Situation Desk

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.

Bloomington police are looking for a dark-colored sedan in connection with a fatal shooting near the intersection of West Howe Street and South Morton Street on Friday (Sept. 26) around 9:30 p.m.

A five-hour standoff between Bloomington police and a woman inside a northside house on Thursday (Sept. 11) afternoon ended with her arrest on a charge of domestic violence. That’s according to a news release issued early Friday afternoon.

Monroe County sheriff’s deputies are looking for a white man with skinny build, mid- to late 20s, wearing a black T-shirt and black shorts, with dark, curly hair styled in a mullet. The man is accused of assaulting someone on the Karst Farm Greenway Trail near Grandview Elementary School.

At noon on Monday, under clear sunny skies with a temperature around 75F°, an estimated 300 people gathered on the historic Monroe County courthouse lawn for the Bloomington edition of the “Workers Over Billionaires” protest organized by the local chapter of the 50501 Movement.