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City council votes to declare second Monday of October Indigenous Peoples’ Day

By Mel Fronczek · Thursday, Oct. 3,2019 12:12 a.m.

The vote puts the holiday on the city calendar every year.

Van Buren Township Fire Department is one of the nearly 1,600 agencies trained to use Project Lifesaver. The transmitter receiver can pick up a user's individual frequency signal from a mile away.

Project Lifesaver may decrease search time for wandering, lost users

By Avery Williams · Wednesday, Oct. 2,2019 9:24 p.m.

About 45 Monroe County citizens are currently enrolled in the program.

Students walk through campus Sept. 24 at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. Rowan is one of the fastest growing colleges in the country.

As colleges compete for fewer students, the pressure rises to meet enrollment targets

By Tribune News Service · Wednesday, Oct. 2,2019 7:18 p.m.

Many local colleges have begun sending recruiters to new markets, west and south.

Coroner reveals identity of 66-year-old woman hit, killed by bus

By Avery Williams · Wednesday, Oct. 2,2019 6:11 p.m.

The woman was killed Thursday morning at the Bloomington Transit Center.

Events to look forward to the weekend of Oct. 4 in Bloomington

By Jaden Amos · Wednesday, Oct. 2,2019 6:06 p.m.

This weekend is full of music, comedy and hoedowns.

BPD Citizens Police Academy teaches emergency vehicle operations

By Grace Ybarra · Wednesday, Oct. 2,2019 11:56 a.m.

The students rode through an Emergency Vehicle Operations Course.

Volunteers Needed for Monroe Lake Shoreline Cleanup Oct. 6

By Jess Prucha · Wednesday, Oct. 2,2019 11:14 a.m.

Plastic bags, abandoned fishing lines and discarded pool floats are discarded.

Monroe County Community School Foundation to host annual 'Great Grown Up Spelling Bee' Thursday

By Luke Christopher Norton · Wednesday, Oct. 2,2019 11:13 a.m.

The winner receives a trophy to keep until next year.

Bloomington virtual reality company offers interactive business training

By Sara Kress · Tuesday, Oct. 1,2019 10:53 p.m.

Regatta VR's open house allows business members to experience VR technology.

Hong Kong protesters step on images of Xi Jinping's face, appeal to the world

By Tribune News Service · Tuesday, Oct. 1,2019 7:51 p.m.

These demonstrations come as China's Communist Party celebrates its 70th anniversary of rule.

Lennie's relocates to Kirkwood Avenue, maintains 'unforgettable quirkiness'

By Luzane Draughon · Tuesday, Oct. 1,2019 7:46 p.m.

The restaurant has a space upstairs for local artists to display their work.

Generations of Bloomington leaders gather for Latinx Awards Ceremony

By Claudia Gonzalez-Diaz · Monday, Sept. 30,2019 10:46 p.m.

The Commission on Hispanic and Latino Affairs award ceremony was Monday evening at City Hall.

‘Only time will tell’: Student, faculty react to vaping illness outbreak

By Alex Hardgrave · Monday, Sept. 30,2019 7:21 p.m.

The CDC reports 12 deaths and 805 cases of the lung illness.

Trump paints impeachment as attack on voters, guns and healthcare

By Tribune News Service · Monday, Sept. 30,2019 4:01 p.m.

Americans favor impeachment by a narrow margin, but 93% of GOP voters oppose the effort.

There is still time to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month

By Kyra Miller · Sunday, Sept. 29,2019 5:14 p.m.

La Casa and other local groups are organizing the events.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks to the media at the Capitol Building Sept. 24 in Washington, D.C. Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry Sept. 24 after allegations that President Donald Trump sought to pressure the president of Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden, Democratic presidential contender and former Vice President, and his son, which was the subject of a reported whistle-blower complaint that the Trump administration has withheld from Congress.

Why Pelosi is confident as she confronts Trump on impeachment inquiry

By Tribune News Service · Sunday, Sept. 29,2019 4:56 p.m.

Democrats are almost universally united in their support for an impeachment inquiry.

A protester shouts various slogans during a demonstration in Hong Kong. Demonstrators gathered for an anti-authoritarian rally that marked the fifth anniversary of the beginning of the 2014 "Umbrella Movement." Thousands of protesters gathered peacefully, but minor clashes between protesters and police escalated through the night, leading to a police dispersal operation.

Clashes on Umbrella Movement anniversary in Hong Kong

By Tribune News Service · Sunday, Sept. 29,2019 4:55 p.m.

The rally commemorated the start of Occupy Central.

Purple Shirt Brigade protests Schooner Creek Farm for second time at Saturday market

By Lydia Gerike · Sunday, Sept. 29,2019 11:19 a.m.

Sarah Dye watched the protesters behind the Schooner Creek Farm stand.

Schooner Creek Farm owner Sarah Dye criticizes farmers market protests Thursday

By Lydia Gerike · Friday, Sept. 27,2019 9:55 a.m.

The meeting was put on by the Grassroots Conservatives.

City of Bloomington wins state award for sustainability plan

By Mel Fronczek · Thursday, Sept. 26,2019 7:43 p.m.

The city was one of six Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence recipients.

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