This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, August 8th, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Tilly Robinson reports on the Indiana Department of Transportation’s plan to install a network of electric vehicle chargers with federal funds. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Indiana passed an abortion ban on Friday with limited …
Read More »
This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, October 19th, 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 issues. Assistant News Director Noelle Herhusky-Schneider has more in the bottom half of tonight’s program. Also coming up in the next half …
Read More »
This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, June 10th, 2020. WFHB News Director Kade Young covers Tuesday night’s protest at the Monroe County Courthouse. Also, Better Beware – your weekly consumer-watchdog segment. But first, your local headlines. In between May 3rd and June 9th, there were 339 new positive cases of Covid-19 in Indiana, according to the state health …
Read More »
The Town of Ellettsville is being awarded more than $400,000 in grant funding to pave local streets. Assistant Planner Denise Line told the Ellettsville Town Council last night, she has secured six Community Crossings Grants from the Indiana Department of Transportation. Ellettsville will need to kick in $100,000 in matching money to receive the Community Crossings grants. The town council …
Read More »
The Indiana Department of Transportation said traffic in Brown County should get back to normal. INDOT has been repaving significant parts of State Road 46 throughout the Summer. Motorists have had to wait at times, with only one lane along State Road 46. INDOT said the road work will hopefully be completed by the end of September, although additional roadwork …
Read More »
This morning, Monroe County Commissioners approved an agreement to transfer 14 acres of the county’s Thomson property to Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County. The property, located off South Rogers Road, will be the site of an affordable housing development. County Attorney Jeff Cockerill, said the land transfer will come in two stages. The agreement also sets up a separate …
Read More »
The Indiana Department of Transportation will close Highway 37 ramps at the Walnut Street interchange tomorrow; Indiana motorists are paying 10 cents more for gas than they were a year ago; Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb announced his plans yesterday to spend an additional 1 billion dollars on infrastructure projects across the state; Fall Midterm elections take place nine weeks from today; Over half of …
Read More »
The completion date for Interstate 69 has been pushed back due to recent rains. Monroe County Public Works Director Lisa Ridge gave the news in this morning’s County Commissioners’ meeting. Ridge also reported work was steadily being completed on phase one of the Fullerton Pike project. The public can also expect work crews on exit ramps at I-69 and State …
Read More »
The city of Bloomington is proposing a one-year moratorium on addiction treatment facilities; Today may be the last day Bloomington commuters see police directing traffic at the Second and Third Street overpasses;Demonstrators took to the Monroe County Courthouse Square on Friday, calling for action on gun violence. Big Talk Extra: Bestselling mystery and crime author Michael Koryta released his thirteenth novel, “How …
Read More »
The Indiana Department of Transportation is beginning a race to the finish to complete Interstate 69 on time. INDOT and I-69 section 5 spokesman Andy Dietrick, says construction along the Highway 37 corridor to Martinsville is at an all-time high. Construction crews are working on the Second and Third street bridges on Bloomington’s West Side, both northbound and southbound lanes …
Read More »
WFHB Bloomington Community Radio