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With respect to the article “OPINION: City council amendment easing homeless shelter restrictions is a good first step” written by Molly Hayes, I agree with her position that she still feels there’s room for improvement in relation to how Bloomington as a city treats our homeless population.
Another Black Lives Matter street mural was approved April 13 by Bloomington’s Board of Public Works. It will be installed on West Sixth Street on the north side of the downtown square, and the installation date is tentatively set for June 5.
Bloomington’s City Council met Wednesday to vote on several amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance, a document that governs how land is used and developed in Bloomington. Although the final changes won’t be solidified for some time, Wednesday’s meeting allowed council members to review certain proposed changes to the UDO.
It has been four days since eight of Angel Warman’s coworkers were killed. She will be returning to work this week.
Community members, politicians, coworkers and family and friends of the victims of Thursday’s mass shooting held up their lighters and phone flashlights Saturday evening in Indianapolis while a woman sang “Amazing Grace”.
Eight people were killed in what has been the third mass shooting in Indianapolis this year, taking place at a Plainfield FedEx facility Thursday night.
Police have identified the man who killed eight people in a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis on Thursday as 19-year-old Brandon Scott Hole. FedEx officials confirmed Hole was a former employee at the facility, Deputy Police Chief Craig McCartt of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said.
Eight people were killed and at least seven more injured in a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis on Thursday just after 11 p.m., according to police. Indianapolis officials, including Mayor Joe Hogsett, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and FBI personnel, provided updates on the shooting at a 10:30 a.m. press conference Friday.
The Bloomington City Council approved a series of proposals Wednesday to the Unified Development Ordinance, which governs what types of buildings can be built in certain parts of the city.
RealAmerica, a company that specializes in building affordable housing, will start to transform a 1.5 acre of land from the former location of the Night Moves strip club into a development with 48 affordable housing units this June.
Middle Way House will hold its first drive-thru luncheon for Sexual Assault Awareness Month 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. April 15 at Switchyard Park.
In the last month, the COVID-19 vaccine has become available to most Hoosiers. As a vulnerable group facing great exposure to the virus, there is no doubt that people experiencing homelessness deserve equal access to the vaccine.
The Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market opened for the 2021 season Saturday, according to the market’s Facebook page. The market also announced the hiring of its new market coordinator, Clarence Boone, on the page Wednesday.
The Bloomington City Council approved five ordinances and one resolution at a meeting Wednesday night.
After a year-long break due to the coronavirus pandemic, Food Truck Friday sponsored by the Chocolate Moose event is scheduled to make a comeback in Bloomington, bringing a wide variety of cuisine with it.
For every law placing an undue burden on voting, the foundation of democracy crumbles. The United States has a long and cruel history of disenfranchising voters of color with no end in sight. Just last week, Black Georgia Rep. Park Cannon was arrested for knocking on Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s door as he signed oppressive voting legislation into law.
The IU Asian Culture Center offered a Justice for Asian American Pacific Islander virtual commemoration on Zoom Tuesday night for the victims of anti-Asian violence in Atlanta last week.
It was a word I was familiar with, but it definitely wasn’t something I thought I’d hear in a breakout room mid-afternoon on a weekday.
More than 100 people sat in tents and chanted in support of Bloomington’s unhoused population for about three hours Saturday, across the street from Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall where a NCAA tournament game was taking place.
Members of the Bloomington houseless population, local advocacy groups and IU students will participate in three separate demonstrations Thursday, Friday and Saturday to protest the City of Bloomington’s treatment of the poor and homeless.
