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The Cougars of Bloomington High School North rounded out their regular season at home on Friday against Southport with a 57–0 win. Photographer Amy Mason was on the field to capture some of the Cougar gridiron magic from Friday night.

Coming into Friday’s showdown with Center Grove, the Bloomington High School South football team was looking to complete an undefeated regular season for the first time since 2015. But Bloomington South’s record saw its first blemish as the team fell to Center Grove 33–12.

The Bloomington police department has confirmed the death of a 64-year-old woman suspect who had been arrested on a warrant in Seminary Park late Friday morning, while she was waiting in the sallyport for transfer into the Monroe County jail.

Monroe County’s board of health passed a resolution in support of the city of Bloomington’s application for a $35,000 grant from the Indiana DNR to update the city’s management plan for ash trees. Bloomington urban forester Haskell Smith hopes to have the application done by the end of this week.

Yesterday, the Indiana Daily Student broke the news that the student media director had been fired. What can The B Square do to help? We have set up guidelines that can allow outlets like the IDS to use B Square reporting like a local wire service.

The effort to secure a host hotel supporting the Bloomington Convention Center expansion has lagged behind the expansion project itself. On Wednesday, the CIB gave Dora Hospitality and Bloomington’s RDC a mid-December deadline to show progress on a real estate deal.

The 2026 budget for Monroe County government, with about $113 million in approved spending, was adopted on Tuesday night by the county council. But the council put off votes on new health department positions and the issuance of $6 million in GO bonds.