George Hale

The teenager accessories store Claire’s has filed for bankruptcy and plans to close stores across the U.S., including in Bloomington. The location at College Mall advertised significant sales and displayed signs over the weekend reading “STORE CLOSING!” And “EVERYTHING MUST GO!”

Members of Indiana University’s Board of Trustees aren’t saying why they met early Friday in a closed-door session in Bloomington. IU officials announced the meeting only a few days ahead of time.

The return of a beloved Bloomington food festival drew large crowds to Kirkwood Avenue over the weekend. Organizers paused the long-running Taste of Bloomington festival at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Saturday’s event was the first in six years.

The home furnishing store, At Home, is closing its Bloomington location after filing for bankruptcy last month.

A heat advisory is in effect, with a heat index around 105 degrees in south-central Indiana. In Monroe County, residents and visitors have several free options to beat the heat this weekend.

Indiana’s Senators Todd Young and Jim Banks voted along with most of their Republican colleagues early Thursday to claw back two years of funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting along with previously allocated money for other agencies.

Corrections employees at the St. Joseph County Jail in South Bend discovered the woman, identified as Janette Navarro, 28, unresponsive in her cell around 3:20 a.m. Sunday.

The county coroner pronounced Tyler Pinkley, 23, dead at the scene on West Tabor Hill Road, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Sunday.

The Department of Natural Resources is asking the public to help locate a Spencer man accused of stealing a vehicle and harvesting ginseng illegally.Conservation officers also said Larry W. Tussey, Jr., 48, had three live, wild raccoons.In a statement, the DNR said a conservation officer obtained a warrant, searched Tussey’s residence July 1, and found a stolen vehicle on the property.“Officers also observed what appeared to be numerous recently harvested ginseng roots through the vehicle’s window. Officers seized the (stolen) vehicle, ginseng roots, and three live raccoons. The raccoons were taken to a licensed wildlife rehabilitator,” it said.The DNR is asking the public to contact conservation officers at 812-837-9536 if they have information about Tussey’s whereabouts.

A teenager is in critical condition after a suspected accidental shooting in Petersville, the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Office reported Friday.In a statement, the sheriff’s office said a private vehicle transported the injured 15-year-old male to the Columbus Regional Hospital on Thursday.It said the unidentified victim received medical treatment there before being flown by Lifeline helicopter to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.“At this time the investigation into this incident is ongoing. All involved parties are cooperating fully,” the statement said.