Daily Local News – September 21, 2016

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The City of Bloomington’s Utilities Department has reported a 500 gallon wastewater overflow that occurred on Monday; Monroe County is experiencing its second Air Quality Action Day in a row, as declared by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, or IDEM; Celebrity criminal and real estate heir Robert Durst has been assigned to the federal prison in Terra Haute; The Monroe County Council is banking on the new public safety local income tax to supplement its 2017 budget; Richland Bean Blossom Community School Corporation is looking to upgrade its facilities next year.

FEATURE
A campus organization is hosting the Hoosiers’ Climate March at Indiana University today. The event began at 4 o’clock at the Sample Gates before moving to the Showalter Fountain. The event is organized by Reinvest IU, a group that is urging the university to divest from fossil fuel companies. WFHB News Director Joe Crawford spoke with a representative of the group about what little is actually known about the university’s investments. We bring you that conversation now for today’s WFHB community report.

That was Kristen Billings from the organization, Reinvest IU, speaking with WFHB News Director Joe Crawford. The Hoosiers’ Climate March is scheduled to last until 7 p.m. at the Showalter Fountain.

BETTER BEWARE

Classic Scams 1

There aren’t very many kinds of scams — just endless variations on a few themes. Here’s a true classic, the “Spanish Prisoner Game” — which has now moved to Nigeria.

CREDITS
Anchors: Janae Cummings and Scott Weddle
Today’s headlines were written by Leah Carter and Kacey Ross
Along with Sarah Vaughan for CATSweek, a partnership with <a href=”http://catstv.net/”> Community Access Television
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Better Beware was produced by Richard Fish,
Our feature was produced by Joe Crawford
Our engineers today are Heather Perry and Rob Schoon
Our theme music is provided by the Impossible Shapes.
Executive Producer is Joe Crawford