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)
Editor’s Note: Summer in Bloomington is over Labor Day weekend, Bloomington’s 4th Street Festival, music and dancing all point toward summer’s end. But a typewritten poem about the courthouse hawk and fish gives the season one last gift, and captures a piece of what makes Bloomington home.
Sept. 7, 2026: Downtown Bloomington shooting; Indiana ICE agreements; jail population dashboard; election complaint dismissal; Trent Green This morning's edition includes reports on a downtown Bloomington shooting, questions over local authorization of Indiana ICE agreements, Monroe County jail population and a new dashboard, dismissal of assessor-candidate complaints, and Trent Green's Bloomington return.
Shooting in downtown Bloomington leaves 19-year-old man wounded A 19-year-old man was shot in the neck and shoulder near Kirkwood Avenue and Lincoln Street early Sunday and was taken to IU Health Bloomington in stable condition. Witnesses told police the gunman fled in a vehicle. The investigation is ongoing, and no suspect has been identified.
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