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Jan. 22, 2026: Convention center hotel, Coretta Scott King, football championship
This edition includes lots of local photos from the day of the IU vs. University of Miami football game, a report on the keynote speech from MLK Day, and Wednesday's news about a hotel for the convention center expansion.
Feb. 5 meeting to review Dora ‘south option’ convention center hotel; mayor’s news release leaves CIB head ‘baffled’
The Monroe County CIB will hold a special meeting Feb. 5 at 3 p.m. to consider Dora Hospitality’s proposal to build a 200-room hotel on city-owned parcels south of the existing convention center. CIB president John Whikehart criticized Mayor Kerry Thomson’s related news release as factually wrong.
Bloomington MLK celebration highlights Coretta Scott’s activism and unfinished work
At Bloomington’s MLK celebration Jan. 19, UC Davis historian Traci Parker urged the audience to see Coretta Scott King as a central architect of the movement, not simply MLK’s widow. The program also honored Ruth Aydt with the MLK Legacy Award.
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