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WFHB Local News – August 2nd, 2022

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022. Later in the program, the Indiana House Committee on Courts and Criminal Code heard public testimony today on the proposed abortion ban bill recently passed in the Senate. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, the Bloomington Historic Preservation Commission heard a petition …

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WFHB Local News – August 1st, 2022

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, August 1st, 2022. Later in the program, Indiana Republican Senators passed a bill on Saturday that bans abortions in the state with exceptions for rape, incest or if the mother’s life is in danger. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, we have some recent prison-related …

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WFHB Local News – July 28, 2022

This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, July 28th, 2022. In today’s feature report, WFHB Assistant News Director Noelle Herhusky-Schneider spoke with Board Member of the Indiana Forest Alliance Lora Kemp about a timber sale at the Owen-Putnam State Forest and what can be done about it. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in …

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WFHB Local News – July 27, 2022

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, July 27th, 2022. Later in the program, Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Indianapolis on Monday to meet with lawmakers about an Indiana abortion ban recently passed out of committee. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in the next half hour, Sim Swapping on Better Beware – …

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WFHB Local News – July 26, 2022

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, July 26th, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Tilly Robinson reports on the redistricting of six Bloomington city council districts. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, WFHB Sports Correspondent Onyi Afoaku provides a rundown on local, state and global news stories in the WFHB …

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WFHB Local News – July 25, 2022

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, July 25th, 2022. Later in the program, demonstrators gathered outside the Indiana Statehouse earlier today to protest Indiana’s proposed abortion ban. WFHB News speaks with several protesters. More in the top half of today’s program. Also coming up in the next half hour, WFHB Assistant Program Director Christine Brackenhoff speaks with Jess …

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WFHB Local News – July 21st, 2022

This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, July 21st, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Tilly Robinson takes a look at the blue-green algae blooms in Lake Monroe. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in the next half hour, Indiana Senate Republicans introduced a bill to ban abortion in the state prior to …

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WFHB Local News – July 20th, 2022

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, July 20th, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB Sports Correspondent Onyi Afoaku speaks to a local researcher who hopes his head trauma study will make high school football safer. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Fraud Newsreel on Better Beware – your weekly consumer-watchdog segment …

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Local Researcher Hopes Head Trauma Study will Make High School Football Safer

Head trauma in sports like football has been a growing concern in the sports world. This has been partially fueled by the discovery of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive brain disease resulting from too much head trauma. There have been numerous studies on the effects of head trauma in sports. For Dr. Kei Kawata, a professor in Indiana University’s …

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WFHB Local News – July 19th, 2022

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, July 19th, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB Assistant Program Director Christine Brackenhoff spoke with Dr. Alison Case, a family medicine provider based in Indiana. Dr. Case is also an abortion provider and leads the Indiana chapter of the Reproductive Health Access Project. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in …

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