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Bloomington police investigating fatal shooting

By Ashton Hackman · Friday, Jan. 10, 2025

BPD says the people involved are known and knew one-another and that there is no ongoing threat to the community.

Monroe County warming stations open Wednesday and Thursday for cold temperatures

Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025

Warming stations are a place where people who are in need of short-term relief from the cold can come and warm up, according to a Facebook post from the Monroe County Emergency Management Agency.

Markay Winston appointed MCCSC superintendent

By Ashton Hackman · Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025

The MCCSC Board of School Trustees unanimously made the appointment during a reorganizational meeting Tuesday.

IU Health: Some Social Security numbers compromised in data breach

By Ashton Hackman · Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025

In a statement Tuesday, IU Health says the health care system was made aware of the data leak on Nov. 8.

City of Bloomington trash collection delayed one day due to winter storm

By News Staff · Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025

All sanitation services, including trash and recycling collection, will run on a one-day delay.

ISP: Police shooting suspect shot dead by police in Kentucky

By Ashton Hackman · Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025

Indiana State Police confirmed 33-year-old Austin Schepers was shot and killed by police after he was located in a home on Wheeler Avenue in Louisville.

Winter storm updates: Monroe County under Travel Advisory, MCCSC schools closed Monday and Tuesday

By News Staff · Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025

This article will be updated with new information as the expected winter storm arrives in Bloomington

ISP shares new photos of man wanted for shooting Indiana sheriff's deputy

By Ashton Hackman · Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025

Anyone who thinks they have found Schepers is asked to avoid making contact and instead call police.

NYC judge orders Trump to appear next week for sentencing in Stormy Daniels hush money case

By Tribune News Service · Friday, Jan. 3, 2025

A jury found Trump guilty of 34 felony counts of falsification of business records on May 30 relating to his reimbursement to Cohen for paying off Stormy Daniels in the lead-up to the 2016 election.

US surgeon general calls for cancer warnings on alcohol

By Tribune News Service · Friday, Jan. 3, 2025

Guidelines for use should be reassessed to account for those risks, and doctors should highlight alcohol’s danger when advising patients about drinking, the announcement said.

Colorado soldier behind Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion described 'wake up call' in writings, police say

By Tribune News Service · Friday, Jan. 3, 2025

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill said investigators would soon release Livelsberger’s writings to the public, but the documents were not immediately available Friday afternoon.

Visitor restrictions begin Monday at IU Health Bloomington Hospital

By News Staff · Friday, Jan. 3, 2025

Water tests for RSV, Coronavirus and particularly Norovirus are showing their highest positive levels in the last few months, according to the Monroe County Health Department,

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IU Health Bloomington welcomes first baby of 2025

By News Staff · Friday, Jan. 3, 2025

Parents Annabelle and Ben Craig welcomed their son, Waylon, on New Year's Day.

Monroe Dems postpone scheduled caucus to fill county council vacancy

By Ashton Hackman · Friday, Jan. 3, 2025

The party will now meet at 1 p.m. Jan. 19 at the Nat. U Hill Room in the Monroe County Courthouse to appoint the interim councilperson at-large.

Man wanted for shooting southern Indiana sheriff's deputy

By News Staff · Friday, Jan. 3, 2025

Police are searching for Austin Schepers, who is described as a 33-year-old white male, 5 feet 7 inches tall, 150 pounds, brown hair with hazel eyes, with a tattoo of a cross under his left eye, along with multiple tattoos around his neck.

Mike Johnson wins reelection as House speaker on first ballot with boost from Trump

By Tribune News Service · Friday, Jan. 3, 2025

Johnson, who enjoyed the support of President-elect Donald Trump, won the vote by 218-215, with only one GOP lawmaker, Rep. Tom Massie of Kentucky, voting against him.

Stolen tractor investigation lands three in jail on theft, drug charges

By Ashton Hackman · Friday, Jan. 3, 2025

Police later obtained and served a search warrant at a home on South Cardwell Road and reportedly found both stolen vehicles and most of the power tools.

Five democrats file candidacy to fill Monroe County Council vacancy

By News Staff · Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024

Cheryl Munson served Monroe County for several decades, including as a member of Indian Creek Township Board for 16 years, and as member of the Monroe County Council.

Bloomington Police warn of recent phone scam

By News Staff · Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024

Anyone who receives a phone calls that seem like a scam from someone claiming to be from the Bloomington Police Department is ask to hang up and call the department to verify.

Former President Jimmy Carter, 100, dies

By Tribune News Service · Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024

Carter, who lived longer than any other U.S. president, entered home hospice care in Plains in February 2023 after a series of short hospital stays.

Kirkwood Avenue closure returns for summer

The closure will last through Nov. 10.

INDOT awards over $2 million in road grants

Both the city and county are bidding contracts for the projects, and construction is expected to begin later this year.

IU Greek life social events put on hold until late March

The IFC wrote in an email the pause will address student health and safety concerns.

Transgender people banned from women's sports in Braun executive order

The executive orders aim to end what the governor's office labeled as "extreme gender ideology."

Supreme Court strikes down Trump cuts to USAID

The decision, while temporary and tentative, is the court’s first clear defeat for Trump in his second term.