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A fifth Bloomington city employee tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday. According to a press release by the City of Bloomington, the employee does not usually interact with the public in his day-to-day work.
Lights shine July 13 on the mural in Peoples Park. "Black lives matter" was painted over the mural following the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police in May.
The Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce announced Friday the installation of a historical marker commemorating the Black Market firebombed by a KKK-linked white supremacist in 1968, according to a release.
Protests continued Friday to demand justice for Vauhxx Booker, a Monroe County human rights commissioner who was assaulted by men with confederate flags a week ago at Lake Monroe. Protesters gathered at 6 p.m. at Peoples Park, following a press conference with Katharine Liell, Booker’s attorney.
A crowd of protesters listens as people take turns sharing the changes they would like to see in the community July 10 in Peoples Park. The protest was peaceful despite threats reportedly made on Facebook by counterprotesters prior to the protest.
A BLM B-Town core councilmember speaks July 10 in Peoples Park. He encouraged people in the crowd to use the megaphone to express the reforms they would like to see in the city.
“This machine kills fascists,” a megaphone reads July 10 in Peoples Park. Speakers spoke in front of the Bloomington mural that has been repainted to read “Black lives matter.”
Vauhxx Booker speaks July 10 in Peoples Park. ”They targeted me, they attacked me, because they thought they could get away with it,” he said as he spoke on the attack that occurred July 4 near Monroe Lake.
Bloomington organizations have ramped up efforts to promote racial equity and support Black people in the local community since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.
A car drove through a crowd and hit two protesters just before 9:30 p.m. Monday night as Bloomington residents were dispersing on Walnut Street after three and a half hours of peaceful protest. The protest was in response to the attack on Vauhxx Booker at Lake Monroe on the Fourth of July.
A complaint of passengers on a boat yelling profanities directed at another boat with a flag supporting president Donald Trump on Monroe Lake ended Wednesday with the arrest of a man who wasn't on either boat.
The City of Bloomington is planning to create a bike trail on the south side of Seventh Street in 2021. The trail, which will be called the 7-Line, will provide a safer, easier connection for all travelers between the IU campus, downtown, the B-Line Trail and surrounding neighborhoods, according to the city.
During the pandemic, many people have been spending time outside where wide-open space and fresh air provide natural barriers to spreading the virus and a change in scenery.
The city had the first of four public discussions about the IU Health Bloomington Hospital site redevelopment process on Zoom on Tuesday evening.
Black Lives Matter B-Town will have a Juneteenth celebration from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday in Rev. Ernest D Butler Park. Juneteenth, marked annually June 19, commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in Texas in 1865, over two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect.
A portion of Kirkwood Avenue will be closed to vehicles this weekend after city council members voted to approve the plan Wednesday night.
Through the steady rumble of traffic encircling Tarkington Park in Indianapolis, a mixture of shoes squeaking, rackets thwacking and energetic grunting rang out. Under tufts of clouds spreading across a light blue sky, spectators lounged in lawn chairs to catch a glimpse of the action.
Eva Rholfing Allen paints a section of the mural in 2017 in Peoples Park. A release from the Bloomington Arts Commission encourages artists to submit proposals for new artwork which will be located near downtown Bloomington at the Trades District Garage.
The Farmers’ Market Advisory Council voted to dissolve the Broadening Inclusion Group in a meeting Monday evening attended by over 150 people.
The Broadening Inclusion Group of the Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market released a disputed statement Friday on the market's Facebook in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. The group released an apology statement Saturday.
