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County Council proposes adjusted tax increase for jail project

By News Staff · Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024

BLOOMINGTON —Monroe County councilors voted Tuesday to move forward with an adjusted tax rate increase to help pay for the new Monroe County Jail.

Monroe County under burn ban as drought conditions worsen

By Ashton Hackman · Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024

MONROE COUNTY — Monroe County is under a burn ban until Sept. 24, according to the latest burn ban map from the Indiana Department of Homeland Security.

Bloomington woman pleads guilty to federal hate crime

By News Staff · Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024

INDIANAPOLIS — A Bloomington woman charged with a federal hate crime for allegedly stabbing a Chinese-American IU student on a city bus in January 2023 has pleaded guilty.

IUPD: IU student arrested for two rapes at frat houses

By Ashton Hackman · Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024

BLOOMINGTON — An Indiana University student has been arrested after being accused of raping two women at fraternity houses on campus in the past two weeks.

Three-month long SR-48 closure starts Monday

By News Staff · Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024

BLOOMINGTON — State Road 48 over Richland Creek in Monroe County will be closed for a bridge rehabilitation project starting Sept. 16, the Indiana Department of Transportation announced this week.

IU President Whitten granted $175k bonus

By News Staff · Friday, Sept. 13, 2024

Note: the image above is from a previous IU Board of Trustees meeting.

Man sentenced in December 2022 shooting

By News Staff · Friday, Sept. 13, 2024

BLOOMINGTON — A Bloomington man will spend nearly nine years in prison for a shooting that injured a man in December 2022.

Teen arrested after pulling a knife on another student after school

By News Staff · Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024

BLOOMINGTON — A 16-year-old Bloomington High School South student is facing charges of attempted robbery and intimidation with a deadly weapon after police say the teen pointed a knife at another student.

Swastika left outside Bloomington synagogue

By News Staff · Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024

BLOOMINGTON — Bloomington police are looking for the person they say is responsible for leaving a piece of wood with a swastika drawn on it near a local synagogue.

Date set for first execution in Indiana since 2009

By News Staff · Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Supreme Court has officially set a date to carry out the states first execution in more than 14 years.

Woman facing updated charge of murder after stabbing victim dies

By Ashton Hackman · Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024

BLOOMINGTON — A Bloomington woman is facing a new charge of murder after the man she is accused of stabbing in August died at Indianapolis hospital on Wednesday.

IU opens investigation into allegations against former athletic physician

By Ashton Hackman · Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024

BLOOMINGTON — A former IU men’s basketball player is accusing the team’s former physician of inappropriately conducting prostate and rectal exams while he was on the team several decades ago.

IU surpasses one million awarded degrees

By News Staff · Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana University has officially passed one million awarded degrees since the university's founding in 1820, the university announced in a news release.

IU sets Bloomington campus enrollment record for the fourth year in a row

By News Staff · Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024

BLOOMINGTON — For the fourth year in a row, Indiana University set an enrollment record for the Bloomington campus, the university announced in a news release.

Man arrested for pulling gun on Taco Bell employees

By News Staff · Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024

BLOOMINGTON — An 18-year-old is in jail nearly a month after getting into a fight and pulling a gun on employees at a Bloomington Taco Bell in August, according to new court documents.

Indiana University graduate documents brain recovery in new book

By Grace Marocco · Friday, Sept. 6, 2024

NEW ALBANY, Ind. — Just one month after his engagement, Cameron Fathauer was hit by a car. He spent two and a half weeks in a coma and lost one-third of his skull. Doctors diagnosed him with a third-degree traumatic brain injury, predicting he’d have the mental capacity of a small child for the rest of his life.