B There Kirkwood Avenue & Walnut Street Double rainbow viewed out the back fire escape of Trojan Horse. Double rainbow viewed out the back fire escape of Trojan Horse. (Dave Askins, May 19, 2026)
Jail site panel to start scoring, Monroe County commissioners decline role A jail site committee is set to start scoring properties, but Monroe County commissioners confirmed they won’t formally join the process. On Wednesday, the panel added a constitutional-care screen, flagged floodway concerns at 3 sites, and will meet three more times before a mid-July recommendation.
July 2, 2026: Host hotel, ICE-detainer injunction, jail-site scoring, independent assessor bid This morning's edition includes reports on convention center construction and host hotel proposals, a narrow injunction for Monroe County sheriff Ruben Marté on Indiana’s ICE-detainer law, Trimble’s assessor ballot bid, jail-site scoring metrics, and uncontested MCCSC board races.
Photos: Bloomington Convention Center expansion construction College Avenue south of 3rd Street was closed to traffic starting Tuesday (June 30) for continued construction of the skywalk that will connect the convention center expansion project to the existing facility. Here’s a view of construction on the project through the lens of Kelton O’Connell.
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