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At its Wednesday meeting, Bloomington’s city council approved a rezone request that will allow the redevelopment of a warehouse—two-thirds of it, anyway—that sits just to the west of Switchyard Park...

BLOOMINGTON – Lt. Paul Bucher, commander of Indiana State Police Bloomington Post, recently welcomed Senior Trooper Kent Rohlfing and Trooper Ian Portteus to the district after they have been approved for...

MONROE CO. – Around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, were called to Holland Drive after a report of a possible injured person stuck in a tree. When units arrived, they found a tree...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Friends and family are mourning the loss of an IU student who fell from the balcony of a fourth floor apartment early Friday morning. The incident is under investigation by...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — An IU student is dead after a fall from a fourth floor balcony on Friday. According to Bloomington police, officers responded to Urban Station Apartments around 5:42...

BLOOMINGTON – A firefighter from the Monroe Fire Protection District was treated for smoke inhalation at a woods fire Sunday afternoon. The firefighter was treated at the scene by IU Health...

BLOOMINGTON – The Monroe Fire Protection District has announced the hiring of Danny Gillespie as Battalion Chief. Chief Gillespie has served as a volunteer firefighter with Oolitic and Shawswick Township Volunteer...

BLOOMINGTON – The Bloomington Parks & Recreation Department announces Griffy Lake Boathouse opened Saturday. Getting out on the lake is a perfect social distancing activity as the weather warms. Watercraft...

For more information, please contact Tom Figolah Community Engagement Officer Bloomington Fire Department figolaht@bloomington.in.gov 812-349-3888 Fire Department Dedicates New Fire Apparatus with Push-in Ceremony Thursday Bloomington, In. - Mayor John Hamilton...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — On Friday, Indiana University became the latest college in the state to announce it will begin offering COVID-19 vaccine appointments exclusively to its students, faculty, and staff....

Bloomington, Ind. - One Bloomington Transit (BT) employee, one Parks and Recreation employee, and a Public Works employee each reported receiving a positive result of a COVID-19 viral test over the...

BLOOMINGTON – De’Angelo Tashean Princeton Tolliver Edwards, 16, of Bloomington has been charged as an adult with murder, murder committed during a felony, attempted murder, and robbery resulting in serious bodily...

BLOOMINGTON – The Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market returns for the 2021 season at the Showers Common area from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. In the coming weeks, be on the lookout...

BEDFORD – A Bloomington man is on trial this week in Lawrence County Superior Court I. Scott M. Afanador is facing charges of auto theft and being a habitual offender. The...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — When it comes to what what’s safe to do after being fully vaccinated from COVID-19, there are still a lot of unknowns. Can you still transmit the...