WFHB Local News Features

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:01 — 4.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAs the public-private partnership responsible for building Section 5 of I-69 falters, some local residents are saying ‘I told you so.’ Correspondent Lyndsay Jones has more on that story in today’s WFHB community report.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:24 — 5.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAccording to the Centers for Disease Control, Baby Boomers — those born between 1945 and 1965 — are five time more likely to have Hepatitis C than other populations. A chronic Hepatitis C infection can cause liver damage. In fact, the disease is the leading cause of …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:28 — 7.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MorePrisons are a big business in America today. A number of recent books have addressed the burgeoning inmate population as well as the growing profits to be had in what many are calling the “prison industrial complex.” A group of activists in Bloomington hopes to remind us …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:57 — 5.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreLocal bookstore owners in southern Indiana say university towns are keeping a love of physical books alive. And outside that university bubble, other bookstore owners are trying to do the same. Dominick Jean brings us that story in today’s WFHB community report. This story airs courtesy of …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:49 — 4.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreSome local officials would like to see the Monroe County government using drones. That includes the Sheriff’s Department. Correspondent Lyndsay Jones has that story for today’s WFHB community report.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:20 — 4.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBloomington Pride is a local nonprofit dedicated to the arts, culture, education, and enrichment of the LGBTQ community of Bloomington and South Central Indiana. Reporter Sarah Vaughan talks today with Janae Cummings, the Board Chair for Bloomington Pride, about a few upcoming opportunities for the LGBTQ community …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:55 — 8.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe John Hartford Memorial Festival, a celebration of bluegrass music and its many variations, is happening now through Saturday night in Bean Blossom. WFHB’s Hondo Thompson is the new main stage emcee, taking over for the legendary Sam Jackson. The veteran host allowed Thompson to introduce American …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:26 — 5.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreEmployees and volunteers at Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard food pantry find themselves advocating for more than just food security. Correspondent Sarah Vaughan has more in Today’s Community Report

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:24 — 4.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana University has used various methods for combating the narrative that minority populations at IU are underrepresented and underfunded. Reporter Taylor Green looked into those efforts, and the way they’re perceived by the affected populations, for today’s WFHB community report. This story airs courtesy of a partnership …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:14 — 7.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAn article about a bike ride through New Zealand in an airline magazine inspired Ron Eid to dive into the then-changing world of journalism. Now, more than thirty years later, journalism is still in the process of becoming — although what it’s becoming hasn’t yet been fully …