Laura Lane

1 week ago | heraldtimesonline.com | Laura Lane

Editor's note: The Herald-Times is not naming the person charged in this case because it does not intend to follow the case through the court system. A Worthington man faces two felonies after a 7-year-old girl reported being grabbed by a man she said covered her mouth and tried to drag her into the men's restroom at Bloomington's AMC movie theater. The girl screamed and kicked the 22-year-old suspect, got away and ran to the lobby with her sister, who was with her.

1 week ago | heraldtimesonline.com | Laura Lane

Election board member John Fernandez had high hopes vote centers might be in place before Monroe County's next election but realized Republican opposition could stop the plan. And it did. "I was not terribly surprised by the 2-1 vote," Fernandez said. "Disappointed but not surprised."Two weeks before Fernandez's stint on the 3-member bipartisan panel ended May 30, the Democrat voted in favor of switching Monroe County's precinct-based system to countywide voting centers.

1 week ago | tmnews.com | Laura Lane

Election board member John Fernandez had high hopes vote centers might be in place before Monroe County's next election but realized Republican opposition could stop the plan. And it did. "I was not terribly surprised by the 2-1 vote," Fernandez said. "Disappointed but not surprised."Two weeks before Fernandez's stint on the 3-member bipartisan panel ended May 30, the Democrat voted in favor of switching Monroe County's precinct-based system to countywide voting centers.

1 week ago | farmersadvance.com | Laura Lane

PALS is seeking donations to rebuild and resume its services for people with disabilities, veterans, seniors and youth. The People & Animal Learning Services (PALS) therapeutic riding stable had its barn and arena destroyed, but all 17 horses survived. An E2-level tornado struck the Bloomington, Indiana, area on May 16, causing significant property damage but no serious injuries or deaths.

1 week ago | heraldtimesonline.com | Laura Lane

Jarrod Franklin didn't plan on buying this car. But the morning of the first Saturday in May, a story popped up on his Herald-Times newspaper app that I wrote previewing an auction that very day. Former Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel's collection of 43 fast, vintage and eclectic vehicles, purchased with tax dollars he pilfered during two terms in office, were to be sold.