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Monroe County Council president Eric Spoonmore won't run again

The Herald-Times Monroe County Council President Eric Spoonmore will not seek re-election once his term ends at the end of next year, and colleagues said they will miss his level-headed leadership. Spoonmore, who was named to the council by caucus in 2015 and won re-election in 2018, said he wants to spend more time with his family and enable others to serve in public office. Spoonmore and his wife, Lindsey, live in Bloomington and have a 9-year-old daughter who is heavily involved in gymnastics and won a state championship last year. “I just want to make sure I’m not missing out on too many life events,” Spoonmore told The Herald-Times on Monday.

State plans $4.6M project to handle more traffic from new hospital

Monroe County Plan Commission meeting over development gets testy

The EPA says 3 Blooming industrial waste sites have hit a 'milestone.'

The Herald-Times The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to remove three Bloomington Superfund sites from its National Priorities List, in what one federal official called a “milestone” in the decades-long effort to mitigate hazardous materials contamination. Current and former city officials and others involved in the effort said the agency’s step was generally good news for Bloomington, but some also cautioned the community to remain vigilant. The three sites a limestone quarry pit at the former Bennett Stone Quarry, Lemon Lane Landfill and Neal’s Landfill all have been contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, a group of man-made organic chemicals used in industrial and commercial applications such as plastics, pigments and electrical equipment. According to the EPA, they can damage the nervous and reproductive systems and can cause cancer.