News from Monroe County, Indiana

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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Man Arrested, Held on Probation Violation

August 25, 2011

The body of a 28-year-old woman from Greene County, Stacey Lawson, was discovered Saturday around 3 p.m. Although ISP continues to assert that no arrests have been [...]

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Fireworks On Lake Monroe

July 3, 2011

The fireworks display in Mitchell was held Saturday night and the Bedford fireworks aren’t until Monday night. If you want to catch another fireworks display [...]

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IUPD officer dead in apparent suicide

May 28, 2011

Indiana University police officer James Lerg, 30, was found by other police officers shortly after 5:30 a.m. this morning. Fellow officers found him near his [...]

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Driver Charged in Fatal Accident

July 21, 2010

The 21-year-old self-described “party animal” who was responsible for causing the accident that killed 31-year-old Gwen Sanders of Bedford was charged today in Monroe Circuit [...]

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Bedford Woman Killed in Bloomington Crash

July 20, 2010

An accident in Bloomington claimed the life of a Yellow Cab Company driver this morning. 31-year-old Gwendolyn Marie Sanders of Bedford died from head and chest [...]

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Ellettsville Teen Kills Self After Police Chase

July 19, 2010

18-year-old Nicholas Arvin, Ellettsville, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound following a police chase, according to an Owen County Sheriff’s Office news release. The news [...]

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CVS Pharmacies Robbed

March 14, 2010

About 4:30pm Saturday, March 13th, police responded to a report of a robbery at the CVS Pharmacy at Hwy 37 South and Hwy 60 West [...]

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GE to shut down by 4Q 2009

January 17, 2008

Not exactly “Mitchell News”, but the Bloomington G.E. plant will be shut down by the fourth quarter of 2009. I know there’s at least a [...]

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