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Brat or hot dog with a drink and chips-$5 Kids hot dog-$3 Chips-$1 All donations accepted The stand will be staffed by members of the Knox County Sheriff’s PBPA and volunteers. Please come out and show your support for the great things this organization does for the children of Knox County!

Credit: Zach Adams, 1221 Photography In April 2021, Smylie stands near the intersection where she was arrested in September of last year. Her son is due May 3. It was the morning of Sept. 15, 2020. Jaala Smylie, 20 years old at the time, rented a room in her aunts home on the west side of town. Smylies aunt had woken up later than usual and didnt...

America’s law enforcement system is at a crossroads. During the course of the past year, cities around the country have been rocked by wave after wave of protests following police-involved shootings. Now that a Minneapolis jury has held former police officer Derek Chauvin responsible for the killing of George Floyd, the national conversation has again turned to police reforms. It’s clear something must be done to address wrongs and reestablish trust between communities and law enforcement o...

Bloomington voters chose three new city council members on Tuesday. Two of those choices appear to have current Ward 6 Council member Jenn Carrillo a bit steamed. Carrillo singled out newcomers Sheila Montney in Ward 3 and Nick Becker in Ward 5 for receiving endorsements from Police Benevolent and Protective Association Unit 21, the union representing Bloomington Police officers. Montney and Becker oppose efforts to reduce police department funding. See Carillo’s Angry Facebook Post: ON AIR�...

Different picture. had the european union viewed this strictly as a geopolitical fight, they would have signed the association agreement two years ago, but instead the european union said, no, before we sign the association unit that well bring you closer to the european union, you, mr. yanukovych, need to take steps to move back to a more democratic trend. >> and it seems, though, that the other then thats going on here, and im curious of your experience there, is that this divide between essen...