Tim Mayer, was adopted by a resolution of

On Wednesday night, Bloomington’s city council cleared the way for a new 1,072-bedroom residential project a few blocks south of Indiana University’s football stadium. It would allow for the replacement of the predominantly student-rented Brownstone Terrace with an even larger student-oriented development called The

At Wednesday’s regular weekly meeting, their last of the year, Monroe County commissioners approved the addition of Washington Township to the Monroe Fire Protection District, starting in 2022. Earlier this year, commissioners approved the addition of Benton Township to the MFPD, also starting in 2022. During 2021, Benton and