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Bloomington police have changed their minds about the connection between several recent break-ins, one of which involved a rape; A live alligator was found today on Interstate 465 in Indianapolis. Indiana State Troopers responded to reports of a two foot long alligator on the shoulder; New data from the Census Bureau shows Indiana continuing to recover from the recession, but still behind pre-recession levels; Members of the Ellettsville Town Council last week debated whether to approve a $150 fee to get copies of video footage from police body cameras and dash cams.
FEATURE
This fall, voters are being asked to decide three contested races for Monroe County School Board seats. Sue Wanzer is facing competitor Jim Billingsly for her District 2 seat, Lois Sabo -Skelton is defending her seat against candidate Martin Spechler, and in District 4, candidates Cathy Fuentes-Rohrer and Jim Shackelford are competing for the seat being vacated by David Sabbagh. Assistant News Director Sarah Vaughan spoke with District 4 candidates Fuentes-Rohrer and Shackelford as part of WFHB’s Candidate Forum series. We bring you an excerpt of that conversation for today’s Community Report.
ACTIVATE
In this week’s segment of Activate! CASA volunteer and board member, Jim Shelton, explains the crucial void filled by CASA volunteers in an overtaxed foster care system. The Department of Child Services is struggling to keep up as more families are impacted by the opioid crisis. CASA volunteers fill an important void in case management of children in foster care. Volunteers monitor and advocate for abused and neglected children ensuring they don’t get lost in the overburdened legal system or languish in an inappropriate group or foster home.
CREDITS:
Anchors: Maria McKinley and Doug Storm
Today’s headlines were written by Joe Crawford, Leah Carter and Jerrod Dill, along with Sarah Vaughan for CATSweek, a partnership with <a href=”http://catstv.net/”> Community Access Television Services.</a>
Our feature was produced by Sarah Vaughan.
Activate! is produced by Jennifer Brooks, along with the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network.
Our engineer is Jennifer Brooks.
Our theme music is provided by the Impossible Shapes.
Executive producer is Joe Crawford.
