Unionville
CRIME & SAFETY
IUPD raised its base pay. Now Bloomington PD is lowest paying agency in Monroe County
Editor's note: This story has been updated with the proper spelling for city council member Isabel Piedmont-Smith. Bloomington Police Department (BPD) is now the lowest-paying police department in Monroe County, after the Indiana University Police Department raised its statewide base salary nearly $7,000 — an increase city officials worry will exacerbate the difficulty BPD already has with recruiting and retaining officers. ...
Dog shot during an argument between two men
MARTINSVILLE— A dog was shot during an argument between two men near Martinsville. Morgan County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to the dispute on Thursday afternoon at State Road 67 near Martinsville. Police say both men were in an argument when one man pulled out a gun and began...
Accused of trying get jury list, Brown Co. commissioner pleads guilty to drunken driving
Brown County commissioners’ president Jerry Pittman has pleaded guilty to a drunken driving charge and received a one-year suspended jail sentence. Pittman, 75, is serving the last year of his second term on the rural county’s Board of Commissioners. He lost his bid for a third term when Tim J. Clark beat him by 89 votes in the May Republican primary.
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