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Vote centers were again a topic of discussion for Monroe County’s election board, when board member Penny Githens on Thursday pushed for the board to reset a process for establishing them. Four months ago when the board voted on vote centers, the measure failed.

Following a series of absences from Monroe County commissioner meetings, Lee Jones has confirmed in a phone interview with The B Square that she is undergoing treatment for leukemia, which was diagnosed in late July.

Monroe County councilors worked until around 11 p.m., on Tuesday trying to get their 2026 budget into shape for adoption on Oct. 14. The council started the night with a draft budget that calls for $127.65 million in revenue, and $132.06 million in expenses, for a deficit of $4.41 million.

Mid-afternoon on Wednesday, Bloomington firefighters put out a blaze at the First Christian Church, located at the corner of Kirkwood Avenue and Washington Street in downtown Bloomington.

Two men have been arrested in connection with the severe beating of an unhoused Bloomington resident during a fight with as many as four other men last Friday (Sept 26) in downtown Bloomington.

Property owners and others with views about the idea of establishing a conservation district in central Bloomington met on Monday night at the downtown branch of the Monroe County Public Library.

This report includes new property transfers in Monroe County that haven’t previously been reported by The B Square, with dates ranging from Aug. 29 to Sept. 25, 2025. The data in this report comes from Beacon, the county’s online geographic information system for property and parcel data.