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If Monroe County builds a new jail, where will it be located? The answer to that question came Wednesday morning. A $10.02 million purchase agreement for an 87-acre piece of land at the northeast corner of I-69 and West Fullerton Pike was approved on a unanimous vote

At 6th and Walnut streets in downtown Bloomington, the storefront next to the old Subway sandwich shop is no longer shuttered. Tuesday was opening day for Cayla Cloke’s new photography-based business called Era Vintage Photos. On Tuesday afternoon, employees Madison Morgan and Rynn Zimmerman sauntered about on the

The latest COVID-19 map from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) shows Monroe County, Indiana, as having “low” community spread of the pandemic virus. That comes after the county spent some time a few weeks ago in the “medium” classification, based on the number of new hospital admissions. Monroe

Bloomington’s redistricting advisory commission will meet for a second time on Monday (July 25), in the McCloskey Room at city hall, starting at 7:30 p.m. To preview the commission’s meeting, The B Square took a look back to the council’s work a decade ago, which

Early Saturday afternoon, on a quick trip  to Brilliant Coffee Company for a cup of gelato, The B Square chanced on Joel Shields, who was adding some color to a parking sign post at 6th and Morton. Shields lives in Venice Beach, California, but is Bloomington born and raised. He

Last Friday, the city of Bloomington issued a news release announcing a potential real estate purchase. The city has made a $9.25-million offer to CFC Properties to buy the west part of the former Showers furniture factory building, which is home to city hall. While city hall has