Record numbers of women were elected to office in 2018. In Monroe County, Lee Jones, Julie Thomas, and Amanda Barge comprise the first all-women county government in Indiana; Tensions arose among Monroe County Community School Corporation’s board members, at last night’s re-organizational meeting, over appointments proposed by the board’s nominating committee. FEATURE Indiana State Senator (D-Bloomington) Mark Stoops is sponsoring two …
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Daily Local News – November 21, 2018
The proposed killing of deer at Griffy Nature Preserve in Bloomington has been delayed until next year; Efforts to expand the Monroe Convention Center took a major step forward yesterday; The Indiana Department of Natural Resources will offer free admission to all Indiana State Parks on Black Friday. FEATURE Indiana State Senator Mark Stoops talks about the legislative priorities for …
Read More »Better Beware – Gifts That Give Too Much
Insecure Products, on Better Beware: This year, some very popular (and some very unexpected) gift items can turn out to be spies that give manufacturers and hackers your personal information! Better Beware is Produced by Richard Fish, at Community Radio WFHB in Bloomington, Indiana. Executive Producer is Wes Martin.
Read More »Better Beware – Checks and Unbalances
So-called “Congressional Checks” are a misleading and deceptive attempt to get you to sign up for something, and robocalls from Social Security are dangerous fakes. Two scams with opposite techniques!
Read More »Better Beware – A New Year and New Ways to Protect Yourself
Let’s take a look at where we stand, what we can look forward to, and how we can at least try to keep ourselves safe in the face of an increasing avalanche of attacks by scammers and con artists from all over the world. First of all, we all know that our personal information has probably been stolen by now, …
Read More »Better Beware – Flare-lit Tip-offs
How to identify when an imposter wants your information for nefarious purposes. Scams and swindles today are using some common elements which are easy to spot if you know what to look for. These red flags should be obvious — but some people still need to learn them.
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