WFIU Public Radio WTIU Public Television Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested at least three people from Bloomington on Wednesday and took them to a jail in Kentucky WFIU/WTIU News confirmed that Neville Mayorga-Rosales of Nicaragua and Manuel Sente-Tevelan of Guatemala, 30, and Jose Gomez-Iras of Nicaragua, 23, were sent to the Hopkins County Jail Indiana court records show that Mayorga-Rosales received a traffic citation in January for driving while his license was suspended (not as a result of a conviction) Sente-Tevelan faces pending charges in Monroe County for driving while intoxicated and one past conviction in Jackson County for driving under the influence His booking record does not include the location of his arrest.  A search for federal court records turned up no results A friend of Mayorga-Rosales said he was a construction painter and co-worker of Sente-Tevelan was driving him to Sente-Tevelan's home at Barclay Square when an immigration officer stopped the car The friend said officers handcuffed and arrested the two men She added that Jose is a son of her friend and either has political asylum or is in the process of seeking it According to Hopkins County Jailer Mike Lewis the jail has received several transports from ICE and has become an over 72-hour holding facility for detainees.  The jail has also taken Indiana prisoners from Evansville and Jasper.  Although many people from Bloomington reported sightings of ICE on social media, the only other confirmed arrest took place Wednesday outside a Monroe County courtroom The office of Bloomington Mayor Kerry Thomson released a statement Friday saying that the city hasn't been briefed by federal agencies about the individuals involved or the scope of ICE operations Indiana Public Media is the home of WFIU Public Radio WTIU Public Television, including your favorite programming from NPR and PBS. Learn More © 2025, The Trustees of Indiana University • Copyright Complaints – Federal agents were active in Bloomington last week conducting immigration enforcement operations that involved agents going door-to-door and detaining individuals across the city these operations extended to the Zietlow Justice Center where federal agents apprehended 36-year-old Martin Cortez-Lopez His arrest was based on a federal warrant issued by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana Cortez-Lopez had been previously deported by U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in 2011 following convictions in Florida for resisting a police officer with violence His re-entry into the United States was reportedly detected through fingerprints taken and entered into a national database Cortez-Lopez had been arrested twice in Monroe County within the past year he was arrested for allegedly driving while intoxicated and possessing cocaine and again in June for driving while intoxicated Cortez-Lopez was taken into federal custody after a court hearing on Tuesday He was scheduled to enter a guilty plea under the terms of an agreement with the prosecutor and his public defender Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials detained three more men on Wednesday Neville Mayorga-Rosales of Nicaragua and Manuel Sente-Tevelan of Guatemala were sent to the Hopkins County Jail in Kentucky Indiana court records show that Mayorga-Rosales received a traffic citation in January for driving while his license was suspended (not due to a conviction) His booking record does not include the location of his arrest.  the jail has received several transports from ICE and has become an over 72-hour holding facility for detainees. The jail has also taken Indiana prisoners from Evansville and Jasper.  The federal operations sparked significant discussion on social media with some users expressing support for the enforcement actions and others voicing fear and concern within the community Bloomington Mayor Kerry Thompson stated that the city administration was not notified in advance of these federal immigration enforcement operations Mayor Thompson released the following statement: “Our changes in the federal immigration landscape have created tremendous uncertainty for many of our residents That emotional weight matters deeply to me and shapes how we lead “There are organizations and legal service providers in our community with expertise in immigration law We strongly encourage residents to contact those groups directly for questions Though our authority is limited in this space our commitment to supporting our community within the bounds of the law remains constant.” Serving Lawrence and surrounding counties since 1948 A man was stabbed at Bloomington's Office Lounge Sunday night and a suspect was arrested soon after the incident Danny J. Mathis, 49, from Solsberry, was jailed on a preliminary charge of battery with a deadly weapon. The victim, a 38-year-old Bloomington man, was taken to IU Health Bloomington Hospital for emergency surgery according to a Bloomington Police Department news release They provided medical care to the victim until an ambulance arrived Follow Bloomington crime news Access Bloomington news anywhere with the Herald-Times app Bystanders pointed out a suspect seated inside a Ford Expedition parked in the lot A knife that may have been used in the stabbing was found near the vehicle Mathis told police he was playing pool with a few people he didn't know and that during the game the man he was playing pool with grabbed his shoulder Witnesses told police that in response it appeared Mathis had hit the victim but instead the man had been stabbed in the abdomen Contact H-T reporter Laura Lane at llane@heraldt.com or 812-318-5967 Indiana senior guard Anthony Leal is seeking a sixth season of eligibility and has applied for a waiver to play in the 2025-26 season, sources confirm with TheHoosier.com. Anthony Leal has played five seasons at Indiana — including receiving a covid year, which he played with this season. Across five seasons, Leal made 95 appearances but has never played more than 26 games in a season, and has played 20 or less games two seasons. The 2022-23 season saw Leal make just 11 appearances and play just 24 total minutes. The Bloomington South (Ind.) guard and former Indiana Mr. Basketball played a career high 21 minutes a game during the 2024-25 season when he started 14 of 26 games played. He averaged 3.3 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists a game and shot 41.2 percent from three (7-of-17). 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Hot3Trump, Saban blastedNIL order ripped On3 is a registered trademark of On3 Media © Rich Janzaruk/Herald-Times / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Indiana basketball season was largely forgettable for most of the regular season with the month of February casting a dark cloud over Bloomington head coach Mike Woodson appeared to be on the verge of being pushed out especially as fans made it clear they wanted him gone the situation grew so dire that Indiana fans booed Woodson during a home game It was a tough period for the fourth-year head coach who had only hoped for a successful coaching tenure at his alma mater but instead found himself at odds with the fanbase “Indiana fans have run out of patience with Mike Woodson. After the Hoosiers collapsed late and suffered a 79-78 loss to Maryland on Sunday, the home crowd booed its head coach as he left the floor,” wrote Ryan Phillips. Woodson announced he would step down at the end of the season allowing Indiana time to carefully consider their next head coach as many had expected him to be fired after the season “Maybe I’m leaving too soon, I don’t know,” Woodson said. “This brings back old memories My last game on this floor was against Ohio State for the Big Ten title back in 1980 Although Woodson is stepping down from Indiana he is reportedly in line to become a top assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings Follow The Sporting News on WhatsApp “Sources say Mike Woodson is a leading candidate for the Kings’ top assistant spot under Doug Christie. He last coached in the NBA in 2021, and spent the past four years as the head coach at Indiana,” posted Sam Amick. Woodson is far from walking away from basketball; it’s just his time to move on from Indiana He will now join the Kings and help them regain relevance in the Western Conference Hunter Cookston began his career as a sportswriter for the Marion Tribune where he covered local high school football His passion for sports started at the age of four when he played his first year of tee ball he developed a deep love for the Tennessee Volunteers and Atlanta Braves Hunter is currently attending Tennessee Wesleyan University where he is pursuing a BA in Sports Communications/Management Around 200 community members stood on the grounds of the Monroe County Courthouse Square on Friday to rally against U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  The emergency rally was organized by several local groups including the Palestine Solidarity Committee at Indiana University The People’s 2030 and the Community Care Coalition.  The event was prompted by sightings of ICE agents in and around Bloomington earlier this week. On Friday, the Hopkins County Jail in Kentucky confirmed that it has custody of three individuals who were detained by ICE in Bloomington Bloomington Mayor Kerry Thomson addressed the situation in a statement Friday morning Thomson said that federal immigration enforcement falls outside of the city’s legal authority and that ICE agents can enter the community without advanced notices our commitment to supporting our community within the bounds of the law remains constant,” Thomson said in the statement.  told the IDS that they did not receive any notification from ICE including information about the three Bloomington residents detained as of Friday The unexpected visit from ICE raised concerns among community members and advocacy groups member of the Palestine Solidarity Committee at IU delivered a speech at the rally in which she said that the recent actions that ICE has taken in Bloomington are “disgusting.”   “We cannot allow America to continue to treat the very people that carry this country on their backs as if they are replaceable as if they are invaluable and as if they are subhuman,” Samara said “Immigrants are people just like us.”  In 100 days, President Donald Trump and his administration have arrested 150,000 undocumented immigrants and deported 139,000 of them.  “They are tearing families apart,” Samara said “In the face of the current political climate As a part of this crackdown, the administration revised ICE’s policy on “sensitive locations.” ICE first established “sensitive locations” where immigration enforcement actions may not occur in 2011. According to a fact sheet from the Department of Education “All children have a right to free public education regardless of their actual or perceived immigration or citizenship status or that of their parents,” the fact sheet said.  As of Jan. 21, 2025 churches and university campuses are no longer considered safe spaces Attendees of the protest expressed concerns over safety for students and faculty at IU.  our fathers and children who have had to stay locked up in their houses for the past three days afraid that ICE might show up,” Samara said “Our university has breached the safety that they promised us.”  said that they should be studying for exams they’re fearing for their family and friends.  Murray said the staff are worried about ICE waiting in parking lots and that it is ruining the mental and learning atmospheres in the building “I hope we go back to a sense of normality and due process,” Murray said “I hope that moments like this really unearth how inequitable the system is.”  Others at the rally also mentioned the Due Process Clause of the Fifth and 14th Amendments. This clause guarantees fair treatment and legal protection for all individuals. This includes those facing removal or that have been detained by ICE.  A few signs also had the words “due process” written on them Toward the end of the rally, Bloomington Alliance for Immigrant Rights organizers recommended people to memorize the National Lawyers Guild federal defense hotline The NLG provides resources for resisting federal repression.   They also explained that the place where students have the most rights is inside their dorm or home ICE agents must have a search warrant signed by a judge dated and timestamped with their full legal name of the person to enter a home but protestors leaving the rally could be seen walking down Kirkwood Avenue holding signs and chanting once more.  we will not put up with ICE,” they shouted.  The Daily Rundown is published Monday through Friday and gives you a quick look at the day's top stories Friday's weekly recap will let you catch up on the most important and most popular stories of the week Find out what the IDS is saying about IU basketball distributed during the IU basketball season Students have walked IU’s campus for over 200 years leaving behind stories passed down through generations From whispered legends to strange traditions that defy explanation IU’s folklore is woven into the fabric of student experiences.   shaped by the bizarre imaginations of those who care to share them According to campus lore the architect who designed Herman B Wells Library in 1969 made a critical miscalculation — he forgot to account for the weight of the books the library has been slowly sinking a few inches into the ground ever since The 12-story library was built atop a solid 94-foot bed of limestone a foundation that isn’t about to give way under any number of books it can hold.   the legend persists — maybe it’s the sheer absurdity of the idea has felt the overwhelming weight of knowledge pressing down on them During spring 1966, students reported hearing a nightly bird-like call echoing through McNutt Quadrangle starting as a slow pitch and rising into a hysterical shrieking laugh.   The sound quickly became a campus sensation drawing students to the McNutt and Foster Quadrangle parking lots just to hear it Some even recorded the eerie call for local radio broadcasts Dormitory and university officials saw him as a disturbance and launched efforts to catch him in the act students banded together to protect him from being discovered culminating in an infamous panty raid where his call became a rallying signal for the chaos Editor’s note: This story includes mention of violence.  The chilling tale of the Hatchet Man begins with a premonition by clairvoyant Jean Dickson who predicted that someone would escape from a mental health hospital and kill one female student from Indiana’s top three universities When news spread that a dangerous man had indeed broken out of a hospital near Bloomington The legend follows two students who had received special permission to stay in their dorm at the empty McNutt Quadrangle over Thanksgiving break They became uneasy after hearing about the escaped man over the radio and devised a secret knock so they could recognize each other who was studying alone in her third-floor room heard a strange sound echoing through the empty halls — a dragging she pulled the covers over her head and lay still and she spent the rest of the night wide awake Lying in front of her room was her friend from the ground floor her fingernails worn down to the bone from desperately clawing at the door Nestled in the heart of IU’s Old Crescent, the Rose Well House is more than just a picturesque landmark. It’s the setting of one of the most enduring romantic legends on campus Built in 1908 over a cistern that once supplied water to the campus the small limestone pavilion has long been a gathering place for students.   modelled the shape of the eight-sided well house on his Beta Theta Pi fraternity pin the Rose Well House has been tied to love and commitment and while it served as a favored spot for marriage proposals and weddings Legend has it that if you share a kiss with your significant other inside the well house at the stroke of midnight The kiss only counts if it lasts the duration of the full twelve strokes of midnight Whether students believe in the magic or just enjoy the tradition the Rose Well House remains a cherished symbol of IU’s romantic folklore for couples seeking a moment of history The Stolen Fish of Showalter Fountain  Few campus landmarks are as beloved, or as frequently tampered with Depicting the "Birth of Venus" surrounded by five bronze fish the fountain has been at the center of IU traditions and pranks for decades.   After IU’s historic 1987 men’s basketball national championship win legends surrounding the original still persist Some say it will only be returned when IU wins another banner while others believe the team won’t win again until the fish is brought back.   When former head coach Bob Knight was fired in 2000 students gathered at the fountain in protest and carried one of the fish all the way to the football stadium two more fish were nearly stolen just after graduation the missing fish remains one of IU’s most famous legends.  This story was originally published in the Indiana Daily Student's Source print publication March 3 IN — Bloomington South High School was named one of the three winners of the 15th annual Samsung Solve for Tomorrow STEM competition securing a prize package valued at $100,000 and Sara Carmona worked as a team to create Stormshield a headband that helps individuals with hearing aids participate in athletics The school also received the Rising Entrepreneurship Award which comes with an additional $25,000 to help develop a sustainable venture that extends beyond the competition three of the seven Bloomington High School South students in the team traveled to Washington to present their STEM solution live to a panel of judges during which students refined their project based on real-life experiences and challenges reflected on the students' evolution throughout the competition I watched them sit in the corner of this classroom and come up with an idea and I knew it could be successful,” she said comprised of five seniors and two sophomores faced the challenge of brainstorming and developing their project from scratch The inspiration for the invention came from her inability to compete in sports with her device but we knew what we wanted to do,” she said The competition culminated in a pitch event where 10 finalists were chosen from the 50 state winners but the students expressed their gratitude simply to be part of the experience they announced one of the first national winners and I just remember all three of us just like Milks emphasized the significance of their achievement "I think it's really unusual to see kids' ideas and their follow-through and their innovation and their intellectual courage represented in a public space And this competition lets them do just that," Milks shared Among the powerful messages shared by the students was a call to young girls interested in STEM fields “If I could say something to all the young girls watching it's that you have to believe in your skill and you have to be confident and brave enough to really go into an idea even if you aren't totally sure that it's going to work out," Yang shared Another team member reflected on the feeling of being an outsider in a male-dominated field “You might walk into a room and see that you are the only girl studying something related to STEM and no one should be the one telling you you don't belong.” The students hope to improve the prototype over the coming months and eventually develop a patent When Nicholas Hall was a little boy he wanted to grow up to own a restaurant just like his grandfather “I particularly love breakfast food so I always imagined having a restaurant that focused on breakfast Nicholas loved drawing and painting and took art lessons when he was a child “My Mom would say I was always happy when I was creating something,” he says So how did those two childhood ambitions fare when Nicholas became an adult but Nicholas does welcome guests to his Bloomington home And he is a well-known local abstract expressionist artist specializing in mixed media paintings those two interests are only part of the life Nicholas has created start at the beginning when Nicholas was born in the small Ohio town of Fremont where he excelled in sports “My parents took me to a lot of musicals and “But I think I took guitar and piano lessons for about a month or so until the next sports season started and never picked them back up.”   After graduating from high school, Nicholas came to Indiana University in 1988 to earn an accounting degree in 1992 and get a job as an auditor at Price Waterhouse Nicholas returned to Bloomington where he purchased his current home in November 2023 is “there is so much creativity and openness and for someone who is curious like me there’s always something new to check out.”  What Nicholas does now is create art, make Pockties, write music, perform around town (particularly on warm Saturday mornings at Two Sticks Bakery) and open his home for free monthly musical concerts and out-of-town guests “I like to say that we focus on fellowship and food and the music is always a wonderful bonus.”  I enjoy being able to get an entire point across — beginning middle and end — in a few verses and a chorus There’s just something about it and it keeps drawing me back in.”  the idea to create the men’s pocket squares popped into Nicholas’ mind about seven years ago The story goes that Nicholas was walking down the streets of Manhattan and noticed how even in New York City men are no longer wearing ties with their suits and sports coats While Nicholas says he agrees that wearing a tie can be uncomfortable it does help bring some color and pizzazz to an often-drab outfit create a pocket square that would be easy to wear and approachable to more men Thus was born the Pocktie — a pocket square made from recycled neckties “It took a while to find someone who had the patience to deconstruct a tie and reconstruct it into a Pocktie pocket square and boutonniere,” Nicholas says. “I got a ton of help and inspiration from my friends at IU’s Eskanazi fashion program For the fashionable neckties that are used to make his Pocktie Nicholas said he originally got most of his ties at Goodwill in Queens “Ties are really inexpensive when you buy them by the pound and the ties that are given away in the New York area can be pretty amazing,” he says I have had people donate them to me from their father’s closet.”  “I work with found and donated materials so I never know what I might use to create my art I also appreciate the community aspect of using found and donated materials,” he says “I would label my work as ontological abstract expressionism I enjoy seeing a piece unfold before my eyes Nicholas says he can work to his heart’s content I am always happy to welcome people into my home to view my art.”  Nicholas also has a studio in his walk-out basement which he rents on Airbnb as well as his own studio which he makes available when he is traveling and on some high-demand weekends Located in Nicholas’ mid-century ranch home in the Bryan Park neighborhood, the rental known as Bloomington Bliss is one of the highest rated on Airbnb the rental offers an open living room and kitchen with two bedrooms and a bathroom “My home is the perfect size for me and it is set up perfectly for hosting house concerts and guests The Bloomington home also is the site of special gatherings to honor Nicholas’ son Graham Born 15 weeks premature on Thanksgiving Day 2006 and Reece spent four months in a hospital before finally coming home,” Nicholas says Knowing the roller coaster challenges of having a premature baby, Nicholas founded the nonprofit Graham’s Foundation in 2009 to offer support for parents of premature babies Graham’s Foundation has supported 175,000 families in navigating the scary journey of prematurity Graham’s Foundation also has shipped 35,000 care packages to parents of premature babies The care packages contain a Preemie Parent Pamphlet and other information and resources to help parents know they are not alone in the fight to help a premature baby live and thrive “I host volunteer gatherings at my place every couple of months where we put together all the items that go into our care packages We always welcome more volunteers,” Nicholas says The care packages also are an important reminder that “life’s true measure is not the days lived but the lives touched.”  Reach Jackie Finch at JackieSFinch@gmail.com This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page She helped shape Minnesota’s education system teaching parents of disabled children how to be their kids’ best advocates It wasn’t enough for Marjorie “Marge” Goldberg to fight for the educational needs of a son born with epilepsy and learning disabilities Her experience helping integrate the Minneapolis schools in the late 1960s and early 1970s also taught her the power of mobilized parents That work made Goldberg one of the country’s most influential champions for disability rights former special education director at the Minnesota Department of Education who is writing a history of PACER “Marge was the creator of parent development in the state “And she went on to change Minnesota’s education system.” She added: “I just think she was an amazing woman.” Goldberg died April 8 after a long fight with cancer Marge Goldberg’s demeanor, Wedl said, made her “incredibly effective” with educators and legislators as they forged the state’s special education laws in the 1970s. “She didn’t come out as adversarial. She came out saying, ‘Let’s train parents so they know what their rights are,’” he said. “She could be tough. But she wanted to work collaboratively.” The Department of Education gave PACER its first grant of about $10,000 to train parents to go to schools and advocate for better special education services. PACER representatives were “everywhere,” he said. “They would be available to go to meetings with schools to advocate,” Wedl said. “Showing up was a big deal. Marge was very bright, and she knew the adversarial approach would just kind of get everybody dug in.” He continued: “It was just an amazing organization that she and Paula created. And legislators trusted her. That goes a long way.” Wedl credits PACER for helping develop a couple of major pieces of legislation: The first recognized that special education services need to begin at birth. And the second nodded to the need to help students transition to independent lives after graduation. Examples include schools setting up small apartments so students could work on life skills or teaching students how to use public transportation. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who spoke at Paula Goldberg’s funeral in 2022, said the two co-founders made PACER a national model for helping families of children with disabilities, she said. “When I speak to national groups, PACER is always recognized as the foremost group in the country,” Klobuchar said in an interview. The work started with a mom looking out for her son, she added. “[Marge] knew the school setting would be a challenge to her son [Peter]. She started thinking of his future,” Klobuchar said. But the work became much more, as the scope broadened and PACER was formed, Klobuchar said. “I think that she was tenacious. And she was someone who had a vision for something she wanted to do,” Klobuchar said of Marge Goldberg. “In the ′70s, not a lot of women were running things. They were just trying to find people who could advocate for kids in the schools and after.” “They found something that was a gaping hole, and they filled it,” she added. Daniel Goldberg, Marge’s son and a local attorney, said his family moved to Minneapolis in 1965 and soon realized that “there was a definite redlining movement in south Minneapolis to segregate white neighborhoods from Black neighborhoods.” His parents became active in the pairing of Field and Hale schools in 1971-72. Field, where he attended, was integrated. Hale was all-white. “They were always very socially aware people,” said Daniel Goldberg, who currently serves as a PACER executive board member. His mother’s first experience was as a speech therapist in Charleston, S.C. She was only permitted to go to white-only schools. She left Charleston because of it, he said. He called his mother “a powerhouse for social change” in her work integrating schools in south Minneapolis in the 1970s and “an incredibly impactful voice for the underserved,” through her work with PACER. At first, he said, her focus was improving special education laws in Minnesota. Then, he said, she realized that families didn’t know the services they were entitled to. “It was all about fairness and equality,” he said. Majorie Goldberg was born in 1934 in New Haven, Conn., the third of four children of Benjamin and Gertrude Vogel. After graduating from high school in 1952, she earned a bachelor’s degree in speech therapy and correction from Emerson College in Boston. After leaving Charleston, she took a job in the Washington D.C., area at a Walter Reed military hospital rehabilitation center. She met Nelson Goldberg on a blind date and the two married in 1958. In 1962, Daniel was born. In 1963, the couple had Peter, their second son. He was diagnosed at an early age with epilepsy. Marge Goldberg retired from PACER in 1998 and then traveled extensively, including to Machu Picchu, Australia, New Zealand and Egypt. She was preceded in death by her husband and is survived by two sons, Daniel and Peter Goldberg, and three grandchildren. James Walsh is a reporter covering social services, focusing on issues involving disability, accessibility and aging. He has had myriad assignments over nearly 35 years at the Star Tribune, including federal courts, St. Paul neighborhoods and St. Paul schools. News & Politics Minnesota’s kindergartners have been below the recommended 95% threshold for years and more parents are getting exemptions for the MMR vaccine Where are children most vulnerable to infectious spread Hennepin County is highlighting salvage businesses in May to encourage residents to reuse construction materials and limit what gets sent to landfills Conservative board members had questioned the content of the books and curricula prompting criticism from the teachers union BLOOMINGTON — A Bloomington man has been detained in McLean County accused of punching a woman in the face and stabbing a man in the back The defendant appeared in custody Wednesday afternoon before Judge Don Knapp for a detention hearing Assistant State's Attorney David Fitt filed a petition to detain Lara Manzano on the grounds dangerousness and willful flight According to the probable cause statement provided to The Pantagraph Lara Manzano was intoxicated when he suddenly started punching a woman repeatedly in the backseat of a car "which angered the defendant more," according to the probable cause When the three arrived at a shared residence the woman went inside to get her infant child and hid in a bedroom and when she came out the bedroom with the baby in her arms Lara Manzano grabbed a kitchen knife and began to chase her shouting "You're going to pay," according to the statement Lara Manzano was in violation of court orders to have no contact with that residence and no contact with a woman who was present He was also on pretrial release for a separate aggravated domestic battery case for which he was released April 17 The woman who had been watching the baby while the others were gone told police when the others arrived she heard yelling and the other woman crying When she tried to defend the woman holding the baby Lara Manzano grabbed her by her hair and pulled her The man who had been in the car with them attempted to intervene to stop Lara Manzano from chasing the woman with the baby The defendant then began chasing him while yelling "I'm going to kill you!" When he caught up to the man in the middle of the street officers observed a large bump on the woman's left eye Her eye appeared to barely be able to open The man who had been stabbed had a laceration on his back approximately 3 inches long He was taken to a local hospital for treatment of his injuries Neighbors told police the two victims had sought refuge banging on their door and asking to be let in "The defendant got down on his knees and began begging for forgiveness," according to the probable cause statement the defendant told police he had pulled the woman's hair and pushed her face against the car window but he "did not know if she hit her face or not and denied hitting her." Lara Manzano also told police he was defending himself when he made physical contact with the man and the other woman the woman he is accused of punching had an emergency order of protection issued against Lara Manzano in North Carolina and a plenary order of protection March 28 The defendant has been served an emergency order of protection in Mecklenburg North Carolina on March 21 for offenses he allegedly committed against the female victim in his newest McLean County case meaning he was ordered to have no contact with the woman prior to the incident in which he punched her in the face When officers asked Lara Manzano if he was aware of the order of protection Knapp ordered Lara Manzano be detained pending trial He is scheduled for an arraignment on May 16 Authorities say millions of coins spilled onto a Texas highway this week after a tractor-trailer hauling $800,000 in dimes rolled over in an accident Get the latest in local public safety news with this weekly email Email notifications are only sent once a day A Springfield man has been detained in McLean County This new case was filed while he was on pretrial release for… Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device Account processing issue - the email address may already exist Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account BLOOMINGTON — Bloomington Animal Care and Control is full They’re looking for folks to step up and adopt Animal Care Technician Shelley Cook adopted her first pet ever while working at the shelter “The home that I saw her in was mine," Cook said Her and Penny Schmoo have been best buds for 5 years She’s the emotional support that an emotional support animal is supposed to be," she said Outreach and Behavior Coordinator Emily Herr says the shelter sees an influx of animals “Typically this time of year when we have a more increased population we would have 10 to 12 open dog kennels," Herr said Bloomington Animal Care and Control is an open admissions shelter foster families took 56 percent of the animals that came through the shelter “Where they could become of age to be spayed or neutered where they could have a place to relax that wasn’t a shelter environment," Herr said Herr encourages folks to consider fostering or adopting during this time of crisis The shelter has multiple incentives like waived or reduced adoption fees and events like Free Feline Friday’s on the first Friday of the month “Our foster program and our adoption program we consider low barrier We wanna make it accessible to people in our community regardless of where they live or what type of housing they live in," she said The shelter is open Monday through Friday 12 p.m IU is known for its beautiful campus with iconic landmarks like Sample Gates the Indiana Memorial Union and the Rose Well House you will see that the city of Bloomington has even more to explore.   Here are things to do on your next Bloomington outing Try a local food truck at Switchyard Park    With a dog park, pickleball courts, fitness stations and more, a sunny afternoon spent at Switchyard Park is a must regularly hosts community events like the Bloomington Winter Farmers’ Market and drop-in fitness classes From April to October every Friday, Switchyard hosts Food Truck Friday with local food trucks live music and entertainment such as balloon artists and body painters Food trucks include cheesesteaks from Slop Shop Sip coffee and study at Bloomington Farmstop Collective  The Bloomington Farmstop Collective is a farmers’ market and café owned by more than 60 local farms that is perfect for anyone wanting to eat clean and support local farms The market offers a wide variety of fresh produce They even sell organic dog treats for your furry friends.  There is also a café with freshly made pastries After ordering a refreshing iced matcha or soothing herbal tea there is plenty of seating available to knock out some work or catch up with friends.  The Bloomington Farmstop Collective is located at 902 W Catch a movie at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater  Built in 1922, the Buskirk-Chumley Theater at 114 E is one of Bloomington’s many iconic locations The theater offers concession stands with popcorn and candy as well as alcoholic beverages from Upland Brewing Company and Cardinal Spirits Griffy Lake Nature Preserve offers a 109-acre lake and 1,200-acre nature preserve The expansive lake is ideal for fishing and boating paddleboards and rowboats can be rented from the Griffy Lake Boathouse Swimming is not permitted at Griffy Lake.   the nature preserve also has 10 hiking trails ranging from easy to rugged for more experienced hikers Bloomington is home to a wide variety of international cuisine. Amrit India on 124 N is just one of the over 75 international restaurants in the city The family-owned restaurant boasts an extensive menu of authentic Indian dishes Bloomington Police said someone shot a man Thursday night outdoors in the 500 block of East Monroe Street Officers said the call went out shortly after 10 p.m Preliminary information suggested it was an isolated incident and are asking for anyone with information about the shooting to come forward to help the investigation Anyone with information is encouraged to contact detective Kevin Raisbeck at (309) 434-2593 or Kraisbeck@cityblm.org Become a WGLT sponsor A jail in Kentucky confirmed Friday it has custody of three people who were detained by U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Bloomington Hopkins County Jailer Mike Lewis told the Indiana Daily Student the detainees were booked into the jail April 30. Jail records confirm that Neville Mayorga Rosales and Manuel Sente-Tevelan Hopkins County Jail is an ICE detention facility. Detainees can be held there while they go through ICE determination, during which they either begin the immigration process or undergo removal from the United States, according to the ICE website It’s still unclear the extent to which ICE has been detaining people in Bloomington and whether the agency is still in town Reach out at newstips@idsnews.com or more securely at @idsnews.25 on Signal.    Bloomington has joined the few cities in Indiana to offer a contraceptive vending machine to the public It’s located at the Gather Shoppe at the downtown square All the resources are free and open to the public during the shop’s business hours Tuesday-Sunday and it’s closed on Mondays Organizers say the machine comes at a crucial time amid national tension in reproductive care The machine was installed Monday and the supplies were stocked Wednesday The store will have a launch party from 5:30 to 7 p.m Store associate Anna Halliday said she’s seeing excitement for the machine from customers “Having … all of these free items for people Local artist Sally Harless will paint and decorate the machine Statewide advocacy group Indiana Task Force launched the program in Indiana last year. The Bloomington machine is the third in the state. The first was in Indianapolis and the second in Lafayette Statewide coordinator Mack Pruitt with the Indiana Task Force said local efforts are filling a gap in state reproductive health resources “Whenever institutions and governments and people in charge fail us Pruitt said that emergency contraception is the most-vended item in the other two machines Read more: Transparency, accountability needed following Futures Clinic closure Other organizations that assisted with the Bloomington installation included Hoosier Asian American Power and local food resource center Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard CEO and President of Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard said this idea was important to her because many of the items have become less accessible for those struggling financially “I think just seeing the demands for those products and the number of requests we receive as folks check in to see if those are available just demonstrate how much need there is,” Betz said She encourages people to spread the word about the vending machine and take what they need She also wants to hear what else people want included “Share with your friends and help them learn about the machine,” she said but you might need it next week or next month.” The initiative began with the Midwest Access Coalition “We realized quickly how much of a need (there was for) these resources … but on a regular basis something that people could rely on to be in a certain place at specific times,” said Walker Fitz community and events coordinator for the Midwest Access Coalition The first machine was installed at the Dorothy bar in Chicago The Coalition is looking to install the next machine in Sioux Falls Elyse Perry contributed reporting for this story The Bloomington Animal Shelter is getting lots of attention after one of its dogs went viral The year-and-a-half old husky mix named Picasso is described by the shelter as a work of art.  “Picasso takes great pride in his namesake always working his best angles to show off his mismatched eyes and teeny teeth,” his description read “He gives excellent hugs and likes to gaze into your eyes with what could be judgment or simply a lack of thoughts You'll have to spend many hours looking at him to decide exactly what his meaning is And what better way to do that than adopting this one-of-a-kind masterpiece?”  The dog was prominently featured on the Dog Pictures Reddit thread and received thousands of upvotes.  Animal Shelter Outreach and Behavior Coordinator Emily Herr said she was blown away by the attention he received.   “Every time I check our email or social media so he's a very popular guy,” she shared Friday.   Related: Bloomington Animal Shelter sees spike in need to bring dogs into shelter, short on space  The shelter received Picasso in April after he was found in Martinsville as a stray Herr said his personality is happy-go-lucky.   just happy to be here,” she said.  Herr said she’s unsure what happened to him to cause the structural differences but said they were the biggest reason he drew so much attention.  Picasso was adopted Saturday by a family outside of Bloomington Herr said anyone looking for a pet should come in and see the shelter’s cats and dogs.  “We still have a lot of other great dogs to choose from so we still want to encourage people to come in and find a good match for them.”  Read more: Lil BUB’s legacy lives on in Bloomington  Xiaofeng Wang was fired by Indiana University on the same day as an FBI raid – but he hasn’t been charged with a crime When FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents descended recently on two homes owned by Xiaofeng Wang a Chinese national and cybersecurity professor at Indiana University many in the idyllic college town of Bloomington were shocked In December, Wang had been questioned by his employers about allegedly receiving undisclosed funding from China on a project that also received US federal research grants. On the same day of the home raids, Wang was fired from his longstanding post at Indiana University over email – a move that goes against the university’s own policy But Wang hasn’t been charged with any offence and his lawyer says no criminal charges are pending The incident has driven fear into the hearts of Bloomington’s Asian community of faculty and students who fear a political motivation “I study at the computer science department and I’ve overheard Chinese professors talking about how worried they are that something similar could happen them too,” says a Chinese PhD student who came to Bloomington from Suzhou last September and who asked not to be named given the sensitivity of the issue During the first Trump administration, the Department of Justice created the China Initiative in an effort to find and prosecute spies for Beijing working in US research and development sectors it was criticized by rights groups for fueling racial profiling and violence against Asian Americans and a review by the Biden administration saw the effort ended in 2022 Trump has made targeting universities whose leadership and faculty he believes run against his own agenda a key element of his second term For the Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Gang Chen what happened to Wang “brings chills to our spines” “What is particularly troubling in this case is that Indiana University fired him and his wife without due process presuming guilt instead of innocence,” Chen says found himself charged by the Department of Justice for allegedly failing to disclose links to Chinese organizations on a grant application for a federally funded project with just weeks remaining in Trump’s first term “The investigations on Professor Wang and his firing creates huge fear among researchers of Chinese descent, especially students and postdoctorates from China together with legislation and hostile rhetoric I learned that many Chinese students and postdoctorates here are considering leaving the US.” More students from China come to the US to study and research at third-level institutions than from any other country The fear of Chinese spies operating in the US isn’t completely unfounded A report released recently by US intelligence agencies found that China remains the top cyber threat to America and many politicians on the right believe smaller colleges in low-key parts of the country such as the midwest could be used as gateways into the US by the Chinese Communist party But the vast majority of the estimated 300,000 Chinese academics and students in the US today are in the country to legitimately contribute to research and to learn say experts who fear that Trump’s targeting of colleges deemed to be antisemitic may now be shifting to the midwest Last month, the Department of Education named Indiana University Bloomington among 60 colleges under investigation for alleged antisemitic discrimination It’s not only Chinese academics and students who could be affected Indiana and other heartland states are home to some of the largest Chinese student populations in the country Nearly half of Urbana-Champaign’s combined population of 130,000 people in neighboring Illinois is made up of college students and staff Nearly six thousand are students from China which has a population of under 80,000 people bringing hundreds of millions of dollars into the college and town these and other small university towns have come to rely on international students to prop up their economies A couple of blocks west of the Indiana University Bloomington campus Korean and Asian eateries cater to the college’s large Asian community The sidewalk in front of the Longfei Chinese restaurant is dotted with food signs written in Mandarin says he believes that the political problems between Washington and Beijing have seen the number of Chinese students coming to the US – and through his doors – fall in recent years who one recent morning is here grabbing lunch says his student visa status allows him to stay in the US for up to five years but he and his Chinese colleagues are worried that the Trump administration may cut that short “I’m concerned with President Trump’s hostility against China and this kind of hostility may affect Chinese students and professors “I’m concerned about the impact on my life.” Faculty at the department where Wang worked for more than two decades have called for Indiana University to revoke his dismissal His profile page on the University’s website has been removed and college authorities have not commented on his firing who worked as a library analyst at the same university] have been arrested … further there are no pending criminal charges as far as we are aware,” says Jason Covert a lawyer at Taft Stettinius & Hollister “They look forward to clearing their names and resuming their successful careers at the conclusion of this investigation.” Covert would not say whether Wang planned to remain in the US The Bloomington Faculty Council passed a resolution April 8 to form a mutual academic defense compact for the Big Ten Academic Alliance.  The Rutgers University Senate passed the same resolution April 6 to establish an alliance with the Big Ten’s 18 universities to defend “academic freedom institutional integrity and the research enterprise.” Rutgers called on the leadership of other Big Ten universities and their governing boards to implement the compact Big Ten leaders would have to convene a summit and initiate its implementation.  its funds would be distributed to provide “immediate and strategic support to any member institution under direct political or legal infringement,” including legal counsel and representations legislative advocacy and countersuit actions.  including an unknown number at IU.   associate professor of political science and Middle Eastern studies told the IDS that he felt the Trump administration was trying to wedge its way into university affairs to accomplish their agenda He mentioned Wang’s firing as motivation to pass the resolution.  Sinno was suspended by IU in December 2023 after he attempted to reserve a room for an event co-sponsored by the Palestine Solidarity Committee.  “When they go after one university after the other even very powerful universities like Harvard and Columbia who have large endowments they’re not strong enough,” Sinno told the IDS Wednesday Psychology professor emeritus Steven Sherman introduced the idea of a defense compact at the BFC meeting Sherman said he heard about the Rutgers faculty’s resolution through a colleague at IU.  and it would provide a lot of support for faculty,” Sherman told the IDS “I know quite a few faculty who’ve had their grants suddenly stopped in midstream.”  He said faculty had concerns regarding free speech and tenure BFC’s version of the resolution was the exact same as the Rutgers resolution with the names of the universities swapped After he introduced the idea at the meeting he said the vote for approval passed nearly unanimously.  IU recently removed diversity equity and inclusion language from its diversity websites and signage around campus following a nationwide push against DEI Indiana Governor Mike Braun and President Donald Trump both signed executive orders in January to eliminate DEI initiatives.   Sinno said he thought the faculty felt the need to defend their colleagues and students.  “They wanted administration to actually do something,” Sinno said to coordinate and create (a) common pool of resources to use to defend whoever is being targeted at the time.”  skeptical that IU’s administration would adopt the idea as they would need to in order to create a compact who he said had been in touch with other universities to encourage others to adopt the resolution as well.   “I think it has a chance of gaining foothold I have no idea whether administrations will be open to it,” Sherman said IU spokesperson Mark Bode did not respond by the time of publication.  Indiana 2025 signee Trent Sisley is playing in the Ballislife All-American Game on Saturday night in Long Beach The two-day event included a 3-v-3 tournament featuring both the boys and girls rosters on Friday night and a 3-Point and Slam Dunk Contest earlier on Saturday This is the 11th year of the Ballislife All-American game Past notable MVPs of the event include Collin Sexton (2017) Donovan Mitchell (2015) and Zach Lavine (2013) Trending: Hoosiers’ newest addition Josh Harris wants ‘to bring Indiana back’ Trent Sisley will be one of three Montverde Academy (Fla.) players in the event — including Dante Allen (Miami) and Hudson Greer (Creighton). Sisley, who crossed the 2,000-point milestone in the first half of Montverde’s 67-52 loss in the Chipotle National opener last month, transferred to Montverde this past summer after three standout seasons at Heritage Hills (Ind.). “I’d do it over again 10 times,” Sisley said following the game I’ve got a bunch of brothers in the locker room right now They are all going to play high major basketball 5.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists a game this season He shot 63 percent from the floor and 44 percent (21-of-48) from three “Consistency,” Sisley said was his biggest improvement Sisley will arrive at Indiana in early June and is part of a one-person 2025 signing class for the Hoosiers at the moment Indiana guard Anthony Leal is applying for a wavier to receive an extra year of eligibility -- his sixth year -- for the 2025-26 season.... Mike Woodson might be not be ready to retire He is a leading candidate to become Doug Christie’s top assistant with the Sacramento Kings, sources tell Sam Amick of The Athletic It was announced the 67-year-old Woodson was stepping down from his IU post in February He coached the remainder of the 2024-25 season He coached the Hoosiers for four seasons and finished with an 82-53 record His Indiana teams made the NCAA Tournament twice Woodson coached in the NBA for 25 years before coming to Indiana in 2021 He was serving as an assistant coach with the Knicks in his most recent stop in the league He compiled a 206-286 record as head coach of the Hawks from 2004-2010 taking the team from 13-69 in his first season to 53-29 in his final year He led Atlanta to three playoff appearances and ranks fourth in franchise history in career coaching wins Woodson was hired by the Knicks as an assistant in 2011 and was promoted to head coach midway through the season He was 109-79 in two and a half years before being fired after the 2013-14 season Woodson began his coaching career as an assistant with the Bucks in 1996 he also served as an assistant for the Cavaliers He played for six teams in 11 NBA seasons after being selected by the Knicks in the first round of the 1980 draft Woodson was on the first Kings team to play in Sacramento For complete coverage of IU basketball, GO HERE The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly” No one was hurt Sunday night when a man stole a car from a Bloomington gas station that had a baby inside and police are seeking the alleged car thief According to a Bloomington Police Department news release, police got a call at 11:15 p.m. that a vehicle with a child was inside had been stolen from the Speedway station at 3939 W A 23-year-old woman reported she had gone inside to buy a money order and left her infant son asleep in the back seat of her 2013 Chevrolet Equinox She parked outside the entrance door "so she could watch her vehicle," the news release said then re-entered the store to get the money order looked out "and saw her vehicle being quickly driven out of the parking lot She then ran out of the store and was screaming that her vehicle had just been stolen with her infant son inside it," the news release said She got into a car with two people at the gas station and they chased the stolen SUV east on Third Street with the mother on the phone to police describing what had happened The SUV pulled onto the Bob Evans parking lot and the thief abandoned it in a grassy area still in drive and ran away The infant was found asleep and unharmed in the back seat of the vehicle Police are reviewing surveillance footage from the gas station and nearby businesses to identify the suspect Contact H-T reporter Laura Lane at llane@heraldt.com or 812-2318-5967 Indiana fans will get a chance to hear from new IU men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries in person in a few weeks along with football coach Curt Cignetti and several Hoosier athletes That opportunity will come via the annual “Hoosiers at Huber’s” event May 28 Huber’s Orchard Proceeds from this year’s event will benefit Name The location is approximately 30 minutes north of Louisville for fans unable to attend The Daily Hoosier will have coverage of the press conferences and other public remarks by the coaches Below is more information about how to attend the event.  Fans can sign up at this link Another Hoosiers Connect event returning this summer is the golf outing at French Lick, Ind.  For more information on that, GO HERE. According to a report from Sam Amick of The Athletic Mike Woodson may be returning to the hardwood in 2025 He is a leading candidate to become Doug Christie’s top assistant with the Sacramento Kings. Sources say Mike Woodson is a leading candidate for the Kings’ top assistant spot under Doug Christie. He last coached in the NBA in 2021, and spent the past four years as the head coach at Indiana. https://t.co/CNrD3mHIj2 who took over the head coaching job on an interim basis after the team fired head coach Mike Brown during the regular season was named the permanent head coach last month back in March This season the Sacramento Kings finished with a regular season record of 40-42 and were eliminated in the play-in tournament Former Indiana Hoosiers head coach Mike Woodson announced he was stepping down from his job at Indiana in February at the age of 67 years old Woodson coached the remainder of the 2024-25 season finishing the season with a 19-13 record missing the NCAA Tournament for a second straight season He coached the Hoosiers for four seasons total and finished with an 82-53 overall record including a 41-39 record in the Big Ten Conference producing NBA players like Kel'el Ware Jalen Hood Schifino and Trayce Jackson-Davis Woodson coached in the NBA for 25 years most recently with the New York Knicks as an assistant coach Woodson was the head coach of the Atlanta Hawks from 2004-2010 He did lead three playoff appearances including back to back second round appearances of the NBA playoffs He has 14 years of experience as an assistant coach including in 2003-2004 with the championship Detroit Pistons team when Scott Perry was there as well as in 2020-2021 when they were both with the Knicks We will likely hear more about Woodson being finalized as the lead assistant for Doug Christie in the coming days It'll be interesting to see how they shape up their roster as well and what signings and trades they will make as their window shrinks from what it was just a couple seasons ago © 2025 Minute Media - All Rights Reserved The content on this site is for entertainment and educational purposes only Betting and gambling content is intended for individuals 21+ and is based on individual commentators' opinions and not that of Minute Media or its affiliates and related brands All picks and predictions are suggestions only and not a guarantee of success or profit If you or someone you know has a gambling problem crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER He is a leading candidate to become Doug Christie’s top assistant with the Sacramento Kings. Sources say Mike Woodson is a leading candidate for the Kings’ top assistant spot under Doug Christie. He last coached in the NBA in 2021, and spent the past four years as the head coach at Indiana. https://t.co/CNrD3mHIj2 Former Indiana Hoosiers head coach Mike Woodson announced he was stepping down from his job at Indiana in February at the age of 67 years old Former Indiana Hoosiers head coach Mike Woodson could be returning to the hardwood after a brief retirement this off-season A free contraceptive vending machine has been installed at the Gather Shoppe in downtown Bloomington, making emergency contraception, condoms and menstruation products accessible to the public during the store's business hours, according to an Indiana Public Media report launched by the statewide advocacy group Indiana Task Force following installations in Indianapolis and Lafayette The Indiana Task Force reports that emergency contraception is the most frequently accessed item in their other vending machines Local organizations including Hoosier Asian American Power and Mother Hubbard's Cupboard also supported the Bloomington installation The initiative originated with the Midwest Access Coalition which installed its first machine in Chicago and plans to expand further Advocates encourage community members to spread awareness about the Bloomington vending machine and utilize the available resources Get the latest news and resources from Vending Times IU Bloomington has sculptures and statues all over campus These works of art commemorate researchers athletes and musicians and often have some surprising backstories Here are some of the best stories behind iconic campus art.  Herman B Wells by Harold ‘Tuck’ Langland  Perhaps the most famous statue on IU’s campus is that of former president and chancellor Herman B Wells the B in his name doesn’t stand for anything according to Wells’ obituary in the New York Times in 2000 His parents couldn’t agree on a middle name that started with ‘B’ the tradition on his mother’s side of the family.   Wells’ statue sits on a bench in the Old Crescent It’s tradition that if students shake Wells’ hand it will bring them good luck on their final exams.   According to a 2010 Indiana Daily Student story carved “University of Minnesota — Go Gophers” on the underside of the brim of Wells’ hat.   ‘Search of Universal Life,’ or ‘SOUL’ by William Snapp  William Snapp’s statue of a man reaching towards the sky stands in the Commemorative Garden of the Indiana Memorial Union.  “SOUL” was donated to the university in 1989 and stolen (for the first time) circa1995 The statue was stolen again in 2002 and discovered in the woods nearly a year later It hasn’t been reported missing since.   ‘Hoagy Carmichael Landmark Sculpture’ by Michael McAuley  Near the IU Auditorium sits a bronze sculpture of Hoagy Carmichael a Bloomington jazz pianist and composer who is best known for his song “Stardust.” A 2008 IU news article described many of Carmichael’s compositions as “American jazz standards” and recounted that he won an Oscar in 1952 for his song “In the Cool Sculptor and Bloomington native Michael McAuley depicted Carmichael seated at a piano with one hand resting on its top Students often place a flower in that hand or on the brim of Carmichael’s hat.   An IU Athletics story from 2019 described George Taliaferro as “one of the most important and influential individuals in the history of Indiana University.”   Taliaferro was an accomplished football player and the first Black man to be drafted into the NFL Taliaferro and Wells played a significant part in the desegregation of Bloomington in the 1940s His statue stands on the north side of Memorial Stadium ‘Peau Rouge Indiana’ by Alexander Calder  famous for his mobiles and monumental works created this abstract art piece in 1970 specifically for the Musical Arts Center of the Jacobs School of Music according to Visit Bloomington.   The Herald-Times reported in 2018 that when “Peau Rouge Indiana” needed to be repainted in 1980 the primer was too similar in color to the gold of rival school Purdue IU president John Ryan sent for the Calder Foundation’s red paint via plane to make sure that the sculpture wasn’t painted gold when IU faced off against Purdue for the Old Oaken Bucket.   Elinor Ostrom was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Economics and her statue sits in the Ostrom Commons behind Woodburn Hall Sculptor McAuley said that the statue was meant to reflect Ostrom’s vivacious character in a 2020 IU news story.  there is a giant limestone sculpture of a brain carver Mike Donham and Accent Limestone worked together to create the largest anatomically correct sculpture of a brain in the world according to the Department of Psychology and Brain Sciences Harlan owes his name to the Harlan Family Foundation Harlan sported a sign reading “I voted.” Good job Former Indiana basketball coach Mike Woodson may be back on the sideline soon The Athletic's Sam Amick reported that the NBA's Sacramento Kings are considering Woodson for their lead assistant coach position who took over on an interim basis after the team fired head coach Mike Brown during the regular season Lead assistant Jay Triano was let go over the weekend The Kings finished the regular season 40-42 and were eliminated in the play-in tournament Woodson and IU separated after four years in which the Hoosiers went 82-53 and made the NCAA Tournament in 2022 and '23 Road trip: IU to visit Hollywood for first time in Big Ten play The 67-year-old has extensive NBA head coaching experience: six years with the Atlanta Hawks (2004-10 three playoff appearances) and two-plus with the New York Knicks (2012-14 He has also been an assistant with six teams Woodson was a Knicks assistant the season before IU hired him Bloomington will experience four nights of live original music in a compelling structure: "the Cosmic format." In pairs artists will take turns performing songs onstage at a variety of local locations and they'll talk about the stories that lie underneath their tunes This year's Cosmic Songwriter Festival headliners include Rodney Crowell, Tommy Prine, John Baumann, Elizabeth Moen, Thomas Csorba and Sam Moss This year's festival will be May 14-17 at four different locations such as the monthly showcases called Cosmic Songwriters Club at the Orbit Room two songwriters take the stage simultaneously One plays as the other listens; then they switch and musicians and their fans have expanded it Willie Nelson's record release "Oh What a World" came out April 25 and all its songs are written by Cosmic festival performer Rodney Crowell The album is the latest in Nelson’s focusing whole albums on one songwriter "Oh What a Beautiful World," wherever you stream noncompetitive," said co-founder Pablo "Oso" Fuentes since getting music gigs as a performer often means elbowing out someone else to get a spot "There's a lot of cooperation," Fuentes said The festival is also a way to experiment with new material "Carrie Newcomer tried out some new songs at our Cosmic Showcase (a different Get more Sunday Attractions Access Bloomington news anywhere with the Herald-Times app "This year's Cosmic Songwriter Festival is tighter," Fuentes said It's a slight departure from previous years; there will be two pairings per night instead of three "We are a listening-room event," Fuentes said He appreciates that "two hours is a long time for people to focus," but he hopes the audience will save their conversations for afterward "When it gets a little rowdy — we do have signs up to please keep quiet — we have conversations We encourage people to shush their neighbors." Fuentes has experience trying to maintain control among rowdies "They have ideas that I sometimes have to manage." Images from a past Cosmic event: PHOTOS: Bloomington Music Expo with Cosmic Songwriters Club performances at Switchyard Park Singer/songwriters are paired during the four nights of the Cosmic Songwriter Festival After-parties at the Bluebird and the Buskirk-Chumley Theater offer special songwriter combinations and time to connect — and revel after all that hushed listening Prices vary; go online to www.cosmicsongwriter.com/ for tickets and more information For a special 20% discount on the May 16 show Cosmic went a step further and applied for a distinction: "Mayor Thomson declared May 16 Cosmic Songwriters Day." The IHSAA released its baseball sectional pairings on Sunday setting up the road to the state finals at Victory Field in late June Sectionals will start May 28 and finish up with the finals on June 2 One-game regionals will be held at one of the following southern locations with assignments announced by June 4: Center Grove Here's how the blind draw played out for the Bloomington and surrounding areas teams We'll have a Bloomington battle right off the bat with North (8-5) taking on South (9-5) in the lone game on May 28 THN drew Martinsville (0-10) in the other semifinal Regional pairing: Columbus East Sectional champion Bedford North Lawrence (9-3) got a bye to the semifinals and a tough draw in Seymour (12-3) which is currently on top of the Hoosier Hills Conference at 4-1 The first-round matchups pit Floyd Central (6-8) against New Albany (6-7) and Silver Creek (9-3) Those winners will meet in the first semifinal Regional pairing: Evansville Reitz Sectional champion More: How North's Caleb Winders and South's Ellie Barada got a head start on track season Edgewood (5-3) drew Indianapolis George Washington to start which is listed as having played just four games while being outscored 68-8 Defending champ Northview (5-7) and Cascade (9-3) play in other first-round game Speedway (2-11) won a sectional last year and gets red-hot Owen Valley (8-1) in the semifinals Format will look a bit different than in the past for Edgewood and OV Opening round games will take place on May 28th (5:30/7:30 p.m.) with the semifinals on June 2 set for 10 a.m and noon and the title game that night at 6 Regional pairing: New Palestine Sectional champion The good news for Eastern Greene (9-3) is that it avoids former head coach Trevor McConnell and his No the T-Birds still get a tough draw in Sullivan (13-2) to open up on May 28 at 6 p.m draw always tough West Vigo (9-6) with Linton and South Knox also playing in the first round Semifinals and finals will be June 2 at 10 a.m. Regional pairing: Tell City Sectional champion Mitchell (5-8) will get things started in Game 1 vs Clarksville (2-10) and the winner advances to a semifinal against Paoli (4-4) The Bluejackets beat the Rams 8-5 on April 18 The first-round pairings see Providence vs Regional pairing: Switzerland County Sectional champion Monrovia (6-7) will travel to Indianapolis for its sectional with the winner moving on to a date with Cardinal Ritter (2-10) Covenant Christian (8-6) meets Park Tudor (8-3) in the other semifinal a matchup Park Tudor won earlier in the regular season 11-1 Regional pairing: South Vermillion Sectional champion A pair of struggling teams in Orleans (2-10) and Shoals (0-6) meet in Game 1 with the survivor moving ahead to take on Vincennes Rivet (8-4) in the second semifinal North Daviess (9-5-1) and Loogootee (1-8) will play in the first Regional pairing: White River Valley Sectional champion The IHSAA revealed its softball sectionals brackets on Sunday May 26 with finals at Terre Haute and Edgewood set for May 28 One-game regionals will take place at home sites on June 3 with southern semi-states at Center Grove (4A) Forest Park (2A) and North Daviess (1A) on June 7 Here's how the path to Purdue's Bittinger Stadium and the state finals has been paid out for our area teams: the field and the Panthers will open against Terre Haute North (14-5) South beat the Patriots 6-1 in their CI matchup Bloomington North (4-8) will face Martinsville (8-11) in the first semifinal All five teams will come in eager for a postseason breakthrough Regional pairing: Winner will play host to East Central Sectional winner Bedford North Lawrence (13-7) was done no favors with the draw getting defending champ and seventh ranked Floyd Central (16-4) in the semifinals The Highlanders won their conference meeting on April 22 Jeffersonville (1-11) and Seymour (10-6) will play in Game 1 with New Albany (4-11) drawing the winner and the lone bye to the semifinals Regional pairing: Winner will play host to Evansville North Sectional champion More: South girls end drought, North boys keep reigning and other takeaways from CI track meet Owen Valley (7-5) gets a tough opener with No which moved up after winning 2A state title last year the host Mustangs (8-4) draw Indianapolis George Washington which is listed as 0-3 after giving up 57 runs Northview (7-7) gets the bye and likely Edgewood in the semis Regional pairing: Winner plays host to New Palestine Sectional champion Eastern Greene (3-6) will start off with the Miners (8-6) with the winner getting South Knox T-Birds avoid the tough upper bracket where a likely showdown between two-time defending sectional champ Sullivan (11-7) and No which won its first 15 games before a 3-0 loss to Indian Creek got the bye and awaits the Sullivan-North Knox winner Regional pairing: Winner will play host to the Forest Park Sectional champion Mitchell (3-8) was handed a rough assignment right off the bat with defending champ Providence (9-4) with Clarksville and Salem also in the same half of the bracket Eastern (Pekin) drew the bye and will await the winner between Paoli and Crawford County Regional pairing: Winner plays at Brown County Sectional champion Just four teams here as Monrovia (6-6) will play in the opener against Covenant Christian (10-8) Their regular season match up is on the 17th Park Tudor meets Cardinal Ritter in the other semi Covenant Christian last won a sectional in 2019 Ritter in 2014 and Park Tudor has never won one Regional pairing: Winner plays at Southmont Sectional champion 5 Orleans (12-2) draws the long route and must get through Barr-Reeve to start in Round 1 The other semi pits North Daviess and Loogootee Regional pairing: Winner plays at Clay City Sectional champion – Of the 10 players that Indiana coach Darian DeVries has added from the transfer portal none is less experienced than North Florida forward Josh Harris Harris might have the highest upside of any of the additions 220-pound power forward fills a need for the Hoosiers who needed a bit more bulk in the frontcourt he started every game he played and averaged 13.4 points and 7.1 rebounds and while the Atlantic Sun Conference isn’t the Big Ten Perhaps one question that needs to be answered for Harris – as well as fellow North Florida transfer guard Jasai Miles – is how much their numbers were a product of North Florida’s system Indiana is banking that those players made that system high-scoring Here’s a look at some examples of Harris when he’s been at his best in his career It didn’t take long for Harris to make his presence felt for North Florida Harris proved pivotal in a road game at SIU-Edwardsville Harris scored 20 points in the Ospreys’ 78-73 victory in Edwardsville His production was almost evenly balanced over two halves He had nine points in the first half and 11 in the second Harris made a key layup with 3:46 left to put North Florida up six after SIU-Edwardsville had rallied to make the game close it was the efficiency that stood out for Harris For a freshman still coming to grips with college basketball a 9-for-11 performance from the field to go with nine rebounds was impressive indeed North Florida Ospreys forward Josh Harris (10) slam dunks the ball in the first half over Jacksonville Dolphins forward Tito Deng (15) Jacksonville University played University of North Florida Thursday night 2025 in the River City Rumble in Jacksonville [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]2025 / Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ImagesIn his short career He scored 31 in a 90-81 victory at Queens College in November He’s had five other games where he scored at least 20 points so 21 of those 50% or better games were on five shot attempts or more Harris’ career-best was a 5-for-6 game against Austin Peay in March His highest career field goal total was 12 in that contest against Queens Harris has only failed to convert 50% of those shot attempts seven times Harris is a decent free throw shooter for a big man He’s had three games where he made four without a miss One reason Indiana wanted DeVries was for his rebounding Harris has had four games with 10 or more rebounds His career-best was 14 boards against non-Division I Warner Harris had seven offensive rebounds against another non-Division I foe – Edward Waters He blocked four in a January game against Stetson but it’s one of only two games in which he had more than one block Harris had one three-assist game in his career and four games in which he had two steals there’s not a lot of hard-and-fast data on Harris yet The one thing that sticks out is his offensive rebounding percentage He grabbed 13.8% of available offensive rebounds when he was on the floor in 2025 Any offensive rebounding rate in double digits is considered to be very good It will be interesting to see how much Harris gets a chance to show what he can do for the Hoosiers TODD GOLDENLong-time Indiana journalist Todd Golden has been a writer with “Indiana Hoosiers on SI” since 2024, and has worked at several state newspapers for more than two decades. Follow Todd on Twitter @ToddAaronGolden. many players have made new priorities on their list definitely losing a sense of loyalty to the school they originally signed with In today's age of college sports, it is seen less and less that an athlete spends their entire career at one school. With the transfer portal and NIL it's the wild wild west, while good in some ways some college athletes stay with the original commitments throughout their entire college career and Indiana guard Anthony Leal is a prime example of someone who is loyal 100% After five seasons with the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball program Leal was thought to be done with his college career expected to move on the next phase of life but as the great Lee Corso says "Not so fast According to Peegs.com, and 247Sports the Indiana graduate is appealing to the NCAA for another year of eligibility looking to be a sixth year senior with the program The 2020 Indiana Mr. Basketball and four-star prospect was an impressive scorer during his career at Bloomington South. Leal averaged 18.5 points as a senior along with 4.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 2.1 steals as a junior according to Indiana University Athletics Leal finished the season averaging a career-high 3.3 points per game while shooting 57.8% from the field 41.2% on 17 3-point attempts and 61.9% at the free throw line Leal was snubbed from the Big Ten All-Defensive team but wasnamed Honoree for the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award in 2024 He was also honored at senior day but hopes to return for the Darian DeVries led team in 2025-26 Representing Indiana has been the honor of a lifetime. From going to games as a kid to stepping onto the court wearing cream and crimson, this incredible journey has come full circle in ways I never could have imagined.I'm overwhelmed with gratitude for everyone who embraced… pic.twitter.com/k5Z9VVDuj2 Seniors Anthony Leal and Luke Goode will have to wait just a few weeks to hear from the NCAA about their ruling for the upcoming season According to Peegs.com, and 247Sports the Indiana graduate is appealing to the NCAA for another year of eligibility The 2020 Indiana Mr. Basketball and four-star prospect was an impressive scorer during his career at Bloomington South. Leal averaged 18.5 points as a senior along with 4.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 2.1 steals as a junior according to Indiana University Athletics Leal was snubbed from the Big Ten All-Defensive team but wasnamed Honoree for the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award in 2024 Representing Indiana has been the honor of a lifetime. From going to games as a kid to stepping onto the court wearing cream and crimson, this incredible journey has come full circle in ways I never could have imagined.I'm overwhelmed with gratitude for everyone who embraced… pic.twitter.com/k5Z9VVDuj2 Seniors Anthony Leal and Luke Goode will have to wait just a few weeks to hear from the NCAA about their ruling for the upcoming season Indiana basketball guard Anthony Leal will pursue waiver for 6th-year of eligibility Editor's note: Hoosiers On SI looks at the Indiana players Darian DeVries has brought to the team from the transfer portal and their best performances At risk of asking this question too early is new Indiana forward Reed Bailey underrated who obviously made Bailey a priority as he was one of the first players to commit to Darian DeVries Bailey kind of got caught in a bit of a weird churn in the portal He wasn’t the first commit – that was either Conor Enright or Tucker DeVries depending on how you might look at it – and he didn’t come in with the drama Lamar Wilkerson did as Indiana won the head-to-head fight with Kentucky for Wilkerson Bailey’s commitment also became public knowledge on a Sunday a day when many aren’t paying attention to such things If it’s true that Bailey got overlooked due to circumstances beyond his control matches up to anyone else Indiana brought in from the portal a very high total from a non-point guard who averaged nearly 20 points per game could be the best player Indiana brought in his career suggests that his game will do plenty of talking for him Here’s a look at some examples of Bailey when he’s been at his best in his career a player’s biggest moment becomes a footnote because his team lost Such was the case for Bailey in a Davidson game at Rhode Island on Jan Bailey went crazy against Archie Miller’s Rams He scored a career-high 32 points on 11 of 17 shooting and he was a perfect 4-for-4 from 3-point range Bailey also made a layup with five seconds left in overtime to put Davidson in front It was an effort that would be long remembered by Davidson fans Except Rhode Island’s Sebastian Thomas drilled a 3-pointer with a second left to give Rhode Island a 92-90 victory Bailey started all 97 games he played at Davidson but he really didn’t become dominant until his recently completed junior season Bailey averaged 18.8 points for the Wildcats shooting 41.5% from 3-point range and 47.7% overall It stands to reason that Bailey’s top six scoring efforts came in the 2024-25 season He peaked with the 32-point game at Rhode Island but he had five other games where he scored at least 25 points it’s not surprising that Bailey shot 50% or better on five or more shots in a game 27 times Bailey’s career-best percentage was 5-for-7 against both Fordham and Peace His personal best was 11 field goals made in a 72-66 win at Richmond in January Bailey has had an impressive 23 games where he shot at least 50% from 3-point range Only one of them came on five 3-point attempts or more but he’s proven to be reliable from long range Bailey’s career-best in 3-point accuracy was a 4-for-4 performance in that win against Richmond That’s also his career-best for 3-pointers made in a game Bailey can be lethal at the free throw line He’s had 25 games where he was perfect from the line Seven of those games came when Bailey attempted five free throws or more He was 12-for-12 at the line twice – in a 2023 game against Miami of Ohio and in a January 2024 game at Fordham Though rightly characterized as a stretch four forward He’s had six career double-digit rebounding efforts His career high was 14 rebounds against Loyola in February including an 11-assist effort in that aforementioned win against Richmond Bailey’s career high in steals is five in a December 2024 win against Detroit Mercy though he’s had a trio of three-block games Bailey’s performance against Richmond gave him his best sports-reference.com game score of 29.8 He barely missed a triple-double with 30 points It was one of the most dominant performances any of Indiana’s transfer portal additions have had in their careers Bailey rates highly in advanced offensive metrics He ranked in the top 20 in the Atlantic 10 Conference in nearly every advanced offensive category – including the fourth-best Player Efficiency Rating at 22.3 Advanced stats bear out Bailey’s distribution skills His 25% assist rate is outstanding for a 6-11 forward Bailey is the finished version of what Trent Sisley could become for the Hoosiers once he gets accustomed to playing at the college level it will bode well for Indiana on two fronts and he could help Indiana down the line given Sisley’s potential This article first appeared on Indiana Hoosiers on SI and was syndicated with permission customized to your favorite sports and teams – The detail you notice first about Indiana portal addition Sam Alexis is that he left national champion Florida to join the Hoosiers you notice that Alexis didn’t play much for the Gators He appeared in 24 games and averaged 11.9 minutes in those games He didn’t make a single start for the Gators So what is Indiana coach Darian DeVries seeing One has to look at Alexis’ 2023-24 season at Chattanooga It’s the one time in Alexis’ career that he was a regular part of the rotation 9.1 rebounds and a Southern Conference-best 2.1 blocks Nearly all of the best statistical games Alexis has had can be traced to his final season at Chattanooga DeVries and his coaching staff are hoping they can tune him in to generate similar production in cream and crimson Here’s a look at some examples of Alexis when he’s been at his best in his career Chattanooga Mocs forward Sam Alexis (4) pulls down a rebound over forward Jan Zidek (20) and Louisville Cardinals forward Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (5) during the second half at KFC Yum / Jamie Rhodes-Imagn ImagesThere are games where your big moment comes at clutch time or via a winning shot but there are also big moments where you control a game nearly from start to finish Alexis experienced this rare feeling against Tennessee Tech Alexis was part of the difference as Tennessee Tech had no answer when it came to stopping the 6-foot-9 forward Alexis had a double-double against the Golden Eagles by halftime He had 11 points and 11 rebounds in just 14 minutes of action He scored another 11 points in the second half to go with six rebounds after the break The Mocs needed every bit of Alexis’ 22 points and 15 rebounds as they rallied to beat Tennessee Tech “The thing that I like the best is his rebounding effort night-in and night-out He's playing more controlled and that's big for a sophomore He's going to continue to get better,” Chattanooga coach Dan Earl said after the game Fifteen of Alexis’s 16 best scoring efforts came at Chattanooga the one Florida game in the mix for Alexis – a 14-point effort – came against Jasai Miles and Josh Harris in a 99-45 win for the Gators against North Florida in December Alexis topped 20 points three times with the Mocs His career-high was 27 points against non-Division I Covenant While big men shoot higher percentages since much of their offense comes at the rim it’s still impressive that Alexis has shot 50% or better in 50 of his 89 career games His career best was a 7-for-7 shooting performance against Wofford in January 2024 His career best in field goals made is 10 in a game against Mercer in 2023 but he fires away just enough to have to account for him He went 4-for-6 from 3-point range in that same victory against Mercer He had seven games where he didn’t miss from 3-point range all in games with two 3-point attempts or less Alexis is not a good free throw shooter at 51.6% He twice went 4-for-4 in his career at the line but he’s also had 15 games where he had at least one attempt and didn’t make a free throw Florida Gators forward Sam Alexis (4) and Auburn Tigers forward Chaney Johnson (31) fight for a loose ball as Auburn Tigers take on Florida Gators at Neville Arena in Auburn Florida Gators defeated Auburn Tigers 90-81 / Jake Crandall/ Advertiser / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ImagesFantastic rebounding is what stands out for Alexis He’s had 17 games where he reached double-digit rebounding totals including a pair of 12-rebound efforts with Florida His career-best of 17 rebounds came in an 84-75 victory against Mercer in February 2024 He’s had nine games with five offensive rebounds or more As part of that 17-rebound effort against Mercer he had a career-high seven offensive boards He’s had five blocked shots in a game twice and at least four blocks in 10 games Alexis had five games with at least four assists Alexis looks good in advanced statistics that track rebounds and blocks Leaders for advanced stats can be murky by conference as there is no minimum standard for inclusion but Alexis had an offensive rebounding percentage of 14.5% at Florida last season That would make him one of the best rebounders in the country in that category Alexis did lead the Southern Conference in total rebounding percentage at 19.6% in 2024 He blocked 9.1% of available shots in his final season at Chattanooga While DeVries values shooters and perimeter defenders nearly all of his teams have also had a rebounding and rim protecting player like Alexis Perhaps his time at Indiana will bring out the best in him again Betting and gambling content is intended for individuals 21+ and is based on individual commentators' opinions and not that of Sports Illustrated or its affiliates Welcome to the Herald-Times high school sports blog for the week of April 28-May 3 Check back daily for updates on area events Complete boxes for baseball and softball are available at GameChanger or MaxPreps Links will take readers to track timing services CONFERENCE INDIANA TOURNAMENT: Fourth seeded Bloomington South (2-5) opened with a 25-20 25-19 win over fifth-seed Terre Haute South Terre Haute North Sectional draw: South will play Martinsville (6-10) in the first semifinal Arties swept the Panthers in South's first ever match on April 3 TH North and TH South will play in the opener with the winner meeting Evansville Memorial The sectional runs May 13-17 and the winner advances to the Perry Meridian Regional playing in their second straight extra-inning affair scoring four times in the bottom of the seventh to tie it and finishing it off in the ninth with a Jake McCammon solo homer Preston Seidl handcuffed South for 111 pitches until the seventh when two walks and a fielder's choice loaded the bases with one out He was pulled and McCammon had an RBI single Drew Palileo followed with a bases clearing triple to tie it at 4 Castle (12-5) 210 010 000 — 4 10 0 / South (9-5) 000 000 401 — 5 10 0 BLOOMINGTON NORTH 1: The Royals (8-12) completed the sweep after a nail-biter in the opener Game 1: North (8-5) tied it in the bottom of the sixth only to see HSE take the lead again in the seventh on an Isaiah Hamilton solo homer Jake Flynn and Drew Wagner combined on a four-hitter including doubles by Jake Meyer and Chris Barnett Game 2: Cougar pitchers gave up eight hits and walked 10 in the nightcap with six wild pitches and three passed balls on top of that Meyer and Liam Smith each had two hits for North G1: HSE 000 010 1 — 2 4 0 / North 000 001 0 — 1 3 0 G2: HSE 006 113 0 — 11 8 1 / North 101 000 0 — 2 8 2 Jacob Bellman dominated with a one-hitter and 11 strikeouts while Brenton Cook was 2-for-4 for the T-Birds (9-3) who had four hits and scored single runs in the first EASTERN GREENE 1 (5 inn): Brownstown (10-5) had a 10-run bottom of the fourth to end it early HALL OF FAME TOURNAMENT (At Rock Hollow): Top 5 teams — #2 Homestead 301 BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE TOURNAMENT (At Otis Park): Top 5 teams — Jasper 312 COLUMBUS EAST 1 (8 inn): The Panthers (8-5) came up with a run in the top of the seventh to tie it on an RBI double by Max Surdam and another in the eighth to get the dramatic win Tyler Morris got the win after 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief He left with two outs and two on with Amos Ewer picking up the save after a walk and a strikeout with the bases loaded Max Surdam and Keagan Palileo had the RBIs for South South (8-5) 000 000 11 — 2 4 2 / Columbus East (5-11) 000 100 00 — 1 7 0 DUGGER UNION 4 (5 inn): Seven runs in the top of the fourth and 10 more in the fifth ended it early The T-Birds had 17 hits as Kasen Cullison was 4-for-4 with four RBI Jack Rees and Landon Norris were each 2-for-3 with three RBI while Brenton Cook and Landon Henderson were 2-for-4 with three RBI and Gavin Whitfield was 2-for-4 CLOVERDALE 3: Patriots go to 8-1 and 5-0 in the Western Indiana Conference EASTERN GREENE 2: Freshman Charley Paurazas made her varsity pitching debut and took a tough loss 0-2) had seven hits as Ashlynn Bellman went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI SHAKAMAK 0: Kasen Cullison's walk-off double in the bottom of the seventh gave the T-Birds (7-2 tossing a three-hitter with six strikeouts and no walks JENNINGS COUNTY 0 (5 inn): Collin Marcum tossed a two hitter with two walks and six strikeouts to help the Panthers (7-5) to a sixth straight win Caleb Oliver was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and Reid Walker was 2-for-2 with two RBIs and two steals Jennings County (5-6) 000 00 — 0 2 3 / South (7-5) 245 1x — 12 11 0 SOUTH PUTNAM 0 (5 inn): Anthony Shields tossed a two-hitter with one walk and 10 strikeouts for the Mustangs (5-3 Will Lawson drove in four runs and Aaron Murphy had two RBIs and Gunnar Perry stole four bases EDGEWOOD 0: Ally Bland gave up just one earned run and struck out eight 2-1) had just three hits in the upset loss POSTPONEMENTS — Baseball: South at North (May 15); Owen Valley at Cloverdale; Edgewood at West Vigo; Shakamak at Eastern Greene Softball: South at North (Wednesday); Edgewood at West Vigo; Owen Valley at Cloverdale; Shakamak at Eastern Greene More: Bloomington-area Class of 2025 high school athletes make college commitments. See the list here Head coach Darian DeVries added a proven winner with the addition of Sam Alexis a 6’8” forward who joined from the Florida Gators Alexis missed the last six weeks with an injury but was a key bench player for Florida before that Despite being eighth on the team in minutes per game Alexis was the fourth highest in usage rate with the ball going through him in 22% of his possessions Alexis does not have stats from last season that jump off the page and .6 blocks in a little over 11 minutes per contest there are a lot of minutes available in Indiana’s front court and past production suggests that Alexis could be more of a contributor in a bigger role Alexis is one of two guys whose main offensive game resembles a typical center’s He gets most of his shots at the rim and uses all of his 240 pounds to back defenders down Alexis has a nice set of finishing moves inside that should serve him well against taller centers in the Big Ten He’s also able to get up above the rim to finish lobs from anywhere on the court Though I don’t think anything is solidified in terms of roles or minutes Alexis’ production as a sophomore at Chattanooga suggests he could be in contention for a starting spot He averaged 10.8 points per game that year starting all 32 games and posting a whopping 16.2% block rate He also played well against high major* competition that season with the Mocs scoring 16 points with four blocks against Louisville and 13 points with three blocks against Auburn Those games suggest his production at Florida was an issue of minutes With season averages that vary so much from year-to-year it’s hard to project just what Alexis’ role will be but hasn’t proven himself consistently at the high major level neither have any of Indiana’s other forwards if both Todd Golden and DeVries thought this guy was worth a scholarship I think he’s a guy with a lot of upside that could be just what Indiana needs inside with the shooters *one of these high majors was Kenny Payne’s Louisville Indiana landed a commitment from Elon transfer Nick Dorn last week a 6’7” combo guard who averaged 15.2 points per game with the Phoenix last season In an offseason that’s featured a complete roster reset Dorn is a guy that’s flown a little bit under the radar he’s the fourth highest-rated prospect in his class I think Dorn has the potential to be a fast fan favorite for the Hoosier faithful and athleticism - three things Indaina’s sorely lacked - that he brings He made 35.1% of his 8.4(!) attempts from behind the arc last year and shot a notch above 36% on a slightly lower volume the year before Dorn brings an athleticism and size that will make him a matchup nightmare no matter where he plays on the floor He’s capable of handling the ball and creating for himself but posted an assist rate of just 5.1 and didn’t even average an assist per game last year making him a threat both off the dribble and as a cutter surrounded by Indiana’s other passers Another thing to like about Dorn is that he has two years of eligibility remaining He has the skillset to be an instant impact guy but with so many players in their final years of eligibility it’s good to know there will be a rotation player back again the following season it’s hard to imagine Dorn outside of the top eight in the rotation though a starting spot may be hard to come by at his primary positions He won’t beat out Tucker DeVries or Lamar Wilkerson at the two or three spots but he brings an athleticism and leaping ability that neither of them have making him an attractive backup depending on matchup He shoots well in catch-and-shoot scenarios so it wouldn’t be surprising to see him paired with any of the plus passers in Indiana’s first and second units Elon only had two high major teams on their slate last year but Dorn scored above his season averages in each instance so he doesn’t seem like a guy that will be afraid of the moment at Indiana