In today’s segment we brought you news that Monroe County Council member Eric Spoonmore is urging community members to comment on a rate hike requested by Duke Energy. Monroe County Council member Shelli Yoder announced today she will resign her council position effective October 31st. Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton has announced he has invited The Bridge Initiative, an organization housed …

This week, catch your regular news update including discussion about a judge who previously ruled that Obamacare was unconstitutional has overturned health protections for transgender patients. We also talk a little about Pete Buttigieg. After that, we have a new episode from the Just Married podcast and an interview in the studio with Rob and Tom from the episode. Events: LGBT Aging …

Markus Dickinson is the vice president of New Leaf – New Life, a volunteer run organisation that offers programs both inside and outside the Monroe County Correctional Center, that promote successful reentry into society. In today’s community report, WFHB’s Sydney Foreman talks with Dickinson about teaching linguistics to inmates.

Unionville Elementary Principal, Lily Albright has been selected as a 2019 recipient of the Terrel H. Bell Award for Outstanding School Leadership. The award will be presented to Albright by the U.S. Department of Education at the National Blue Ribbon Schools ceremony on Thursday, November 14 in Washington D.C. in memory of former U.S. Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell.

In today’s segment we brought you news that Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is trying to block two woman from testifying about allegations of sexual misconduct as he faces a disciplinary hearing on separate claims that he drunkenly grouped 4 women at a bar last year. Monroe County Commissions distributed $58,000 of grant money today, to local agencies working to …

Has your voicemail been as busy as ever? The robocall scammers are leaving all sorts of messages to trick people. Hear some scam messages and what WFHB’s Richard Fish has to say about them!

Welcome to the Commitments Episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio! Hearabouts is produced by WFHB and Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community and shared assumptions. On today’s episode, Anushka Sen, IU PhD student, interviews Pallavi Rao, IU PhD student, who will be speaking about their relationship with their commitments in activism and …

Welcome to Part One of our Commitments Episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio! Hearabouts is produced by WFHB and Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community and shared assumptions. On today’s episode, we feature an interview with Pallavi Rao, activist and Indiana University graduate student. Rao speaks about the intersection of her experiences …

Citizen Climate Lobby is a grassroots environmental group working to influence congressional leaders to create a bipartisan policy to slow climate change. WFHB Correspondent Sarah Vaughan spoke with two volunteer lobbyists from CCL’s local chapter, to learn about their efforts to pass legislation that would create a national carbon fee and dividend program. House Resolution 763, the 2019 Energy Innovation …

In the middle of complexity there is also simplicity – sometimes what is good and what is evil is evident. Today’s interview delves into the Turkish invasion into autonomously governed areas of Northeastern Syria and the history of the Kurdish resistance in this region. On October 6, the Trump administration announced it was withdrawing US troops from northern Syria, essentially …