Good afternoon. This is the WFHB Local News for Friday, April 3rd, 2020. Headlines: There are almost 3500 reported cases of Covid-19 in Indiana. 102 total deaths have been confirmed. This is out of almost 1800 people tested by the Indiana State Department of Health. There are 40 positive cases in Monroe County, with zero deaths, out of 278 people tested. …

Prisoners across the US, and the world, face terrifying prospects as COVID-19 spreads almost uncontrolled inside the prison walls. It’s now or never as they and their loved ones struggle for their release, for adequate sanitation inside, and to self-organize pandemic response in the absence of serious measures by guards and administrators. We hear from prisoners in Waupun Correctional in …

When looking up Bloomington’s places of worship online, a message now displays, “Hours or services may differ due to COVID-19”.  Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb announced a stay-at-home order recently causing Hoosiers to halt crowded activities and also religious services. As the impact of this virus grows, more businesses and routines are being altered, however many have been finding new ways …

  11-year-old Breanna sits in her bed with her IPad and workbook in hand for another day of schooling. Breanna is a fifth-grader attending University Elementary School. She was diagnosed with Autism or ASD at three years old. She is becoming accustomed to fear and anxiety whenever she messes up on a problem while viewing her teacher in real time …

Good afternoon. Welcome to the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, April 1st, 2020. Coming up in the next half hour, Sydney Foreman talks to Adam Wason, Director of Public Works for the City of Bloomington about early starts on road construction. Also coming up later in the program, our consumer watchdog segment Better Beware. But first, your local headlines. Headlines: …

In February of 2020, students from the Academy of Science and Entrepreneurship participated to tell their stories in three-day storytelling series called the Moth Storytelling. The Moth Storytelling events, sharing true, personal stories crafted under the guidance of English teacher Rachel Bahr and social studies teacher Pam Gunkel as part of an American Studies class. This is the full condensed …

This week’s feature from Indiana Environmental Reporter has correspondent Enrique Saenz reporting that crop planting in Indiana may be delayed due to recent rainy weather.

Last year marked the fourth year in a row that the Atlantic hurricane season saw above-average activity, and it doesn’t look like this year will provide any relief. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse, the EPA has issued what amounts to a license to pollute. Polluting industries claim that the disease has caused staff absences that make it difficult …

Well, it’s April Fool’s Day, and if scammers and swindlers had a national holiday, this would be it. For the rest of us, let’s not give them anything to celebrate. At the moment, the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic is what the low-lifes are doubling down on, and their latest sideshow is fake tests for the Coronavirus. Also, what with the lockdowns …

As we face a pandemic that has created a kind of general strike we need to think about organizing our lives differently. Today’s Interchange offers a class perspective to stand against the capitalism that offers only destruction for so many of us. *** We begin with exploitation and expropriation: Capitalism’s twin pillars of abuse and theft–and how this frames and …