MCCSC Schools move to online learning due to projected storm
MCCSC will be moving to eLearning instruction Wednesday, February 2nd, through Friday, February 4th, due to forecasted inclement weather and potential challenges with safely transporting students’ home on Wednesday afternoon. Teachers and schools will provide individual information on expectations related to remote and online learning for students. Flexibility will be provided to all students regarding the timeline for completion of assignments.
Breakfast and lunch meals will be provided from 11:30 am-1:00 pm each day at a select number of school sites unless meal services are canceled due to extreme weather hazards. The meal locations will be based on staffing availability.
- Batchelor – pickup at door #2B
- Highland Park – pickup at door #6
- Templeton – pickup at door #7
- Tri-North – pickup at door #6
Bloomington Police Arrest Man for 2019 Rape
On April 29, 2019, officers from the Bloomington Police Department responded to a report of a female that had just been sexually assaulted in the outdoor stairwell of an apartment building on East 2nd Street. The 26 year-old victim was transported to IU Health Bloomington Hospital for treatment and a SANE (sexual assault nurse examiner) examination. The victim reported that an unknown man began following her as she walked to the apartment building from the area of 2nd Street and Grant Street. She stated that as she reached the stairwell of the apartment building the man grabbed her from behind and began choking her, which resulted in her losing consciousness. She stated that when she regained consciousness the unknown male then raped her in the stairwell of the apartment building and then ran from the scene.
DNA evidence was collected by investigators and submitted to the Indiana State Police laboratory for comparison to samples in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) database, which is the national DNA database created and maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. However, at the time there was no matching DNA profile in the database.
On January 12th BPD was notified that DNA evidence submitted to the lab in 2019 matched the DNA of a man that had been arrested for rape by IMPD in September of 2021. The suspect was identified as 23 year-old Tre Shawn David Bowling. BPD detectives worked with IMPD investigators and learned that Bowling had been arrested in September of 2021 in connection to the rape of a 76 year-old woman that was out for a walk. Because of the fact that Bowling was arrested for a felony, his DNA was then submitted to the CODIS database and investigators were alerted when his DNA profile matched that of the suspect in the 2019 E 2nd Street rape.
Investigators traveled to Indianapolis, where an interview with Bowling occurred at the Marion County Jail. After interview, Tre Shawn David Bowling was preliminarily charged with Rape, Kidnapping, and Strangulation.
All pickup locations are right outside the kitchens and each door is equipped with a doorbell to alert the food service staff. All doors are located off to the side of the main entrance and our custodial and maintenance staff are aware and will have access ways cleared.
Menus will be available on the food services tab here (contact Matt Tomrell, mtomrell@mccsc.edu with dietary restrictions)
House Bill 1224 opens controversy with potential government overreach
Proposed Indiana House Bill 1224 would prohibit state government from investing or contracting with companies that “boycott” energy companies. The proposed legislation is part of a national trend of similar Bills designed to help put an end to what proponents describe as discrimination against fossil fuels. The claim is that banks are denying financing to fossil energy companies for no reason other than decarbonize their lending portfolio; finding themselves in the business of setting public policy, in the meanwhile. HB 1224 was heard in the House Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee this week, passing 7-5, and will now advance to the full Indiana House floor next week, for discussion and vote.
This Week in Hoosier History
1950 – Children crowded onto the fifth floor of the L. S. Ayres Department Store to see “Electro, the Mechanical Man.” Made of metal, standing seven feet tall, and weighing 265 pounds, Electro could talk, understand voice commands, move his arms, and even blow-up balloons. He and his mechanical dog Sparko were built by the Westinghouse Company for an exhibit at the 1939 World’s Fair.
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