This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, July 20th, 2021. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Max Campbell speaks with Margaret Clements, member of the Monroe County Residents Against Annexation, in a new installment of an ongoing series on the city of Bloomington’s effort to annex about 10,000 acres of Monroe County land. More in today’s feature reports. Also …
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Bird, an electric scooter company, distributed 100 scooters around downtown Bloomington, last week. City officials say it occurred without their prior knowledge. Voices in the Street asks residents how they feel about the new scooters. Voices in the Street is produced by Community Radio, WFHB. This week’s episode was produced by Terick Warner.
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The IU School of Medicine is being implicated in the death of at least 116 animals and the injury of dozens more. The animal-rights group Stop Animal Exploitation Now, or SAEN, obtained 17 non-compliance reports sent from School of Medicine officials to the National Institute of Health’s Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare. According to the reports, the animals died due to …
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We’ll open with “Tensions” by Charles Mingus, recorded in 1959 and released in 1960 on the album Blues & Roots. About the album Mingus wrote that it’s “unusual” presenting only one aspect of his musical world, the blues. “Some people, particularly critics, were saying I didn’t swing enough. [The record’s producer] wanted to give them a barrage of soul music: …
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