What made news in Monroe County, 1990-1999

The auction of The Herald-Times print archive has begun. Volunteers spent about three weeks looking through the books to identify key moments in history. To make it easier to see what's inside the books, we're publishing lists of what they found. They did not have time to look in every book. This list covers 1990 to 1999.

1990 Aug. 1-15, The Herald-Times − Fair condition. Key content: Waldron Arts Center now official; effects of PCBs studied.

1990 Aug. 16-31, The Herald-Times − Fair condition. Key content: Public Service Indiana trying to recoup cost of abandoned Marble Hill nuclear power plant project.

1990 Dec. 1-15, The Herald-Times − Fair condition. Key content: PCB stories on contamination of workers and selection of Bottom Road site for incinerator, ash landfill draws backlash.

1990 Dec. 16-31, The Herald-Times − Fair condition. Key content: Landmark IU clock tower building burns.

1991 April 16-30, The Herald-Times − Fair condition. Key content: April 21, rioting at Varsity Villa apartment complex during IU Little 500 weekend.

1992 July 16-31, The Herald-Times − Fair condition. Key content: Bob Hammel coverage of Barcelona Olympics, including IU diver Mark Lenzi winning a gold medal in 3-meter springboard.

1992 Aug. 1-15, The Herald-Times − Fair condition. Key content: Bob Hammel coverage of Barcelona Olympics.

1992 Nov. 1-15, The Herald-Times − Fair condition. Key content: Bill Clinton elected president; other state, county election results.

1993 Sept. 16-30, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: Sept. 22, Indiana University approves smoking ban, to start Nov. 1.

1993 Nov. 16-30, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: Bloomington South ISHAA Class 5A state football champions.

1993 Dec. 1-15, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: IU soccer team wins NCAA College Cup title.

1994 Jan. 1-15, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: Wetterau Food Services announces plans to close in 60 days, eliminates 350 jobs.

1994 Jan. 16-31, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: Severe cold, with lows of -20 and -34 degrees, leads IU to close campus.

1994 Feb. 1-15, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: After almost a decade of debate, plans for a local incinerator to destroy PCB-contaminated materials are abandoned.

1994 March 1-15, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: Damon Bailey’s last home game at IU (senior night).

1994 April 16-30, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: City council rejects plan for Cook Inc. high rise headquarters; former President Richard Nixon dies.

1994 May 16-31, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: Jackie Kennedy dies; World Trade Center bomber gets 240 years.

1994 July 1-15, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: Coverage of O.J. Simpson trial; Several stories on community providing support for Henry Burton who was mauled by own dogs and lost arm.

1994 July 16-31, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: Myles Brand new president of Indiana University, replacing Thomas Ehrlich; series explores alternatives for housing homeless individuals; more on O.J. Simpson trial; more on man who lost arm after mauling by dogs.

1994 Aug. 1-15, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key coverage: Jeff Gordon wins first Brickyard 400 NASCAR race; Woodstock 2 event prompts look back at Woodstock, interview with local woman who was in 1969 Time magazine cover photo showing original festival; reaction to baseball strike.

1994 Aug. 16-31, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: More O.J. Simpson trial coverage.

1994 Sept. 1-15, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: John Mellencamp cancels tour due to heart ailment; IRA calls ceasefire; US Air jet crash in Pennsylvania kills 131; major league baseball season canceled, no World Series.

1994 Oct. 1-15, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: First Lotus World Music & Arts Festival; IU finds funding for LGBTQ office; feature on James Alexander Thom.

1994 Oct. 16-31, The Herald-Times − Good condition, few loose pages. Key content: Several stories on decline in low-cost rental housing in city; old Grandview Elementary School site sold, Wal-Mart planned.

1994 Nov. 1-15, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: Protest over lack of low-cost rental housing.

1995 April 16-30, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: Oliver Winery sales jump; Oklahoma City bombing.

1995 May 1-15, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno speaks at IU graduation; John Fernandez wins Democratic nomination for Bloomington mayor.

1995 June 1-15, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: NCAA fines IU over coach Bob Knight’s outburst, Knight “reprimands” tournament committee; house moved to make way for Barnes & Noble building.

1995 June 16-30, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: Judge Viola Taliaferro promoted to 7th Circuit Court judge; IU coaching legends “Doc” Counsilman and Hobie Billingsley help dedicate university’s new recreation center.

1995 July 1-15, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: YMCA celebrates new addition; map shows construction projects all over downtown; search for Unibomber continues.

1995 July 16-31, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: New TV show starring comedian Jeff Foxworthy set in fictional Bloomington, Indiana.

1995 Aug. 1-15, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: PCB cleanup complete; severe flash flood causes damage in Ellettsville; county set to take over regulation of 2-mile fringe area; Linton native and actor/comedian Phil Harris dies; series on Kids, Crime & Community.

1995 Aug. 16-31, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: More from series on Kids, Crime & Community.

1995 Nov. 1-15, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: John Fernandez elected mayor.

1995 Dec. 16-31, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: Former IU star Jim Crews now coaching Evansville Aces; O.J. Simpson found not guilty; baseball legend Mickey Mantle dies.

1996 Jan. 1-15, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: AT&T to lay off 40,000 workers; hate groups target gays and lesbians.

1996 Jan. 16-31, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: Westinghouse completes cleanup of 27,000 tons of PCB-contaminated materials; IU coach Bob Knight dismisses player Sheron Wilkerson after Wilkerson is charged with battery.

1996 Feb. 1-15, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: Planners hope I-69 will run from Canada to Mexico, but not everyone is on board; IU School of Fine Arts displays photos from Kinsey Institute that challenge customary views on gender.

1996 Feb. 16-29, The Herald-Times − Good condition, few loose pages. Key content: Russell "Jamie" Andis gets 50-year sentence for 1994 killing of Bloomington cab driver Paul Allen; Cook Inc. gives IU $1 million for teacher education; newly renovated Showers building opens, including new City Hall.

1996 March 1-15, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: Monroe County Public Library plans $19 million expansion; West Baden Springs Hotel falling apart; possibility of IHSAA switching to multiple-class basketball tourney draws flood of commentary.

1996 March 16-31, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: PCBs discovered in Bloomington's sewage treatment plant; H-T Sports editor Bob Hammel eyeing retirement, awarded Silver Medal from Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame; Cook Inc. gives IU another $1 million.

1996 April 1-15, The Herald-Times − Good condition, few loose pages. Key content: Morgenstern's Booksellers closes; Unibomber suspect Theodore Kaczinski charged; Mellencamp Pavilion football practice facility dedicated at IU.

1996 April 16-30, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: Indiana High School Athletic Association votes to have four classes for high school basketball tournaments, ending 86-year tradition of single-class basketball tournament.

1996 May 1-15, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: IU Hospital agrees to merge with Riley Hospital for Children and Methodist Hospital in cost-saving move; Arie Luyendyk records 239.26 mph lap at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, fastest lap ever recorded; IU student Jennifer Barreio among 109 who died in Everglades plane crash.

1996 May 16-31, The Herald-Times − Good condition, few loose pages. Key content: Griffy Lake water processing plant shut down as a city water supply, Lake Monroe becomes sole source; downtown business Ryan's Jewelry closes after 47 years.

1996 June 1-15, The Herald-Times − Good condition, few loose pages. Key content: Historic West Baden Springs Hotel to be restored by Historic Landmarks Foundation and Cook Group Inc. ; court orders state to drop current property tax system, adopt one based on fair market value within two years.

1996 June 16-30, The Herald-Times − Good condition, few loose pages. Key content: license branch reforms praised; Dalai Lama visits Bloomington to help raise funds for new Buddhist temple; Chicago Bulls win fourth NBA title, Michael Jordan is finals MVP.

1996 July 1-15, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: Steve Tesich, Oscar-winning screenwriter of "Breaking Away," dies at 53; feature story on Exotic Feline Rescue Center

1996 July 16-31, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: Bloomington's Missy Schwen and teammate win silver medals in women's 200-meter pairs rowing at Atlanta Olympics, former IU diver Mark Lenzi wins bronze medal in diving.

1996 Aug. 1-15, The Herald-Times − Good condition, few, loose pages. Key content: Nationally recognized H-T sports editor Bob Hammel retires after 15,398-day career; Bloomington South football standout Bo Barzilauskas quits IU football team for second time; USA men's and women's basketball teams both win gold at Altanta Olympics.

1996 Aug. 16-31, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: Monroe County Public Library has open house for new $20 million wing; Olympic silver medalist Missy Schwen of Bloomington donates kidney to her older brother.

1996 Sept. 1-15, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: Bill Monroe, father of bluegrass and a frequent performer in Brown County, dies at 84; Navy Seal Dustin Turner, a Bloomington South graduate, found guilty of abducting and killing woman in Virginia Beach.

1996 Sept. 16-30, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: For Bare Feet sock factory owner Sharon Rivenbank is doing just fine; IU soccer coach Jerry Yeagley get 400th win.

1997 March 1-15, The Herald-Times − Good condition, few loose pages. Key content: Bloomington North boys' basketball team wins its way toward Final Four.

1997 March 16-31, The Herald-Times − Good condition, few loose pages. Key content: Bloomington North wins last single-class ISHAA boys' basketball state championship; Indianapolis hosts NCAA Final Four.

1998 March 16-31, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: Thomson closes Bloomington's former RCA color television plant, moves work to Mexico.

1998 Nov. 16-30, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: Bloomington South wins Class 5A football championship, capping undefeated season; TubaSantas celebrate 25-year anniversary.

1998 Dec. 1-15, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: IU soccer team wins NCAA men's College Cup title; Bloomington South quarterback Rex Grossman named Mr. Football; Monroe County Sheriff Randy Williamson, others accused of theft through ghost employment scheme.

1998 Dec. 16-31, The Herald-Times − Good condition, few loose pages. Key content: President Bill Clinton subject of impeachment hearings; airstrikes against Iraq begin; insert features Eastern Greene High School athlete playing cards.

1999 July 1-15, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: IU graduate student Won-Joon Yoon shot to death on East Third Street by white supremacist and former IU student Benjamin Smith, who later kills himself as police close in to end multi-state shooting spree; community response with anti-hate campaign.

1999 Aug. 16-31, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: Dalai Lama visits Bloomington's Tibetan Cultural Center for Kalachakra for peace ceremony.

1999 Dec. 16-31, The Herald-Times − Good condition. Key content: Monroe County honors announced − Herman B Wells Man of Century; Elizabeth Bridgwaters Woman of Century; Hoagy Carmichael Musical Artist of Century; U.S. women win World Cup in soccer.

Volunteers could not search every book and no key content was noted in the following volumes. The Herald-Times microfilm archive is being digitized. Help us make this list a resource for the future by purchasing one of the below books and telling us what's inside.

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