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Football practice has started for local high schools. Who was Hawk’s favorite football coach? What about Fish’s favorite football coach? The answer will make you laugh!

This report includes new property transfers in Monroe County that haven’t previously been reported by The B Square, with dates as recent as Aug. 6, 2025. The data in this report comes from Beacon, the county’s online geographic information system for property and parcel data.

At a joint meeting of Monroe County councilors and commissioners on Friday, the elected officials decided not to send a letter to state legislators about the county’s planned new jail. They agreed to focus their efforts on how to move the project forward within the constraints of a reduced budget.

Based on an autopsy report from the Monroe County coroner on Wednesday, about a drug overdose death on June 18, Bloomington police detectives took steps to add a charge to a prisoner already in the Monroe County jail—dealing in a controlled substance resulting in death. It’s a level 1 felony.

On Thursday night (Aug.7) a 2024 Hyundai travelling on Popcorn Road west of Harrodsburg in southern Monroe County left the roadway, and rolled several times, throwing the juvenile driver out of the car. That’s according to a news release from the Monroe County’s sheriff’s office on Friday.

Thursday’s regular monthly meeting of Monroe County’s election board included several newsy bits. Penny Githens introduced herself as the Democratic Party’s new appointee to the board. The board also approved legal representation in a lawsuit over the new law on student IDs.

A deadline set by Bloomington for Crawford Apartments to come into compliance with rental inspection code has not been met, according to the city. Named in a breach of contract lawsuit filed on Wednesday is Beacon, Inc. a local nonprofit that provides supportive services at Crawford.