Dave Askins

In the trial on the merits for two big annexation areas west and southwest of Bloomington, a circuit court judge has ruled in favor of remonstrators—that is, against the city of Bloomington. It was mid-afternoon on Wednesday, when judge Nathan Nikirk, out of Lawrence County, issued his order  that

Around 14,000 drivers a day might have noticed the pair of new driver speed feedback signs since they were recently installed on Atwater Avenue. That’s the one-way street that runs parallel to 3rd Street south of the IU Campus. The estimate number of drivers who have seen the

On  Tuesday, a new housing action plan was unveiled at a press conference at Bloomington’s city hall. The press conference was held by Heading Home of South Central Indiana, Bloomington mayor Kerry Thomson, and heads of a half dozen nonprofits that provide services to homeless people. The plan focuses

Appearing for a vote on the Bloomington city council’s Wednesday (Aug. 7) agenda is a single piece of legislation—Appropriation Ordinance 2024-02. That one ordinance could have, and should have, been split into three. That’s because the one ordinance covers three different topics and three different funds. Affected

Every January, the IHCDA (Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority) helps organize a PIT (point in time) count of people experiencing homelessness in the state of Indiana. Released last week, the results from this year’s PIT count show a doubling of unsheltered people (aka the “street homeless”) in Monroe

Woodpeckers have caused a lot of damage to the wood pole where a Monroe County tornado siren is mounted, at American Legion Post 18 off 3rd Street. In the 50-foot wood column with the white horn mounted on top, The B Square counted at least five big holes, each with