John Lewis, a longtime Georgia Congressman and Black Civil Rights leader, died on Friday after a six-month-long battle with cancer.  Lewis, the son of sharecroppers, was born in rural Alabama during an era of Jim Crow laws. He grew up to become a Freedom Rider, a speaker at the 1963 March on Washington and a recipient of the Presidential Medal …

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, July 20th, 2020. In today’s program, we hear from attorney Katharine Liell and Vauhxx Booker on the two men charged for pinning Booker to a tree and threatening to “get a noose.” You will also hear A Few Minutes with the Mayor. In today’s segment Assistant News Director Sydney Foreman talks to …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Later in the program, Sydney Foreman and Kade Young take a look at the ‘Black Lives Matter’ mural overlay and the history of People’s Park. But first, here are three things you need to know today. 700 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Indiana on Tuesday, according to …

Good afternoon. This is the Local Brief for Tuesday, July 14th. Your Daily Covid-19 Briefing 662 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Indiana on Monday, according to the Indiana State Department of Health. The new cases represent a 35 percent increase in average positive cases over the past week. The state department of health also attributed two new deaths …

560 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Indiana on Sunday, according to the Indiana State Department of Health, which also confirmed two new deaths in the state. Monroe County reported 8 new positive cases on Sunday while today, Brown County reported one new positive case of Covid-19. Wait-times for test results in Indiana may take four to six days, …

This is the WFHB Local News for Friday, July 10th, 2020. Later in the program, you will hear from city councilman Jim Sims on the ‘Black Lives Matter’ mural overlay in People’s Park. You will hear the city arts commission discuss future plans for the mural. Also, you will hear about the Black Market Firebombing in 1968 by members of …

Bloomington Police Department Release Hit-and-Run Passenger Police released the hit-and-run passenger who cleared the way for a car attack on protestors in Bloomington. Officers questioned the passenger but did not arrest him. That’s according to a press release from the Bloomington Police Department. The department did not publish the man’s identity. In videos taken at the scene of the hit …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, July 8th, 2020. Later in the program, you will hear reporting from a demonstration, where a red Toyota Corolla drove into several protesters near the Monroe County Courthouse square. You will hear from Vauhxx Booker, eyewitnesses, a medic and several other demonstrators. WFHB Correspondent Nicholas DiBrita has more in today’s feature report. …

Good afternoon. This is the WFHB Local News Brief for Wednesday, July 8th, 2020.  Today’s Covid-19 Briefing Nine new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Monroe County yesterday. Statewide, the number was 455. That’s according to the Indiana State Department of Health, which also attributed two new deaths in the state due to COVID-19. The new numbers bring Indiana’s total …

Over the July 4th weekend, a group of people physically assaulted local resident Vauhxx Booker at Lake Monroe.  The racist incident was caught on cellphone video by a number of witnesses. After the assault Booker said he was diagnosed with a minor concussion, some abrasions, bruising, and some ripped out hair patches. He said some of the five men who …