Bloomington Police Reports
Man arrested after choking girlfriend Martin McCormick, 25, was arrested June 10 for battery and strangulation.
Man arrested after choking girlfriend Martin McCormick, 25, was arrested June 10 for battery and strangulation.
FULLERTON, Calif. – California State University-Fullerton recently hired a student to take down unauthorized on-campus postings and advertisements, like fliers on cars.
Indiana drivers can expect to see a change the next time they go to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles and Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels unveiled a new driver’s license and identification card designed to battle identity theft, card tampering and underage alcohol consumption, said Greg Cook, BMV spokesman. Cook said the new driver’s licenses and identification cards were designed in large part to prevent those who are under the age of 21 from purchasing alcohol or those under 18 from purchasing tobacco.
It is a common belief IU has a policy that if a tree is taken down on campus, two trees must be planted in its place. Professor James Capshew said he’s never heard of a policy of that sort, but it shows the importance and value trees have on campus.
Orientation got under way on Tuesday, kicking off a program that will bring more than 7,000 incoming freshmen and transfer students to campus over the next five weeks.
Although summer has begun, IU is anything but inactive. As students relax, work or even attend summer classes, campus has been buzzing with construction.
A class of unconventional students gathered at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the Dogwood Room of the Indiana Memorial Union. Coffee in hand, the members of Adam Langer’s “Writing Like My Dog” class were unlike a majority of students on the IU campus. These classmates were not attending class for credit. Instead, they were attending the 67th annual Indiana University Writers’ Conference.
INDIANAPOLIS – Eli Lilly and Co., which has faced thousands of lawsuits over its anti-psychotic Zyprexa, is taking the fight for its top seller to attorneys, whose ads, the company says, have prompted some patients to discontinue mental illness medications when they shouldn’t.
TIPTON, Ind. – Chrysler Group and Getrag Corporate Group officials will join Gov. Mitch Daniels on Monday to announce plans to build a transmission factory that could eventually employ more than 1,000 people.
INDIANAPOLIS – Democrats have been shooting arrows at Republican Mitch Daniels since the day he became governor, and they think he has wounds that could make him vulnerable if he runs again as expected.
WIUX fans need not fear any longer – the radio station will stay on the FM dial. The station jumped from 100.3 FM to 99.1 FM on June 4, after WYGB, a Columbus, Ind., country station, moved to 100.3 FM, ending months of negotiations with the Federal Communications Commission.
Charlie Nelms will certainly miss spending Sunday mornings at First United Methodist Church in Bloomington.
One of the tough realities about the news media is that while journalistic ideals dictate that you try to inform the public about important things – things they need to know about – what pays the bills is reporting things they want to know about. Although the latter might be interesting, it’s generally unimportant.
Dear Mr. Phillip Mickelson, Remember June 18, 2006? Of course you remember. How could you forget? You will never forget that Sunday. It was late afternoon and you were walking off the 17th green. You had a one-shot lead with one hole to play. You were four measly strokes away from winning the U.S. Open Championship, a title you had dreamed of winning since childhood.
Kurdish separatist rebels Tuesday declared a “unilateral cease-fire” in attacks against Turkey and said they were ready for peace negotiations, but the group maintained the right to defend itself.
His party divided and his polls sagging, President Bush prodded rebellious Senate Republicans on Tuesday to help resurrect legislation that could provide eventual citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants.
Last Thursday, I made a bold prediction that Tony Soprano would die in the series finale of “The Sopranos.”
Ed Vande Sande began his position Wednesday as interim executive director of the Bloomington Area Arts Council, following an May 5 announcement by the board of trustees.
Bloomington resident John Linnemeier had to decide whether he wanted to live or die.
Half the people I know are MIA for the summer, having fallen victim to the internship gods who demand loud and clear that it doesn’t matter what you’re doing in that power suit as long as it’s something. As near as I can tell, all one truly needs is a jaded internship coordinator who’ll verify your having worked with company-X for X-number of weeks and you’ll be right in line with the rest of college career hopefuls.