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December 9, 2022: Care Not Cages

We turn our focus this week to a local struggle. Here in Bloomington Indiana, Monroe County Government is quickly moving forward with a proposal for a new $60+ million dollar jail to replace and expand the downtown jail. With little input from community members, consultants hired by the county have recommended jail expansion, and the county government has begun the …

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STATE OF NATURE: New Art Exhibit connects Hoosiers back to their homeland

This post was edited on October 17, 2020 for accuracy. Some facts/pronunciations in the original recording may be incorrect and differ from the text. State of Nature: Picturing Indiana Biodiversity, was created and put together by the Director of Grunwald Gallery, Elizabeth “Betsy” Stirratt, along with the help of fellow professors, local artists, and the Indiana State Museum. The experience that …

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Voices In The Street – Local Newspapers

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.

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J.J. Perry Takes Over at The Herald-Times

J.J. Perry took over as The Herald-Times’ Editor on Friday. Perry’s appointment to the local daily’s management comes after employees were let go, last week. Schurz Publishing Inc. sold The Herald-Times and seven other local newspapers around Indiana to Gatehouse Media, last Monday. In today’s feature report, WFHB News Director Wes Martin speaks with Herald Times Editor JJ Perry, in …

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HT Photographer Lay Off Blinds Community

Photo: Jeremy Hogan, 2019. All Rights Reserved.

As a staff photographer at The Herald-Times, Jeremy Hogan produced countless front-page images during his 20-year career at the local newspaper. Hogan started at The Herald-Times in 1997. Since then, he’s been the community’s eyes for the some of the biggest events in the area. Gatehouse Media bought The Herald-Times, as well as seven other local newspapers around Indiana, in …

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Planned Parenthood Closes Ft. Wayne Clinic

WFHB, 2018. All Rights Reserved.

Planned Parenthood is closing their clinic in Fort Wayne due to intimidation. That’s according to Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky CEO Christie Gillespie. Gillespie made the announcement that Planned Parenthood will close down their Fort Wayne clinic, during a press conference this afternoon in Fort Wayne. Gillespie said Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky laid off four employees at …

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Lawson: Russians Probed State Election Databases

Federal intelligence services believe Russian government employees probed state voter registration rolls for possible weaknesses in 2016, according to Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson. Lawson published an editorial this morning, which says the Russian government targeted voter information databases across states. Indiana Secretary of State Communications Director Ian Hauer says Russian agents probed for weaknesses in state voter registration …

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January 19, 2018: Inside the Local Jail

First off, we include an update from outside supporters of Operation PUSH, the strike in Florida prisons that is now in its fifth day. We will continue to give updates on the situation in Florida’s prisons as they arrive. After the news, we share the first part of Craig’s story, who was recently released from the Monroe County Jail, after …

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October 27, 2017: Fighting the Mail Ban

Last April, the Indiana Department of Corrections banned all correspondence to it’s 25,000 prisoners, except that which is handwritten on lined white paper. The official explanation is that this is an attempt to block trafficking of synthetic marijuana which can be applied to paper. But many prisoners and advocates have pointed to a long series of earlier measures targeting correspondence …

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Bloomington Chooses Local Firm to Manage Study on Waste Processing Facility

The Monroe County Solid Waste Management Board has approved contracting with local firm Kessler Consulting for a feasibility study on a mixed waste processing facility, also known as a MRF. In the Board’s meeting last week, Solid Waste Management District Executive Director Tom McGlasson, Jr., said Kessler’s $84,000 bid was chosen over four other firms in part because of the …

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