This week on Kite Line, we return to Atlanta’s proposed “Cop City”- a police training facility set to be built over a vast urban forest. People from across the city and the country have been organizing against its construction, which would make it the largest police training facility in the United States. People have been organizing protests in the streets, …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, July 7th, 2022. Later in the program, Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell speak with Dr. Gina Forrest who has conducted extensive research on Sundown towns in Indiana. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in the next half hour, concerned parents discussed school safety …
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HEADLINES Indiana’s state insect is a lightning bug. In 2018, after years of campaigning by Hoosier elementary students, the Indiana legislature and Gov. Eric Holcomb proclaimed the Say’s firefly as the state’s bug. Not only is this species of firefly native to Indiana, it also is named after a Hoosier who discovered it: Thomas Say. —Norm Holy The Republic in …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, July 5th, 2022. Later in the program, Big Talk producer Michael Glab speaks with IU Cinema Director Alicia Kozma. 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 Sports News …
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This week, we share the final part of a conversation about Rikers Island between Bella Bravo and Jarrod Shanahan. Shanahan is a writer, activist, and professor of Criminal Justice based in Chicago. He has previously appeared on Kite Line to discuss mass incarceration and the George Floyd rebellion. We are speaking again today about his new book Captives: How Rikers …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, June 30th, 2022. Later in the program, we have an excerpt from the latest edition of Bring It On – Indiana’s only weekly radio program committed to exploring the people, issues and events impacting the African-American community. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in the next half …
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HEADLINES According to research by the Environmental Resilience Institute, average temperatures in Indiana will rise by 5-6 degrees Fahrenheit by 2050. The research also concluded that between 2004 and 2018, an average of 702 deaths occurred per year from extreme heat in the U-S. —Linda Greene Ships traversing the Saint Mary’s River at the Ontario, Canada–Michigan border between Lake Superior …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, June 29th, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB News Director Kade Young continues his conversation with Dr. Jennifer Drobac, Professor of Law at the Robert H. McKinney School of Law at Indiana University, about the Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, June 28th, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB News Director Kade Young spoke with Dr. Jennifer Drobac, Professor of Law at the Robert H. McKinney School of Law at Indiana University, about the Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, June 27th, 2022. Later in the program, Indiana University hosted a panel of legal experts in light of the Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, protesters gathered for a demonstration and march in support of abortion rights. …
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