WFHB Local News Features

Bloomington’s first annual freeze-fest will be held January 6th through the 11th. WFHB’s Assistant News Director Sydney Foreman spoke with Mike McAfee, a project coordinator for the event.

Correction: Bloomingtonian Editor Jeremy Hogan did not call Sarah Dye on the phone. He used Facebook Messenger to reach out to Dye. Correction: Abby Ang was not the first person to break the story. While her letter to the Farmer’s Market Advisory Council helped to bring the story media attention, there were others working on bringing the story to light …

The Indianapolis Power and Light Company (IPL) announced on December 9th that they would be shutting down two of their biggest units at the Petersburg Super Polluter coal plant. Their plan is to have both units completely retired by 2023. WFHB Correspondent Katrine Bruner reports the company will still have the remaining two plants in Petersburg until at least 2042. …

President Donald Trump Impeached, Indiana Representatives Vote Along Party Lines: On Wednesday evening, President Donald J. Trump became the third president in history to be impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives. The House used two articles to defend their impeachment of President Trump. Among the two articles included Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress. The House voted 230-197 …

City Council member Andy Ruff announced last week that he is running for Congress. Ruff will run as a Democrat for the 9th District, which is currently held by Republican Congressman Trey Hollingsworth who will likely run in the coming election. WFHB’s News Director, Kade Young, talks to Andy Ruff about his campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives. City …

  Senator Karen Tallian, a democrat from Ogden Dunes made public this week three bills that would update Indiana’s cannabis law. The first bill addresses a controversy around smoking hemp in Indiana. Indiana passed a law this year legalizing the commercial production of hemp but banned the possession of smokable hemp. This contradicted the nation’s Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 which removed …

The Owen County Board of Commissioners are now reconsidering a proposed amendment that would make it harder to host special events on Owen County property. Perhaps the event that would be affected most, is the annual Spencer Pride Festival. The county commissioners decided to propose an amendment to the ordinance after a form letter they received from an online Facebook …

The Hoosier National Forest saw a record year for prescribed fires in 2019. I asked myself what that means to local residents and about the environment’s current condition. To find some answers I took a journey to the headquarters of Hoosier National Forest in Bedford, Indiana. There I talked about the fires with their Fuel Specialist Jeremy Kolaks. Kolaks said …

The holidays are a special time of the year when family members come together to be thankful for each other and share meals and gifts. Rasha Kamhawi went to the Community Kitchen to report on how it is gearing up for the holidays. Tim Clougher is the Assistant Director of the kitchen. He says the kitchen has been serving hot …

A local chapter of the environmental protest group, Extinction Rebellion, has three demands for lawmakers to ensure carbon emissions drop to net zero within the next six years. WFHB Correspondent Katrine Bruner discusses the Extinction Rebellion organization with the founding XR Bloomington members. The Bloomington chapter of the Extinction Rebellion Organization began in the early summer of 2019. The group …