WFHB Local News Features

On July 31st Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller filed a brief in federal court noting that The United States Supreme Court’s ruling striking down Arizona’s immigration law as unconstitutional means portions of Indiana’s immigration law dealing with warrantless arrests cannot be defended. More on the local impact of this ruling here, in a WFHB feature exclusive.

The human genome may be the best avenue to date in the battle against Alzheimer’s Disease. It is also the focus of the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, an on-going study in its second phase. The Indiana University Neuroimaging Center is one of the partners in ADNI and the center’s director Dr. Andrew Saykin, Director of the Indiana University Neuroimaging Center, …

Demolition Derby The 2012 Monroe County Fair concluded on Saturday with crowd favorite the Demolition Derby. WFHB Correspondent Leigh Bush was on hand to ask the generations of fair goers about their experience, and the final round of the derby, for today’s WFHB feature exclusive.

As drought conditions continue in the Bloomington area, demand for water has never been higher. That’s according to officials at the city’s Utilities department. The Department has been pumping 24 million gallons of water a day out of the Monroe Reservoir. And that’s as much as the city’s equipment can handle. In the face of unprecedented demand, the Department is …

Bloomington’s “Really Really Free Market” is held on the first Saturday of each month as a place for goods, clothing, and teaching to be exchanged for free. The alternate commerce system is organized by familiar faces from Bloomington’s Occupy camp that took place in People Park throughout the fall, and also has crossover members with the local affiliate of “food …

The Monroe County Public Library is regularly ranked among the top libraries in the nation for it’s size. In order to continuing serving the community, and remain on the forefront as the technology of books and publishing goes electronic – a strategic planning process is underway. Today, MCPL Community Relations Coordinator Margaret Harter, speaks with WFHB News Director Alycin Bektesh …

An IU School of Medicine cancer research team is in process of refining a new drug that would target the protein SHP2, a protein that contributes to several types of leukemia. The team, including Dr. Reuben Kapur Director of the Hematology and Stem Cell Program at the Wells Center of Pediatric Research, Dr. Rebecca Chan Associate Professor of Pediatrics, and …

The Sunny Start program at the Indiana State Department of Health has recently released the State of the Young Hoosier Child 2012 Environmental Health Report. WFHB News Director Alycin Bektesh spoke this morning with Mary Webber, the Director of the Division of Maternal and Child Health for the Indiana State Department of Health and brings highlights of the report, for …

The American Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Rachel Ray are giving away one-hundred-thousand-dollars to animal shelters nationwide. The contest began in the spring, and the field was narrowed down to fifty shelters through an online voting system. Bloomington’s Animal Shelter came in second place this spring, and beginning tomorrow they will launch into round two, which …

The Bloomington City Council spent more than a dozen hours in budget hearings last week. The Council debated the future spending of every department within the city government. At the very beginning of the hearings, Mayor Mark Kruzan said he was confident about the strength of the city’s finances. But at least one major expense is increasing at what some …