Tag Archives: Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, June 7th, 2021. Later in the program, we have a Few Minutes with the Mayor – a weekly segment where we pose questions to Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton on community-related issues. More coming up in today’s feature reports. Also coming up in the next half hour, last week, the Monroe County Commissioners …

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, January 25th, 2021. Later in the program, we have the latest segment of A Few Minutes with the Mayor – where WFHB listeners pose questions to Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton on community issues. Also coming up, five people and one unborn child were killed in a shooting on Adams Street in Indianapolis. …

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, August 31st, 2020. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Aaron Comforty speaks with Bradi Heaberlin, author of an opinion piece in the Indiana Daily Student titled “Reopening IU Puts Everyone in Harm’s Way.” The opinion piece said, “students’ presence in Bloomington will put more vulnerable people at risk.” Also coming up on …

Over the July 4th weekend, a group of people physically assaulted local resident Vauhxx Booker at Lake Monroe.  The racist incident was caught on cellphone video by a number of witnesses. After the assault Booker said he was diagnosed with a minor concussion, some abrasions, bruising, and some ripped out hair patches. He said some of the five men who …

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, June 29th, 2020. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Nicholas DiBrita covers the Joseph Smedley story. DiBrita talked to Andrea Sterling, a graduate student at Indiana University. Also coming up in the next half hour, Sydney Foreman talked to Mayor John Hamilton in our Monday segment, a Few Minutes with the Mayor. …

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, June 22nd, 2020. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Braydyn Lents spoke with Chuck Carney, Indiana University spokesperson, about renaming buildings at the university. Braydyn Lents also talked to Megan Campbell, an activist who started a petition to rename Jordan Avenue, Jordan Hall and the Jordan River. Also coming up in the …

Later in the program, WFHB correspondent, Katrine Bruner discusses the impact that this pandemic has had on the local music community in part two of “Voices from the music community of Bloomington. Also coming up in the next half hour, I talk to Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton in our recurring segment, A Few Minutes with the Mayor. That’s all coming …

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, May 4th, 2020. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Katrine Bruner breaks down Governor Eric Holcomb’s plan to reopen the economy. Also coming up in the next half hour, I talk to Mayor John Hamilton in the latest installment of “A Few Minutes with the Mayor.” But first, your local headlines. Indiana …

Your local headlines: Indiana saw 7 new deaths reported on Monday. 505 new positive cases are confirmed, according to the Indiana State Department of Health. Total deaths are at 569 people. Total numbers are at 11,686 cases. Total tests are at about 65,000 people. Total numbers are likely an underestimation due to a lack of testing. Monroe County reported 4 …

Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton received the Democratic Party’s nomination, during municipal primaries, on Tuesday. In today’s Feature Report, the first-term incumbent Mayor discusses his campaign so far, moving forward into this November’s elections, and the 500 ballots cast for his opponent, Amanda Barge.