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Daily Local News – March 28, 2018

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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 from Lowes Home Improvement; Indiana University officials announced this year’s Little 500 bicycle race will take place on the weekend of April 20 and 21.

FEATURE
Monday’s attempted homicide and subsequent suicide by a thirty-one year old resident, spurred a statement by domestic abuse shelter Middle Way House. In the wake of an ongoing national debate over gun legislation, Middle Way House Deborah Morrow and Representative Sarah Hunt say it’s important to remember that domestic violence can often escalate to gun violence. WFHB’s Jonah Chester brings us that report.

BETTER BEWARE
In the wake of the Cambridge-Analytica Facebook scandal, WFHB’s Richard Fish lets you know what you can do, to protect your personal information.

CREDITS
Today’s headlines were written by Jenny Jie, Jonah Chester, and Wes Martin
Along with Sarah Vaughan for CATSweek, in partnership with Community Access Television services.
Better Beware was produced by Richard Fish,
Our feature was produced by Jonah Chester.
Our engineer today is Wes Martin.
Our theme music is provided by Ben Lumsdaine, Dani Graf, and Scott Schmadeke.
Executive Producer is Wes Martin.
Our Anchors are Scott Weddle and Barbara Fuqua.

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