Dave Askins

On Saturday, July 4, at Lake Monroe, Bloomington resident Vauhxx Booker was assaulted by a group of white men in a case Booker has described as an “attempted lynching.” In a press release issued a little before 5 p.m. on Thursday, the Monroe County prosecutor’s office gave a

Two people were injured by the driver of a car after an anti-racism demonstration that took place on the courthouse square in downtown Bloomington on Monday night. In separate press releases on Thursday morning, the city of Bloomington and Bloomington Police Department (BPD) announced that 66-year-old Christi

On Wednesday, health administrator Penny Caudill said the next COVID-19 health order from county health officer Thomas Sharp would have some kind of requirement for wearing a mask in public. The next order will be issued by the end of the month if not before, Caudill said. The news

The contract between Monroe County and Ken’s Westside Service and Towing has been terminated by Monroe County’s board of commissioners under a 30-day out clause. The contract is for “vehicle maintenance, repair, inspection and towing services, on an as needed basis, for the non-heavy duty Monroe

An amended complaint filed on Monday, in the already pending lawsuit over a Bloomington city plan commission seat, adds a new legal question to the mix. Now the judge in the case is being asked to decide whether the commissioner who previously held the seat met the statutory conditions for

On Monday evening at the southeast corner of the Monroe County courthouse in downtown Bloomington, Jennifer Crossley introduced herself to a gathering of around 400 people. She used her community leadership credentials: She’s the chair of the Monroe County Democratic Party. But she told the group she wasn’t