College Avenue and Walnut Street Corridor Study calls for community inputThe City of Bloomington’s Planning and Transportation Department is launching a Corridor Study of College Avenue and Walnut Street based on recommendations from the City’s Comprehensive Plan and Transportation Plan. In this critical corridor, there are challenges too: the sidewalks, ramps, and crosswalks along the …
Grace Berger selected in first-round by Indiana Fever in the 2023 WNBA Draft All-American Graduate Guard Grace Berger was invited to New York in order to participate in the live festivities of the 2023 WNBA Draft. Players expected to be selected in the first-round are tyupically in the audience for the occasion. Berger was joined …
Mayfield, Haggard support bill to expand work-based learningThe Indiana House of Representatives recently advanced a bill supported by State Reps. Peggy Mayfield (R-Martinsville) and Craig Haggard (R-Mooresville) to expand work-based learning opportunities in high schools around the state. Mayfield said House Bill 1002 would create Career Scholarship Accounts for Hoosier students to pay for career …
Investigation Leads to the Arrest of an Ellettsville ManOn Tuesday, March 3, 2023, Troopers and Detectives with the Indiana State Police Bloomington District and the ISP Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC) served search warrants in Ellettsville relating to a child pornography investigation. The investigation started in September of 2022 after receiving 22 National …
John Mellencamp donates archives to Indiana UniversityAcclaimed musician, artist and activist John Mellencamp will donate an archived collection of his life and work to Indiana University, IU President Pamela Whitten announced at the Mellencamp Symposium held March 3 on the IU Bloomington campus. The collection will include items related to his iconic artistry, social activism and philanthropy, and it holds original creative …
Official Memorial Fund Established for Master Trooper James R. BaileyThe Indiana Fallen Heroes Foundation has established an official memorial fund to honor Master Trooper James R. Bailey. On March 3, 2023, Master Trooper James R. Bailey was killed in the line of duty after being struck by a vehicle on I-69, south of Auburn in …
Monroe County adds 5 new Reserve Sheriff DeputiesIn a social media post, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department congratulated 5 new Reserves from the Reserve Academy. Tonight we celebrated the graduation of five new reserves from our Reserve Academy. Congratulations to Jake Hoffman, Jon Hamilton, Steven Hinds, Darnell Willis and Raymond McConnell on completing several hundred …
Holcomb objects to toxic waste being sent to IndianaThe Environmental Protection Agency has determined that hazardous waste from the recent train wreck in East Palestine, Ohio, will be shipped to a landfill in an Indiana town called Roachdale, about 40 miles west of Indianapolis. Indiana’s Governor Holcomb made the following statement via social media: “Regarding …
Phone Scammers Portraying Themselves as the Indiana State PoliceThe Indiana State Police has received several concerns from citizens reporting an apparent phone scam. ISP receives numerous reports of phone scams each year, but this particular scam involves using the ISP General Headquarters phone number. The scammer is using a Caller ID showing “Indiana State Police” …
Governor Holcomb grants clemency to terminal convicted drug offenderIndiana Governor Holcomb granted clemency to Tommy Alsman, who was convicted in 2019 for dealing methamphetamine in Posey County. Alsman, who has served 3 and a half years of his 10-year sentence, was recently diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor (stage 4), Clemency was sought on Alsman’s …
