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Bloomington Police to pilot less-lethal weapon program

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (IUSTV News) - The Bloomington Police Department will soon begin a multi-month pilot program to use and deploy electronic control weapons (ECWs), also known as tasers.SEE ALSO: Lawsuit at the center of former IUPD chief’s resignationThe program was introduced to and reviewed by the ...

Man dies after being thrown from tractor and ran over

MONROE COUNTY, Ind. (IUSTV News) - The Monroe County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a Solsberry man who was killed falling off a tractor then ran over.The Sheriff's Office says it happened Friday on West State Road 45 near the Greene County line. A preliminary investigation shows ...

Bloomington man killed after car crashes into tree

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (IUSTV News) - The Monroe County Sheriff's Office says a Bloomington man was killed Tuesday after the car he was driving went off the road and crashed into a tree.Virgil Hupp died from his injuries at the scene. Police say Hupp was going north on Brummetts Creek Rd, which is northeast ...

NaloxBoxes installed at Monroe Fire Protection District fire stations

MONROE COUNTY, Ind. (IUSTV News) - The Monroe Fire Protection District (MFPD), in partnership with Centerstone and Overdose Lifeline, has installed NaloxBoxes at several MFPD fire stations. NaloxBoxes are equipped with Naloxone, commonly known as Narcan, which is a nasal spray approved to reverse an ...

Gas leak at Monroe County Jail causes hours-long lockdown

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (IUSTV News) - A gas leak at the Monroe County Jail caused the start of the facility's evacuation plan Wednesday evening, according to a release from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.The leak started just before 4 p.m. Wednesday. The Sheriff's Office says a maintenance ...

Rape reported at Teter, McNutt Quads

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (IUSTV News) - The IU Police Department received two separate reports of rape at both Teter and McNutt Quads on Monday, according to the IUPD Crime Log. The log shows the reported rape at Teter occurred on Sept. 14, and the rape at McNutt occurred on Aug. 16. RELATED: Sexual assault ...

IUPD seeks info on car that hit a pedestrian at 17th Street and Eagelson Avenue

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (IUSTV News) - The IU Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying a car they say hit a pedestrian at the intersection of 17th Street and Eagleson Avenue on Aug. 29, according to a post from the department's Facebook page.SEE ALSO: Student on e-scooter seriously ...

Kelley School of Business ranked among top 10 undergraduate programs

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (IUSTV News) – Indiana University's Kelley School of Business received a top 10 business school ranking in the U.S News rankings, per a press release Monday. The Undergraduate Program in Bloomington checked in at eighth overall across America, and the fourth-best among all public ...

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita facing misconduct charges from state commission

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (IUSTV News) - The Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission has filed a complaint against Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita for comments he made in 2022 about Dr. Caitlin Bernard, the IU Health OB-GYN who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio. The charges ...

Woman killed in head-on crash on State Road 45 Friday

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (IUSTV News) - A Greene County woman was killed Friday in a head-on collision involving two cars along S.R. 45 near Eller Road.The Monroe County Sheriff's Office says the crash happened around 11:30 a.m. Friday. Witnesses told police that a car traveling west on S.R. 45 went left ...

Student on e-scooter seriously injured after being hit by a car at 10th and Woodlawn

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (IUSTV News) - An IU student riding an e-scooter was seriously injured after being hit by a car near 10th Street and Woodlawn Avenue Thursday morning.IUPD says that the crash happened just shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday.10th Street was closed for several hours while officers conducted ...

Lawsuit at the center of former IUPD chief's resignation

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (IUSTV News) - A lawsuit filed in federal court against two IUPD officers in June is at the center of controversy surrounding former IUPD Chief Jill Lees' resignation.  The lawsuit lists then-graduate student Moses Baryoh Jr. as the plaintiff. It says two IUPD officers, Officer ...

Three separate incidents at Franklin Hall raises questions over building security

Sexual assault reported at Forest Quad

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (IUSTV News) - The IU Police Department (IUPD) says a victim reported a sexual assault that occured at Forest Quadrangle early Tuesday morning. The assault reportedly occurred around 2 a.m. Tuesday morning and was reported to IUPD a short time later.The victim told police she was talking ...

Semi hauling limestone crashes, closing SR 446 for several hours Thursday

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (IUSTV News) - State Road 446 was closed for more than five hours Thursday while Indiana State Police (ISP) and the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) worked to clear an accident near Monroe Lake involving a semi carrying limestone.ISP says the driver of the semi was traveling ...

Three Little 500 cyclists hit by cars in the same week

Man arrested on campus for flashing knife Wednesday morning

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (IUSTV News) - An Indianapolis man was arrested Wednesday morning after Bloomington Police (BPD) say he pulled a knife and chased two women on IU's campus.BPD responded to Sample Gates on the campus' west side at 11:15 a.m. after receiving several 911 calls about women seen ...

Bloomington teen arrested for allegedly distributing counterfeit Oxycodone pills

NASHVILLE, Ind. (IUSTV News) - A Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team (JNET) investigation into possible dealing of fentanyl ended in the arrest of a Bloomington woman who police say was selling large amounts of counterfeit Oxycodone pills.19-year-old Torien Thornton was arrested by the Brown County Sheriff’s ...

Indiana University sets new Bloomington campus enrollment record for the third year in a row

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (IUSTV News) - For the third consecutive year, Indiana University's Bloomington campus set a new enrollment record, with 47,527 students calling IU Bloomington home.Across all state campuses for the university, nearly 22,000 undergraduate and graduate students were admitted to ...

New trial date set for woman accused in fatal hit-and-run of IU student

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (IUSTV News) - The woman police say ran over an IU student who was on an e-scooter last fall and fled the scene of the accident has had her trial date rescheduled.Madelyn Howard was originally set to stand trial this past March for the death of Nathaniel Stratton , but the trial was ...