British-Indian Author and Booker Prize for Fiction winner, Sir Salman Rushdie, accepts an honorary doctorate from Indiana University; A shortage of volunteers persists at the Monroe County Court Appointed Special Advocates program; Indiana’s Democratic 9th congressional district candidates meet at the Monroe County Public Library; The Monroe County Council hears from Assessor Judy Sharp over an ongoing challenge to the county’s tax collection …

A group of professors at Indiana University, called ‘The Concerned Scientists at IU,’ are sponsoring a 9th congressional district candidate forum tomorrow night at the Monroe County Public Library; The City of Bloomington Volunteer Network are holding the 35th annual Be More Awards at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater in downtown Bloomington tonight; Two local organizations and a Bloomington resident are being commended for …

Amrita Myers, Ph.D. joins David Schunk, pastor of Vineyard Community Church; Tina Lampke, executive director of Hannah Center; Ruben Marte’, captain with the Indiana State Police; Roger Logsdon, detective with the Indiana State Police; and Allen Bell, Victims Advocate and Community Educator, for a part two roundtable discussion on sex trafficking. CREDITS Our show’s producer is Clarence Boone, with help …

The city of Martinsville has filed a class-action lawsuit against nine different opioid manufacturers. Martinsville mayor Shannon Kohl announced the suit at a town hall meeting last week. The suit alleges that drug manufacturers used unethical and questionable means to push opioid pain-relievers. The suit says that this pushing of pain relievers led directly to the city’s current opioid crisis. …

Governor Eric Holcomb signed a bill increasing regulations on abortion clinics yesterday; Students in the Monroe County Community School Corporation joined in protests across the world this weekend; The city of Martinsville has filed a class-action lawsuit against nine different opioid manufacturers; FEATURE Bloomington tech innovator and angel investor Pat East went from being a self-described “worst English major ever at Wabash …

A man shot and paralyzed a woman before turning the gun on himself, on Monday in Bloomington. As WFHB’s Jonah Chester reports, women are disproportionately the target of gun violence, particularly when there’s a firearm present in a domestic dispute. In today’s feature report, Jonah Chester speaks with Middle Way House representatives, about how gun violence often results from cases …

Buddy Bill, Rich Reardin, and Don Jordan are the hosts. Bill down with the epizudic, Don and Rich talk about the WFHB Fund drive and raise $120 in the 6am hour! Rich gives a quick background of the beginnings of the show in 2002. More about the beginnings of the show, Don’s account of joining the show, why the show …

Locutores Erick y Sira Gutierrez en compania de Eduardo Granados hablan sobre la adolescencia basado en como entender el proceso de desarrollo y como manejar las diversas situaciones con los adolescentes. Hosts, Erick and Sira Gutierrez along with Eduardo Grandados talk about adolescence how to understand the process and managing the diverse situations.

This week, we are airing selections from a panel discussion that took place earlier this month here in Bloomington. Andrea Ritchie and Victoria Law, both of whom were featured on Kite Line earlier this month, sit alongside Andrea Sterling at a panel called “Building Community Resilience”. In it, these women discuss the myriad ways that female bodies are controlled, policed, …

Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb signed a bill this afternoon, putting in place sexual harassment policies for state legislators. House Bill 1309, requires all members of the Indiana General Assembly to undergo no less than an hour of annual sexual harassment prevention training, and no less than an hour of ethics training. The bill passed unanimously in both the House and …