Southern Indiana News

Preparing Hoosier Students for the 2026-2027 School Year: Device Policies, Health Education Updates, and Practical Steps for Families

As the 2026-2027 academic year approaches, Indiana families, including those in Lawrence County, face several statewide policy changes that will shape the daily experience of students.

Clean Your Own House First

The ICE panic in Bloomington this week has the usual shape.

Jackson and Washington County: Seymour’s Festival Month and Salem’s Long Road Home

Seymour and Salem sit on the same east-west habit. U.S. 50 and the roads that feed it.

Martin and Orange: A Stoplight on the River and a Pumpkin Week in Resort Country

Lawrence and Greene County: Combines, Cones, and an Apple Weekend

Bedford and Linton do not share a square. They share the kind of September that is half harvest and half courthouse.

Monroe and Brown County: Fall Starts on 46, Not on a Brochure

If you live between Ellettsville and Nashville, fall does not arrive as a marketing campaign.

What Is Sean Steele Actually Running On?

Chris Bowen really wants you to listen to her.

Her official story sounds neighborly until you ask questions.

Chris Bowen in full denial after insulting entire District

A candidate can refuse a debate. Candidates refuse debates. What she cannot do is dress the refusal in academic rank and then act shocked when the district hears the rank.

West Nile Found in Greene County Mosquitoes — Health Department Says the Whole County Is at Risk

Most people who pick up the virus never know it.

From a Regional Night in Columbus to a Lifetime of Screenings: Feleica Stewart Takes John Stewart’s Story Wider

Feleica Stewart did not leave the loss as a memorial plaque. She built the John Stewart Foundation around a plain goal

ICE in Bloomington: What Is Confirmed, What Is Buzz

The firmest local document of the moment is not a raid announcement. It is a consent decree.

When Every Cabin Becomes a Hotel, the Hills Stop Feeling Like Home

If Brown County wants to stay Brown County, the question at the next tourist-home hearing should be simple:

Martin County Hits Pause on Data Centers, Big Solar, and Wind — Local Rules Before the Next Land Rush

Martin County is not waiting to find out what a hyperscale data campus or a utility-scale energy field would do to the landscape after the first application is already on the table.

Fall Light on Stone Country: How Lawrence County Has Been Photographed and How to Shoot It Yourself

The tradition is not only archival.

Orange County: French Lick’s Summer Doesn’t End. It Just Changes Shifts.

The resorts, the casino floor, the railroad, and the golf calendar do not punch out on September 1.

Jackson County: Forty-Two Years of Dealmaking Just Changed Hands

Lane is not a stranger. Jennings County native. Twenty-one years at the Indiana Economic Development Corporation as Southern Region Attractions Director.

The Shoals Bridge Is on a Stoplight Until October

If you use U.S. 50 between Loogootee and Shoals, budget the extra minutes.

Bedford’s Other Road (SR 58) Is Closed Too

f you run between Bedford, Heltonville, and the east side of the county, that overlay is not abstract. It is another season of extra miles.

SR 48 Just Became a Three-Month Detour

INDOT is replacing a small structure. Weather willing, the job runs through mid-November.

Mitchell’s Main Street Problem

Mitchell is not a ghost town. Ace Hardware and Ben Franklin still sit on Main Street as one of the last full-service downtown fixtures.

Summit District: Selling the Overflow as a Lifestyle

Natasha Johns, a Bedford-based realtor who works the Monroe–Lawrence corridor, posted a bright little sales pitch this month about the Summit District.

Am I the Last Democrat?

I was a Democrat because the party, as I understood it, was supposed to protect that arrangement.

The Sheriff argument and puting critics down.

The post presents the Sheriff as a man with no options, compelled by Council neglect to gut his own roster.