This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, November 24th, 2021. Later in the program, the Community Kitchen of Monroe County will offer a free meal on Thanksgiving Day to those in need. WFHB News Director Kade Young speaks with Executive Director of Community Kitchen Vicki Pierce in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, “Giving …
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New Hope for Families raised $3.9 million to help build a new homeless shelter and child care center. About 40 percent of people experiencing homelessness in Monroe County are families with children, says the organization’s executive director, Emily Pike. “Those people don’t tend to be very visible,” she said. “Those families are afraid of being separated from their children.” Over …
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Our episode this week is a memorial to Cory Cardinal. Regular listeners will remember Cory as the organizer of the recent hunger strikes in Saskatoon Correctional and as a past contributor to Kite Line. An inspiration to many and a tireless advocate on behalf of incarcerated people, Cory passed away earlier this month. Written and read by Abby Stadnyk, with …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, March 29th 2021. This week, we present a four-part WFHB News Special where we revisit the stories we covered over the last year. We selected four areas of reporting, which include: Homelessness in Bloomington, the Coronavirus Pandemic, Social Justice Reporting and the Environmental Edition. In our first installment of this series, we …
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At 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the Bloomington City Council committee-of-the-whole will discuss Ordinance 21-06, which would add protections for community members experiencing homelessness. Highlights of the bill include at least a 15-day notice and sufficient housing requirements before the city can evict a person living in a camp. The new bill comes after the office of the mayor issued two …
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A new winter shelter for people without housing, run by Beacon Inc., opened less than two weeks ago, but almost every night it’s been at or near capacity, with just shy of fifty people sleeping there. Beacon rushed to open the shelter after an unprecedented number of people without housing were forced to camp in Seminary Park this winter. Disregarding …
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With temperatures falling below freezing as we approach mid-winter, the city has opted to evict the tent residents at Seminary Square. Almost simultaneously, Beacon, Inc. (formerly the Shalom Community Center) announced the opening of a new low-barrier shelter in a large commercial gym facility near Switchyard Park. Beacon’s executive director appeared on Big Talk in October; let’s listen to the …
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2,756 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Indiana on Monday, according to the Indiana State Department of Health. There were 126 newly reported deaths. Locally, Monroe County saw 79 new confirmed cases yesterday and no new confirmed COVID-19 deaths. Lawrence County reported 18 new cases and 1 confirmed death. Brown County reported 2 new cases, and 1 death. The …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, December 31st, 2020. Coming up in today’s program, the League of Women Voters delivers the latest installment of its podcast, Civic Conversations, in partnership with WFHB. That’s coming up in today’s feature reports. Also coming up in the next half hour, WFHB Correspondent Katherine Patterson speaks to Katie Norris, Director of Hotels …
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Good afternoon. This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, December 14th, 2020. In today’s program, we present two news features – the first of which provides a timeline of the dismantling of the homeless encampment at Seminary Park. Then, we have the latest edition of A Few Minutes with the Mayor, coming up later in the program. First, we …
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