WFIU Staff

A new state law effective July 1 will increase penalties for animal abuse and neglect and remove liability for damages when someone takes a domestic animal from a motor vehicle.

The Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition hosted a rally of about 30 people Tuesday afternoon outside a Bloomington Faculty Council meeting to demand IU become a sanctuary campus in response to Indiana Senate Bill 76.

Nick Goepper from Lawrenceburg, Indiana, the only Hoosier in the Winter Olympics, was knocked out of bronze medal position on the final run of the freestyle skiing halfpipe competition Friday.

A storm that barreled across Indiana Thursday night brought strong winds and hail to the west side of Bloomington.

Lee Hamilton, a 17-term congressman serving southern Indiana, whose foreign policy expertise, reverence for democracy, and bipartisan ideals made him a towering and highly respected figure in national politics, died Wednesday. He was 94.

Students and community members gathered in Indiana University’s Alumni Hall on Sunday night for a vigil honoring Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk who was assassinated on September 10. More than 600 people attended the event, organized by the university’s Turning Point USA chapter.

Indiana is home to a species of freshwater jellyfish, and now is the perfect time of year to find one.

There is reason for concern about the quality of weather forecasts because of federal budget cuts, said Paul Staten, associate professor of Earth and Atmospheric Science at IU Bloomington.

A 409-acre donation of land to the county is now officially the Monroe County Nature Preserve. Guided tours are planned for 2026 with full, open trails expected for 2027.

Indiana University could lose hundreds of degree programs as part of compliance with an array of new laws affecting higher education that passed at the 11th hour of the legislative session.