City of Bloomington Calls for Volunteers for Downtown Cleanup Ahead of IU HomecomingThe City of Bloomington has issued a call for volunteers to participate in a Downtown Community Cleanup Day on Wednesday, Oct. 16, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., in preparation for Indiana University’s Homecoming weekend. The cleanup will focus on making the downtown …
IU Professor to manage $4 Million award for cancer researchPaul Macklin, an associate professor at the IU Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering in Bloomington will co-lead a $4 million award from the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute The funds will go to expand access to computational biology tools for conducting simulations in search …
Bloomington bank robbery on SouthsideThe JC Bank on Bloomington’s Southside was robbed yesterday and a nearby school was subsequently placed on lockdown. Shortly prior to noon on Tuesday, a man wearing a face covering demanded money by handing the teller a note. The man then left the bank on foot with the money and the …
A new retail store opens in Bloomington this week. Academy Sports and Outdoors opens its 8th Indiana store on the East side of Bloomington in the former Marsh Supermarket building. They will offer a soft opening today, and the grand opening will be later this week, on Friday. This will be the chain’s 289th location …
Ivy Tech opens new Nursing School buildingIvy Tech Community College Bloomington has constructed and completed the new Lee. J. Marchant School of Nursing expansion on its main campus. Students began using the new nursing skills lab and classroom space on August 19, the first day of the fall semester. The 4,000 sq. ft. expansion was …
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Lauren Cupp gets 11 years for firing weapon toward Police36 year-old Lauren Cupp of Zionsville has been sentenced to 11 years in prison following a guilty verdict last January of two counts of resisting law enforcement and two counts of neglect of a dependent. The charges stemmed from May of 2023, when Cupp fired a …
Plane crashes in Anderson, IndianaA private plane carrying four people from Iowa crashed in Anderson, Indiana late last week. The plane originated in Fort Dodge, Iowa and reportedly went down just before 10am on Friday after being required to re-approach for landing. Witnesses saw the plane flying south of the airport, “flipping over and nose-diving …
The proposed Monroe County Development Ordinance will be reviewed and discussed at the Monroe Convention Center on Thursday September the 12th from 1-3pm, in advance of the county’s public hearing later in the month. The meeting is co-sponsored by the Building Association, the Board of Realtors, Habitat for Humanity, and both the Bloomington and Ellettsville …
Missing Greenwood child found in pondThe body of a 4-year-old girl who went missing while visiting family in Greenwood was found in a pond on Sunday evening. The girl had been missing for about an hour before first responders recovered her from the water. CPR was unsuccessful, and the child passed at hospital. The matter …
Wawa approved for BedfordThe City of Bedford has just approved the building of a new Wawa convenience store. The East coast chain of gas stations comboed with a deli has planned 60 locations to open in the Hoosier state over the next 10 years. Bedford’s Wawa at the intersection of State Road 37 and 5th …
