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BLOOMINGTON. – Numerous infrastructure improvement projects are underway this season to advance community goals, including safety, sustainability, accessibility, equity, economic vitality, and quality of life in Bloomington.  The City will...

BLOOMINGTON – The Indiana University Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies will receive $1.5 million from the Tang Research Foundation to endow a professorship in Silk Road studies. The Department of Central...

INDIANAPOLIS — The results of a recent high-intensity patrol blitz show there is still a lot of work to do when it comes to reducing distracted driving among Hoosiers, according...

Of the Monroe County residents eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, 24.5% of them have been fully vaccinated, Monroe County Health Administrator Penny Caudill said in a city press conference...

Bloomington residents should expect snow late Tuesday evening. Up to 1 inch is possible according to the National Weather Service. A mix of clouds and rain Tuesday morning will turn to...

BLOOMINGTON – City of Bloomington Utilities (CBU) is beginning the annual fire hydrant maintenance this week within the area defined as follows: North of CBU Southern Boundary South of 3rd Street...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.  — The Indiana University trustees have selected as the school’s next president Pamela Whitten, currently the president of Kennesaw State University in Georgia. Whitten, who will become U’s...

Mayor John Hamilton expressed condolences in an email statement Friday afternoon regarding the mass shooting in Indianapolis at a FedEx facility Thursday night. Hamilton said he expects there will be connections...

MONROE COUNTY, Ind. – The Indiana State Police arrested a man in Bloomington Thursday in connection with a murder investigation in St. Joseph County. The Indiana State Police said the...

Some Bloomington businesses are struggling to enforce the Monroe County mask mandate as customers feel they no longer need to comply after the end of Indiana’s statewide mandate. Gov. Eric...

BLOOMINGTON – The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed down, but it is still affecting many worldwide and in local communities. That’s why Indiana University Health is giving $405,000 in grants to groups...

According to a probable cause affidavit, during the early morning hours of  March 18, 2021, a Bedford Police officer pulled over 46-year-old David McFarling, of Bloomington for not signaling and...

BLOOMINGTON – The City’s second Black Lives Matter street mural was approved April 13 by the Board of Public Works for installation on the north side of the downtown square. The...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case of a man convicted in the 2000 killing of a Indiana University student, rejecting it months after a...

Bloomington, Ind. –  The Bloomington Arts Commission (BAC) invites area arts groups to apply for funding through the Spring 2021 Grants for the Arts program. Nonprofit organizations and arts-based entities...