Professor Brad Fulton leads a discussion on community and grassroots organizing with Bloomington residents, students and faculty.
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Protesting, a personal and historical experience
Colin Kaepernick, the Dakota Access Pipeline, the immigration reform march in Indianapolis in 2006 and Black Lives Matter are just a few of the protests seen in recent years.
IU most Instagrammed place in Indiana
2016 is coming to an end, and Instagram's end of the year data, which involves all of the more than 500 million Instagram users, reveals IU was the most Instagrammed location in Indiana this year.
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The City of Bloomington has created a new parking commission to review current parking policies and to create a comprehensive plan for Bloomington parking. Bloomington is seeking applicants from various parts of the city to fill that commission.
Parking commission approved despite mayor's veto
The Bloomington City Council has elected to create a parking commission to create and review a comprehensive parking plan in Bloomington.
Indiana Pacers and Bloomington Police hand out thousands of toys
Indiana Pacers basketball mascots, Freddy Fever and Boomer, handed out toys to more than 30 children at City Hall on Wednesday. Brayden Whitaker, 4, smiled and lifted his brand new red monster truck for all to see. This event was just the beginning of a joint toy giveaway between the Pacers and the Bloomington Police Department
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More than 590 toys have been collected so far for Bloomington Transit’s annual Stuff-a-Bus. This is the sixteenth annual year for the event.
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The Stuff-a-Bus travels from location to location until Dec. 12 when all the toys will be distributed by the Salvation Army.
Bloomington fills a bus with toys
A Bloomington bus will be packed the next Monday morning as it heads to the Salvation Army. However, the bus will not be full of people; rather, it will carry thousands of toys destined for children in Monroe County.
Kinza Abbas and Yassmin Fashir lead a group discussion in Ballantine 317 Sunday night. As community educators in Collins and Willkie they encourage diversity and social justice education in their communities.
IU group discusses race and crime
Laughter rang out Sunday night on the third floor of Ballantine. The topics — drugs, race and incarceration — being discussed in Ballantine 317 were serious, but junior Kinza Abbas and fellow student Yassmin Fashir did not let that stop the discussion group from smiling and laughing.
Woman who killed husband sentenced to 22 years
A packed courtroom of more than 75 people greeted Taylor Roxann Kirby as she arrived for her sentencing hearing Thursday for the killing of her husband, Justin Kirby.
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The Bloomington Fire Department, located at 300 E. Fourth St., is owed $235,000 by the City of Bloomington.
Bloomington owes thousands to the fire department
As the holiday season approaches and parents are buying their children gifts, Bloomington firefighters will be receiving long-awaited overtime payments.
Shelter helps homeless survive the winter
The homeless of Bloomington wander through the night, drawn by the warmth and food offered at First United Church the night of Nov. 8. They wait outside in steadily decreasing temperatures until three minutes after 9 p.m.
Sex trafficking and exploitation is here in Indiana
Throughout the state and nation, citizens have been victims of exploitation and sexual trafficking. However, many people are unaware of the problem, said Deborah Getz, an assistant clinical professor in the IU School of Public Health.
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Sgt. Pam Gladish explains some of the capabilities of the police crusier to Candace Kilburn, the director of Marketing and Business Development at College Mall.
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Austin Cuadra smiles after receiving a police badge sticker and hat from BPD Sgt. Pam Gladish.
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Chief Diekhoff opens up the hood of the Bloomington Police Crusier for onlookers at the event.
Bloomington recycling center to shut down by end of the month
The light shines off hundreds of glass bottles. The bottles clink as more glass is tossed into the large metal bin at the Bloomington Downtown Recycling Center.