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The domestic violence shelter and advocacy organization Middle Way House, in Bloomington, recently released their 2018 annual report. Middle Way House Executive Director Deborah Morrow tells WFHB’s Wes Martin the agency is continuing to grow their services, including into domestic and sexual violence prevention programs in area schools.

Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb announced his proposed state budget, today. The embattled Department of Child Services would get, in the Governor’s proposed budget, $286 million each year. This is the full amount DCS had requested. DCS has been struggling with increasing case loads and limited resources for some time. The agency’s problems came into public view last year when its …

The City of Bloomington committed to funding the Buskirk Chumley Theater for 2019; Members of the Bloomington chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America want to partner with local schools on gun safety education. FEATURE Tonight, supporters of the Indiana Recovery Alliance will attend the Bloomington City Council’s meeting at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. Chris Abert, …

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 …

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department announced they will  release officers’ body camera footage, today; The Monroe County Community School Corporation is continuing a public debate over whether it should deploy metal detectors at schools in the district; Flags across the state will be at half-mast, for the rest of this week; The Town of Ellettsville is considering purchasing two properties, due to two …

Criticism over the city of Bloomington’s use of private information led officials to call a meeting, today; The City of Bloomington received its new armored truck over the weekend; The Ellettsville Town Council is voicing support for increasing a tax break it gave affordable housing developers, last fall; Indiana is making handheld metal detectors available, at no cost, to every …

The Monroe County Community School Corporation is looking to adopt new curriculums, in the wake of a racist handout. The school corporation is seeking public comment, after a racist handout was included in materials distributed to elementary school students, earlier this year. The handout included a suggested program meant to ‘simulate slavery,’ by using school children as actors. The Studies …

The Monroe County Community School Corporation school board submitted a letter to Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb’s office— as well as to the state legislature— last week, condemning a law that would allow the state to take over Muncie and Gary community school corporations. The letter, which was signed by all of the MCCSC board members, states, “[The MCCSC board of …

The Monroe County Community School Corporation is using Janitors and Maintenance personnel as bus drivers. MCCSC Spokesman Andrew Clampitt says the school district faces a driver shortage, after bus service company Auxilio Services failed to fulfill the terms of its contract. He says the staff members go through “the same training and background checks as bus drivers.” Auxilio Services officially …

Blue dots in a sea of red. The electoral map presents a distorted picture belying where most of the country’s population lives, and where the most privation occurs. A survey of the landscape in the wake of Donald Trump’s election reveals that America’s urban/rural drift has cemented into a chasm. Though commonly conflated with only economic elites, those blue dots …