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This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, November 17th, 2022. Later in the program, The MCCSC school board unanimously approved a recommendation to purchase the former Herald-Times property for nearly 3 million dollars. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in the next half hour, Bring It On’s Clarence Boone and William Hosea speak with …

HEADLINES South Bend Mayor and Democratic Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg continues to suspend campaign events, after last week’s fatal shooting of a Black man by a White police officer; A women’s health clinic is set to open in South Bend this week, despite Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill’s legal challenges; Monroe County Plan Commissioners are voicing their concerns about a …

H-T’s managing editor steps down; Common Council to consider scooter use ordinance; Senate Bill 105 grapples with redistricting reform; Transportation Improvement Plan includes amendment requesting drones for IDOT and State Police; Road closures common amid heavy county road construction. FEATURE At a recent Eugene V. Debs celebration, University of Chicago Professor Aaron Benavav spoke on the pros and cons of …

The Herald-Times’ Managing Editor is stepping down. In an email this morning, J.J. Perry, who took over the local daily in February, informed staff members he will leave. Perry took the helm of the newspaper, after the departure of long-time Editor Bob Zaltsberg, earlier this year. Perry is one of at least a dozen employees to leave since the beginning of …

Last night, the Bloomington Common Council approved a two and a half million dollar tax break for local bio tech company, Catalent; Bloomington’s City Hall in the historic Showers Building has been certified LEED Gold; Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb did not appoint any teachers or school leaders to a commission on teacher pay; A hate crimes bill is scheduled to receive a hearing, …

In the recent weeks, The Herald-Times was sold to Gatehouse Media. Voices In The Street’s Isaak Gonzalez went out to ask area listeners if they have subscriptions to newspapers, and if not, how they get their news.

A staff photographer at The Herald-Times is dismissed, as newspapers are sold to GateHouse Media; Indiana legislators support a ‘tax amnesty’ program; Supporters of redistricting reform push legislators to act; Sen. (R-Lawrenceberg) Chip Perfect withdraws bill eliminating child labor laws, after conflict of interest scandal; EPA re-schedules a public comment period for East Chicago Superfund site. FEATURE The Monroe County …

Schools across Indiana and much of the Midwest are cancelling classes, as temperatures drop into dangerous territory; An Indiana lawmaker’s efforts to eliminate the state’s child labor laws have raised conflict of interest concerns; The Herald-Times of Bloomington is among 8 Indiana newspapers sold to Gatehouse Media; A hike in storm-water fees proposed by the City of Bloomington Utilities Department could get even …

Monroe County officials are working to develop better safety protocols for the county’s rental properties. Of special concern is fire prevention. In the Commissioners’ meeting yesterday, Commissioner Julie Thomas responded to a report in The Herald Times newspaper, highlighting issues with smoke detectors in rental units. A lack of smoke detectors in a county rental unit reportedly led to the …

Bloomington-based Indiana Limestone Company has filled in Sander’s Quarry. The quarry, made famous by the 1979 Academy-award winning movie Breaking Away, which you just heard a clip from, has been the site of controversy for decades. Indiana Limestone Company has repeatedly moved to fill in and shut down the now-defunct quarry; Swimmers have repeatedly been injured or died jumping from …