Buddy Bill, Rich Reardin, and Don Jordan are the hosts. This week Don Jordan and Rich Reardin wish Buddy Bill a happy birthday, and he has the day off. Weather around town and in the area, lake level and temperature, fishing in Cataract lake, talk about big catfish as they are biting, watching out for the sun, ticks, chiggers, and …

In this episode of The Bicentennial Journal, Janet Anderson tells about the 19th century club.  Started as a reading club, the group became the Local Council of Women. They founded the hospital and later the library. 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. …

Clarence Boone and William Hosea welcome Liz Mitchell PART ONE On tonight’s show, Jim and William are historian, researcher, playwright and Bring It On contributor Liz Mitchell. She joins us to discuss the origins of “Juneteenth” and talk about upcoming community events surrounding it. PART TWO News of interest to the African-American community. PART THREE William Hosea talks about a …

This May was the hottest on record for Indiana. Globally, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association found last month to be the fourth hottest on record. This month appears to be on-track for another record-breaking heat wave. Temperatures regularly in the mid-90’s, along with high humidity is leading the Shalom Community Center in Bloomington to issue a call for donations of …

Shalom Community Center in Bloomington is asking area residents for water bottles and towels; Indiana DNR is warning residents to avoid floodwaters, after a six year-old Columbus boy drown over the weekend; The Federal Emergency Management Agency will stop offering emergency assistance across the state, next month; The Indiana Department of Revenue is warning Indiana residents about a potential increase in …

Dr. John Labban has volunteered his services through Volunteers in Medicine since they opened in 2007, providing prenatal care for many women in the community who are not U.S. citizens or may not have access to insurance coverage for prenatal and delivery services. Without his compassionate service through the VIM clinic, these women would typically go without care for themselves …

Locutores Luis Hernandes, Luis Fuentes y Carlos Bakota hablaron sobre Cuba, cubamistad, y su gente y la politca.   Hosts Luis Hernandes, Luis Fuentes, y Carlos Bakota talked about Cuba, its people, and its political relationship with America and the rest of the world as well as America’s culture within countries globally.

First, we hear part of a panel from the recent Fight Toxic Prisons conference, which was held last week in Pittsburgh. Saleem Holbrook shares his experiences after doing nearly three decades inside, with a focus on what it’s like to organize behind the walls. Coming into the system when he was young, he describes the influence of older prisoners on …

The Indiana University Board of Trustees approved tuition and fee increases for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 academic years, this morning. The approval comes during the Trustee’s meeting at IU Northwest, in Gary. At IU Bloomington and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, resident undergraduate tuition and fee rates will increase by 1.4 percent over the next two academic years. According to an …

Indiana Republicans approved a plank, during their party convention last weekend in Evansville, which aims to make abortion a constitutional issue.  Indiana University’s Board of Trustees is meeting in Gary today and tomorrow.  The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is predicting high ozone levels across our listening area tomorrow.  A new bike sharing program is being launched by the City of Bloomington and …