Monroe County terminated an agreement with the city of Bloomington yesterday, over the proposed Convention Center expansion; The city’s Commission on the Status of Black Males lined up, outside of Templeton Elementary School, to welcome students back to school; The Indiana State Department of Health has found mosquitoes with West Nile Virus throughout counties in the …

Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputies shot and killed a man this morning; As students in the Monroe County Community School Corporation go back to school tomorrow, they’re required to obtain Hepatitis A immunizations; The City of Bloomington Utilities department continues to work on removing mercury and asbestos at the decommissioned Griffy Lake treatment plant; The Utilities Service …

The Indiana Department of Revenue is implementing an online sales tax, starting this Fall; On Friday, an Indiana judge approved an injunction, allowing a transgender student to use the bathroom of the gender they identify with; An Indiana lawmaker is in hot water, after doubting the existence of racism in a three-year old conversation on …

Global warming is already reducing crop yields in Indiana.  The U.S. Department of Labor is attempting to get more women into traditionally male-dominated trades.  Ball State University will no longer require applicants to submit SAT or ACT scores.  The Indiana Department of Natural Resources released new Hunting and Trapping regulations yesterday.  US Senators from Indiana Joe Donnelly and Todd …

MCCSC administrators looked to the community last night for input on whether to add metal detectors to their school safety strategy; The Urban Land Institute has just released a draft of their recommendations for the redevelopment of the IU Hospital site on Second Street. At the top of its list is housing; A contractor will pay $10,000 …

The Monroe County Community School Corporation is hosting a public forum tonight at 6 pm in Bloomington; Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton is proposing the hiring of five additional public safety officers to the Bloomington Police Department; Indiana governor Eric Holcomb is calling for a renewed push towards passing hate crime legislation in the state. FEATURE …

The City of Bloomington Police Department is investigating two stabbings, one of which was fatal, which took place in the early hours of this morning; The Monroe County Community School Corporation is inviting community members to weigh in on whether or not the school corporation should implement a security program; Reported cases of Hepatitis A are on the …

Earlier this month, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moved to loosen a 2015 regulation regarding coal ash disposal. According to the Associated Press, some of the rule changes would push back the deadline to close problematic ash dumps. Other changes weaken drinking water protections by removing some contamination limits. State officials would be allowed …

369 Indiana schools — and 94% of the state’s public schools — are requesting hand-held metal detectors for the coming school year; Researchers at Indiana University have developed a new tool to help first-responders determine when and where a landslide may strike; City of Bloomington Utilities Director Vic Kelson reports the new, south central sewer …

The Natural Resources Commission granted preliminary adoption to a new rule last week designed to remove 44 plant species from the state; The Bloomington Board of Zoning Appeals has granted a use variance request allowing  an opioid treatment center to be located on West Bloomfield Road; City of Bloomington Officials released test results for disinfection …