In this episode of the Bicentennial Journal, Susan Weir tells the story of how the Local Council of Women founded the Bloomington Hospital, and their continuing involvement with the community health care in Bloomington. Support for The Bicentennial Journal and WFHB comes from Monroe County and Visit Bloomington. More information about Monroe County’s Bicentennial is available on their website. The …

Hosts Clarence Boone and Roberta Radovich are joined by Groups Scholars Director, Mary Stephenson, and Pastor Eddie and Reverend Notoshia Howard. PART ONE Access for historically under-served communities is one of the key first steps to building a diverse and inclusive campus. There are few better testaments to this fact than the Groups Scholars Program, which this year celebrates 50 …

Indiana’s highest ranking education official will not seek re-election. Superintendent Jennifer McCormick announced she will not run in 2020, today. McCormick, a Republican, is in her first term as superintendent, after ousting Democratic predecessor Glenda Ritz, in 2016. McCormick has at times been at odds with Republican leaders when it comes to education policy. That includes her support for increased …

Some absentee ballot applications mailed by the Indiana Democratic Party are ‘faulty,’ according to Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson’s Office. Lawson, a Republican and the highest elections official in the state, said the Indiana democratic party mailed out absentee ballot applications that were missing state-mandated instructions. According to the Associated Press, potentially hundreds of thousands of Democratic absentee ballot …

Sen. (D-IN) Joe Donnelly backtracked on his opposition to Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh, on Friday. Donnelly’s office released a statement shortly before noon on Friday, announcing that the Incumbent Democratic Senator would oppose Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination to the nation’s Supreme Court. Later that afternoon, Donnelly told the Times of North West Indiana he would oppose Kavanaugh’s nomination, without an …

Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly backtracked on his opposition to Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh; Some absentee ballot applications mailed by the Indiana Democratic Party are ‘faulty.’ That’s according to Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson’s Office; Indiana’s highest ranking education official will not seek re-election; Monroe County bars and restaurants are slowly stepping up to pay the county’s new food and beverage tax. …

The Keys to the Candidates is a questionnaire provided to voters by The League of Women Voters of Bloomington – Monroe County. The key provides summaries of candidates’ experiences and qualifications, as well as their political priorities. The Herald-Times publishes the Keys on the Thursday before early voting begins. This year,  as early voting starts on October 10, the Keys will …

Our Anchors are ‘Buddy Bill’ Moser, Don Jordan, and Rich Reardin. A little weather talk, Don talks about going to the ‘Friends of Lake Monroe’ meeting at the town library, questions about walleye and wiper stocking, this year they’ve stopped stocking walleye, as they’ve been eating the bluegill and crappie, they have put big crates underwater for fish habitat so …

This week’s episode covers the situation in the Midwest. We hear from Ben and Aaron, who work on supporting prisoners in Ohio and Indiana, respectively. Ben informs about Ohio prisoners who are still facing repercussions from the 1993 Lucasville uprising. We’ve introduced Lucasville in previous episodes of Kite Line, including an early episode focusing on the case of Bomani Shakur …

In a statement late Friday morning, Sen. (D-IN) Joe Donnelly announced he will not vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The Senate is scheduled to vote on Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the country’s highest court at 1:30 p.m., Friday. The announcement comes after a second day of testimony and statements about Kavanaugh’s alleged sexual assault of three women. “I …