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In this edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Gloria Howell, spend the hour with investigative reporter and documentarian, Sandra Chapman. In 2001, Chapman aired on WISH-TV in Indianapolis a series of reports on the murder of Carol Jenkins. Jenkins was murdered on September 16, 1968, after a day of selling encyclopedias in Martinsville; thus, becoming known as …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, March 13th, 2024. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Kelsey Pease interviewed executive director and a volunteer from People and Animal Learning Services about the nonprofit’s mission to preserve the beneficial connection between humans and horses. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Deep Fake Danger …

A group of Martinsville, Indiana, residents and business owners called a community action group is seeking to persuade others to allow federal officials to test the air in houses, apartment buildings and businesses that might be contaminated with the toxic chemicals tetrachloroethylene and trichloroethylene from a Superfund site that was formerly a dry-cleaning business. —Linda Greene WFYI reports that Indiana …

A big reason for Indiana’s pollution is coal. Coal has shown to be a very dirty and detrimental fossil fuel for the environment, one of the main causes to climate change. Coal ash is the product of burning coal for electricity use. The waste product contains toxic chemicals such as arsenic, lead, mercury and selenium. Indiana currently has the largest …

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 …

The Herald-Times is among eight Indiana newspapers sold to Gatehouse Media. South-Bend based Schurz Communications Inc. purchased The Herald-Times, in 1966. Scott Schurz addressed members of the Bloomington-based newspaper this morning, at 9 a.m. The former publisher, along with departing Editor Bob Zaltsberg announced the paper, along with other holdings of Schurz Communications’ publishing division, will be sold Friday. Gatehouse …

President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama have been battling over Indiana’s Senate race, this weekend; Seventeen Indiana state parks will temporarily close for deer hunts this month, including Brown County State Park and Griffy Nature Preserve; The Indiana Department of Transportation has officially opened Interstate 69, section five. A 13 year-old boy who shot his teacher and another …

William Hosea and Clarence Boone welcome Matthew Long, Ruben Marté & Wayne James PART ONE On tonight’s show, William and Clarence are joined by Martinsville Police Chief Matthew Long, Indiana State Police Captain Ruben Marté, and Indiana University Northwest Police Chief Wayne James. They join us to talk about the historical perceptions and realities of Martinsville, Indiana, along with their …

The Bloomington Police Department is dropping their investigation into vandalism at the Islamic Center of Bloomington; A northern Indiana college has won its long-running lawsuit, seeking a religious exemption from paying for employees’ birth control; Construction on Section 6 of Interstate 69 is expected to start next year; The newly-renovated Bloomington Animal Shelter opened to the public, earlier this week. …

The city of Martinsville has filed a class-action lawsuit against nine different opioid manufacturers. Martinsville mayor Shannon Kohl announced the suit at a town hall meeting last week. The suit alleges that drug manufacturers used unethical and questionable means to push opioid pain-relievers. The suit says that this pushing of pain relievers led directly to the city’s current opioid crisis. …