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June 29, 2026: Water rates rise, Seminary Pointe demolition, jail site talks, one-story jail design, MCCSC cell phones, Skate the Rainbow

June 29, 2026: Water rates rise, Seminary Pointe demolition, jail site talks, one-story jail design, MCCSC cell phones, Skate the Rainbow

This morning's edition includes reports on Skate the Rainbow roller derby, Bloomington water-rate hikes, historic commission action clearing Seminary Pointe demolitions, jail siting, and MCCSC’s reluctant approval of a state-mandated cell phone storage policy, plus principal hires.

June 25, 2026: H-T arts hub pitch; SUV shooting; BT land buy; jail-site group reset; Kirkwood veto; town-township merger; RAAM; Seminary Pointe

June 25, 2026: H-T arts hub pitch; SUV shooting; BT land buy; jail-site group reset; Kirkwood veto; town-township merger; RAAM; Seminary Pointe

This morning's edition includes reports on the Pillar Arts pitch for the H-T building, shots fired into a GMC SUV, Bloomington Transit’s land buy, a jail-site working-group reset, Sophia Travis grants, a Kirkwood veto, the Ellettsville-Richland merger, RAAM, and the Seminary Pointe land-swap plan.

June 22, 2026: Juneteenth photos; ICE-detainer law ruling; jail-site group canceled; Seminary Pointe land swap?

June 22, 2026: Juneteenth photos; ICE-detainer law ruling; jail-site group canceled; Seminary Pointe land swap?

This morning's edition includes reports on Bloomington’s 2026 Juneteenth celebration at Switchyard Park, a federal ruling leaving Indiana’s ICE-detainer law intact for July 1, a jail-site working group’s canceled first meeting, and Seminary Pointe host-hotel land-swap prospects

June 18, 2026: North Dunn court fight, Kirkwood veto clock, jail site, Showers West, tap-to-pay bus fares, trash rates

June 18, 2026: North Dunn court fight, Kirkwood veto clock, jail site, Showers West, tap-to-pay bus fares, trash rates

This morning's edition includes reports on the North Dunn subdivision fight, the Kirkwood closure veto question, judicial support for a co-located jail and justice system, Showers West lease appeals and mediation, Bloomington Transit’s tap-to-pay launch, and possible trash cart rate hikes.

June 15, 2026: Possible Kirkwood veto, $500K in grants, new planning director, jail-site group, Seminary Pointe demolition clock

June 15, 2026: Possible Kirkwood veto, $500K in grants, new planning director, jail-site group, Seminary Pointe demolition clock

Today's edition includes reports about Mayor Kerry Thomson’s Kirkwood veto decision process, $500K in Jack Hopkins grants, Lynn Coyne’s planning-director appointment, a new city-county jail-site working group, and Seminary Pointe demolition notices amid land-swap hopes.

June 11, 2026: Kirkwood vote, Hittle exit, North Dunn stormwater, gunfire arrests, street camping policy

June 11, 2026: Kirkwood vote, Hittle exit, North Dunn stormwater, gunfire arrests, street camping policy

Today's edition includes reports on Bloomington council’s 5–4 Kirkwood closure vote, David Hittle’s Charlotte move, North Dunn stormwater questions, gunfire arrests, and Monroe County’s encampment policy revision.

June 8, 2026: Lake rescue, liquor permits, legal fees, election complaints, carless Kirkwood

June 8, 2026: Lake rescue, liquor permits, legal fees, election complaints, carless Kirkwood

Today’s edition includes reports about: a Lake Monroe hiker rescue, liquor-permit rules, Bloomington Transit’s new articulated bus, annexation legal fees, election complaints, the carless Kirkwood delay, and a Seminary Pointe land-swap plan.