Crystal Shield, a teacher at Bloomington High School South, is our guest on this episode of BloomingOUT. Cystal is the Gay Straight Alliance sponsor from the school, and she will be speaking with us about why GSA’s are so important and what’s coming up for Bloomington South’s own GSA. But before that, an update on this week’s news. To contact …
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The Bloomington Police Department is responding to a domestic violence call on S. High St. Captain Steve Kellams confirmed the Critical Incident Response Team, which operates BPD’s recently-acquired armored vehicle, has been deployed at the scene. It is not currently known whether the suspect is alone at the residence. Monroe County Community School Corporation spokesperson Andrew Clampitt sent parents and …
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Indiana’s Department of Natural Resources withdrew two controversial rule changes, which would have created a bobcat hunting season and would have required state-approved animal control workers to euthanize captured raccoons, coyotes and opossums; The General Assembly approved an oversight committee yesterday, to investigate issues plaguing Indiana’s Department of Child Services; Bloomington Public Works Director Adam Wason reports a rapidly changing, …
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Over 500 Monroe County Community School Corporation high-schoolers walked out of class this morning at 10 a.m., as part of a national protest for gun reform. The students gathered at the Monroe County Courthouse, in downtown Bloomington, before marching to Third Street Park. Seventeen year-old Caleb Poer, a Bloomington High School North student, was one of the primary organizers of …
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The Bloomington Police Department is gearing up for ‘America’s largest college weekend; Members of Bloomington’s Black Lives Matter Chapter are expected to show up at a city council meeting again this evening; The Bloomington Board of Public Works approved an agreement yesterday that could expedite a Monroe County bridge project on Country Club Road by a month; Monroe County Commissioners declared April 20th, …
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Governor Eric Holcomb signed a bill increasing regulations on abortion clinics yesterday; Students in the Monroe County Community School Corporation joined in protests across the world this weekend; The city of Martinsville has filed a class-action lawsuit against nine different opioid manufacturers; FEATURE Bloomington tech innovator and angel investor Pat East went from being a self-described “worst English major ever at Wabash …
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