WFHB Bloomington Community Radio
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Indiana is among states to receive federal funding to fight the opioid epidemic; The U.S Senate overwhelmingly passed the Opioid Crisis Response Act on Monday; Soldiers from the Indiana Army National Guard are helping rescue and recovery efforts in North Carolina; The metal fish that tops the Monroe County Courthouse will soon have a name; The Bloomington City Council approved significant and long term changes in downtown parking and neighborhood zones, in its meeting last night; The Indiana Department of Natural Resources plans to log a state forest near Kokomo; French Lick Resort is planning a $17 million expansion.
VOICES IN THE STREETS
Late last week, electric scooters popped up in downtown Bloomington. Officials said the electric scooter company Bird provided no warning they would distribute 100 scooters around the downtown. Voices in the Street asked area residents their opinions about the scooters.
FEATURE
The Indiana Department of Child Services published their Childhood fatality report from 2016. WFHB Correspondent Annie Aguiar speaks with DCS Spokesperson Noelle Russell.
CREDITS
You’ve been listening to the Daily Local News on WFHB,
Today’s headlines were written by Andrew McKearin and Wes Martin, Along with Sarah Vaughan for CATSweek, a partnership with Community Access Television Services.
Our feature was produced by Annie Aguiar.
Voices in the Street was produced by Terick Warner.
Our engineer today is Dan Withered.
Our theme music is provided by Ben Lumsdaine, Scott Schmadeke, and Dani Graf.
Executive Producer is Wes Martin.
Our anchors are Benedict Jones and Carolyn VandeWiele.
