Situation Desk

A 37-year-old man was arrested on attempted murder, battery and arson charges after a Tuesday night fire on S. Rogers Street left a woman critically injured. Police say ALPR data helped locate him at a Mitchell motel. A council briefing on the ALPR system is set for Wednesday

Around 10:30 p.m. Monday, Bloomington police arrested a 37-year-old woman after an hours-long standoff at a home on South Rockport Road. Police say she chased a man from the house with kitchen knives and barricaded herself inside before officers eventually took her into custody.

A woman died in a Saturday afternoon house fire near Smithville in southern Monroe County. A 911 call came at 2:51 p.m. for the 7000 block of S. Strain Ridge Road. Firefighters found the woman dead inside. Officials say initial evidence does not indicate foul play.

Crowds gathered Saturday on the southeast corner of the Monroe County courthouse for Bloomington’s “No Kings 3.0” protest, part of a nationwide day of demonstrations organized by the 50501 movement opposing policies of the Trump administration.

About three dozen Bloomington residents of Iranian descent gathered Sunday on the courthouse square, many waving Lion-and-Sun flags, or U.S. flags. They were celebrating U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and hoping for regime change after reports that the strikes had killed Iran’s supreme leader.

A 74-year-old Bloomington woman died Wednesday evening after a northbound Subaru crossed the centerline on Rockport Road and struck her Kia head-on, according to the sheriff’s office. Three others, including a 7-year-old child, were hospitalized. The crash remains under investigation.