News from Monroe County, Indiana

No Smoke Detector in Apartment Where IU Student Died

October 20, 2011
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A report released Wednesday by the Bloomington Fire Department says that there was no smoke detector in the Terra Trace apartment where 19-year-old Indiana University [...]

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Missing IU Student’s Mother Releases New Letter

October 20, 2011

The mother of missing Indiana University student Lauren Spierer released a new letter today, in response to an anonymous letter she received at the Post [...]

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Man Says Women at Occupy Bloomington Drugged His Drinks, Handcuffed Him To Bed

October 14, 2011
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An 18-year-old man reported to police that he was hanging out at Bloomington’s Peoples Park with the Occupy Bloomington protestors Wednesday evening and started drinking [...]

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Wine Tasting Event to Raise Money for Homeless Youth

October 13, 2011
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This Saturday from 5-8 p.m., Bloomingfoods, a community-owned business that promotes healthy, high quality, sustainable and environmentally sound products at a fair price, will be [...]

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Cause of Fire That Killed IU Student Still Undetermined

October 10, 2011
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In the early morning hours of Saturday, October 1st, an apartment fire broke out at the Terra Trace apartments on the Indiana University campus, killing [...]

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Motion to Suppress Filed in DUI Death Case

September 25, 2011
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In the early morning hours of July 20, 2010, a 31-year-old Bedford mother, Gwendolyn “Gwen” Sanders, was at work in Bloomington, driving her taxi. Bryce [...]

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Shine 4 Lauren Concert To Be Held

September 8, 2011
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The “Shine 4 Lauren” concert will be held in Dunn Meadow on the Indiana University campus beginning at 7pm on September 22nd. The concert is [...]

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“You Are Guilty of a Heinous Crime”

September 4, 2011
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On June 3rd, in the wee hours of the morning, a 4’11″ 95-pound young woman effectively disappeared from the face of the Earth. Hundreds, if [...]

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Did Randy Knapp Kill Stacey Lawson?

August 26, 2011

  That’s one of several questions I was left wondering after being contacted by several sources Thursday afternoon and evening. Many details have emerged in [...]

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Bond Set For Randy Knapp; Still No Charges Filed

August 25, 2011

As I wrote about early this morning, Randy Knapp was arrested early Sunday morning for residential entry. At that time, he had not been formally [...]

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