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He replaces Roberta Kelzer. She announced earlier this year that she was stepping down after 28 years of working at the YMCA, the last 15 as the non-profit association's CEO.

The ARRL Foundation Board of Directors has awarded the 2014 William R. Goldfarb Memorial Scholarship to Padraig Lysandrou, KC9UUS, of Bloomington, Indiana.

Taking on the humongous task of a complete rebranding for the Bloomington, Indiana-based Upland Brewing Co.

ABOVE: Volunteers John Wischmeier, left, and Kevin Lutes bag turnip greens Monday at Food Finders Food Bank, 50 Olympia Court, in Lafayette.

A little over a year ago, singer-songwriter Jason Molina died at 39 due to complications from alcohol addiction .

The 'August: Osage County' star accepted an honorary doctoral degree from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana on Wednesday and during a Q&A afterwards she admitted she once thought all actresses were vain.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- An Indiana University study of reactions to the 2011 death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs suggests health communicators have a critical window of opportunity after a public figure dies to disseminate information about disease prevention and detection.

Ryder Pickens, 20, Bloomington, a former Indiana University student, was arrested in January 2014 on suspicion of attempting to manufacture a destructive device.

Two men were arrested after police said syringes and drug paraphernalia were found in a vehicle during a traffic stop in the Center Grove area Thursday afternoon.

The mayor of Bloomington has vetoed an ordinance that would allow sharpshooters to thin the deer heard at a city nature preserve.

<![CDATA[BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- Actress Meryl Streep can add an honorary doctoral degree from Indiana University to her collection that includes three Academy Awards. University President Michael McRobbie presented the honorary degree to Streep during a ceremony Wednesday. Streep was visiting the Bloomington campus to give IU's filmmaker lecture. The Herald-Times reports (http://bit.ly/1pcC2AC ) Streep told the audience that her advice to young women is to not worry so much about their weight, saying girls spend too much time thinking about it. She said young men and women should realize that "what makes you strange" is your strength because that's what gets you noticed. Streep's husband, sculptor Don Gummer, grew up in Indianapolis and studied at IU's art school.

The fomenters of fermentation at Upland Brewing Co. figure they've produced more than 100 distinct potions since 1998.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following information was summarized from the records of city, county and state police, fire and hospital agencies.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Students on the IU Bloomington will be treated to a very special guest Wednesday.

The Institute for Defense and Business and SAS participated on a panel at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business at their 2nd Kelley Forum on Business Analytics in Bloomington, Indiana on April 4, 2014.

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A Bartholomew County man faces molestation and attempted abduction charges after police say he tried to abduct to different children at the Columbus Walmart store.

Upgrades to bring State Road 37 between Bloomington and Martinsville up to higher standards for Interstate 69 have been contracted.

Jeffrey Miller, 52, of Bloomington, was driving north on State Road 37 approaching the intersection at Smith Valley Road about 3:10a p.m. and didn't apply the brakes.

According to a probable cause affidavit, Bloomington Police were contacted by a Bloomington resident saying 29-year-old Phillip Wampler-Schmidt, who lives in the 1500 block of Second Street in Bedford, was selling meth.