Indiana wildlife groups are pushing for recognition of Indiana’s Lake Sturgeons as a federally endangered species. The fish-which can grow up to 8 feet in length and live to over 100 years old- have seen a 99% population reduction in the last century. In today’s feature report, WFHB correspondent Jonah Chester discusses the importance of the sturgeon with Hoosier Environmental …

With Ethan Robbins on guitar and vocals and Iain Donkin on drums, Pnature Walk incorporates what it’s like growing up in rural Indiana into catchy pop songs. Hailing from Layfette, Ethan has also played in the band Gaia. Iain, who is from West Layfette, plays the drums in Heaven Honey, hosts an electronic music open night called Open Tweak and …

Deer tick populations are increasing and showing up in places they’ve never been before. That’s according to a new study from Indiana University researchers. As WFHB Correspondent Jonah Chester reports, the increased prevalence of ticks throughout the state also increases the chances of residents contracting diseases, including the incurable Lyme Disease.

On Friday morning, a Noblesville middle school joined 23 other schools which have experienced gun violence so far this year; The Federal Emergency Management Agency is opening five disaster relief centers across Indiana; Twenty-three Bloomington nonprofits stand to receive more than $300,000 in grants, collectively; The Bloomington Farmer’s Market is offering to double the dollars of people using food stamps; …

Today we pledge allegiance to what Ralph Ellison called a sorrowful laughter for all, and we open with “Waitin’ for Benny” a jam session from 1941 featuring jazz and swing guitarist Charlie Christian, an artist who, like Ellison, discovered the New World of Jazz in Oklahoma City. In Ellison’s 1958 Saturday Review essay “The Charlie Christian Story,” he writes, “The …

Some stupid scammers tried to hook our News Director, but they’re far from the only ones you’ve got to beware of right now – WFHB’s Richard Fish brings us this report about several fraudulent schemes.

Gavin Everett spends hours involved in Commission on Hispanic and Latino Affairs activities, often saying, “just tell me what I can do to help.” The Bloomington community shares a rich and diverse Hispanic and Latino community and the commission works to identify and research the issues that impact this population, especially in areas of health, education, public safety and cultural …

Our special 2018 Memorial Day “Best of” episode PART ONE Doris Sims and Amrita Myers welcome Raffi Hasan, director of the City of Bloomington Safe and Civil City Program and Indiana State Police Captain, Ruben Marté. They provided a prelude to a November 2015 community conversation on the city of Bloomington’s relationship with law enforcement. PART TWO Cornelius Wright and …

Locutores Host Eric Gutierrez y Ernesto Atlixqueno hablaron acerca del nido familiar,  las costumbres que existen en Mexico y Espana. Hosts Eric Gutierrez and Ernesto Atlixqueno discus the family nest and family customs in Spain versus those in Mexico.

In this episode, we hear from Timothy Stewart-Winter, an Associate Professor at Rutgers University with a background studying sexuality and incarceration. Stewart-Winter wrote the book “Queer Clout: Chicago and the Rise of Gay Politics” and co-directs the Queer Newark Oral History Project. In this episode, they speak about the policing of sexuality and some of its consequences, beginning with the …