Laura Lane
Courts and Area Reporter, Car Columnist at The Herald-Times
I write a weekly column for the Bloomington Herald-Times newspaper about people and their cars.
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2 weeks ago |
heraldtimesonline.com | Laura Lane
If you follow this column, you may remember Joe Anderson, who in March 2024 took his 1997 Chrysler Town & County to Chuck Forney's Auto Heaven. The maroon minivan's final stop. Anderson and his wife bought the vehicle with fewer than 5,000 miles on the odometer. Then they drove it, a lot. Their grandkids learned driving skills steering the van around a church parking lot.
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3 weeks ago |
heraldtimesonline.com | Laura Lane
The Monroe County Correctional Center has been overcrowded for nearly two decades, prompting a lawsuit from the ACLU of Indiana. Despite ongoing planning for a new jail, the current facility remains in use and continues to face overcrowding and maintenance issues. Sheriff Ruben Marte has implemented improvements to the existing jail, including sanitation, painting, and increased inmate programming.
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3 weeks ago |
heraldtimesonline.com | Laura Lane
The Bloomington Police Department's manpower shortage was greatly reduced this week when the city welcomed 11 new police officers. The officers — 10 men and one woman — were sworn in during a June 2 ceremony at Bloomington's city hall. One returned to the force from retirement and five are from other police agencies in the state: Indiana University PD, Indy Metro PD, South Bend PD, Lawrence County Sheriff's Office and Martin County Sheriff's Office.
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3 weeks ago |
heraldtimesonline.com | Laura Lane
A 59-year-old woman was found dead inside her car Sunday in Bloomington's Walmart parking lot. A Monroe County Sheriff's Office news release said she lived in the vehicle, and a bystander and firefighter who tried to render aid were bitten by dogs that were inside. Investigators said Rosemary Hawkins may have suffered a medical emergency at 8:20 a.m., when store surveillance camera footage showed her slow-moving vehicle striking a concrete light pole base in the parking lot at the Walmart on Ind.
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3 weeks ago |
heraldtimesonline.com | Laura Lane
A Bloomington man who is a former police officer is accused of forging insurance documents to make it appear his lawncare business was covered by using old policies from the private security business he oversees. Aaron D. Waltz, 46, vice president of operations at Bloomington-based Security Pro 24-7, owner of Aaron’s Lawncare and Maintenance and a former Ellettsville reserve police officer, is charged with two felony counts of counterfeiting.
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Scanner: beware a gray SUV southbound on Ind. 37 almost to Bloomington. Witness: driver is reading a book and is 'all over the roadway.'
This week's fantastic column is a mystery of sorts about the first car ever in Bloomington and who owned it and did the thing ever run?
Hey Tom Spalding thank you SO much for the plea for more Laura Lane stories online free which would make everyone's days so much brighter!