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Daily Local News – November 8, 2016

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11/8/16
More than 25,000 Monroe County residents have cast ballots today in the 2016 general election; Voters at St. John’s generally expressed more conservative views that the voters we spoke to in Bloomington; Democratic congressional candidate Shelli Yoder is accusing her Republican opponent of using an illegal robo-call today; A plan to build a new office for the Richland Township trustee narrowly passed the Ellettsville Plan Commission in their meeting last week.

FEATURE
The signs in Sam Shaw’s yard included messages like “I Seek Truth” and “Over the Hump with Trump.” Now the Bedford man is fighting for his right to display the signs, after the city of Bedford took issue. WFHB reporter Leah Carter spoke with Shaw as well an attorney for the ACLU of Indiana for this WFHB community report. The case, Samuel Shaw v. City of Bedford, Indiana, was filed in U.S. District Court on October 31st.

CREDITS
Anchors: Leah Carter and Don Geyra
Today’s headlines were written by Joe Crawford
Along with Sarah Vaughan for CATSweek, a partnership with Community Access Television Services.
Our feature was produced by Leah Carter
Our engineer is Rob Schoon
Our theme music is provided by the Impossible Shapes.
Executive Producer is Joe Crawford.

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