Situation Desk

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.