Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:00 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, January 6th, 2026. In today’s newscast, we’re revisiting several of our feature reports from late 2025, highlighting issues that continue to shape life in Indiana and here in Bloomington. We’re looking back at reporting on democracy, free speech and community response …
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WFHB Local News – December 1st, 2025
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:00 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Monday, December 1st, 2025. In today’s newscast, Indiana lawmakers will convene today, moving further along with the redistricting effort happening across the state. Correspondent Camdyn Glover speaks with State Senator Shelli Yoder in today’s feature report. That’s Laynie Pitts from Royal Encounters, …
Read More »Protecting the Most Vulnerable: Beacon Inc. Prepares for Winter Storm
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:57 — 8.2MB)Subscribe: RSSThe National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory from 7 p.m. tonight to 7 a.m. tomorrow morning. In times of extreme weather, our most vulnerable populations are impacted the most – particularly people experiencing homelessness. Up next, WFHB News Correspondent Zoe Moczek speaks with Forrest Gilmore, executive …
Read More »WFHB Local News – October 6th, 2025
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:47 — 41.0MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Monday, October 6th, 2025. In today’s newscast, Bloomington police arrested a third person in connection with the recent attack outside Upstairs Pub on a man experiencing homelessness. You’ll also hear from Mena Morcos from IU Dance Marathon, kicking off their 2025 fundraising …
Read More »Beacon Inc. Director Highlights Risks to Unhoused After Two Violent Bloomington Attacks
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:17 — 10.1MB)Subscribe: RSSOn Friday night, two violent incidents took place in Bloomington targeting people experiencing homelessness. Police say a 29-year-old man was shot and killed near West Howe and South Morton. Later that same night, a 60-year-old man known as “Bobby” was assaulted near the Upstairs Pub. He was reportedly punched, …
Read More »Two Recent Incidents of Violence on People Experiencing Homelessness
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 17:58 — 24.7MB)Subscribe: RSSOn Friday night in Bloomington, two violent incidents occurred involving people experiencing homelessness. A 29-year-old man was shot and killed near South Morton Street right off the B-line, and a 60-year-old man was assaulted outside the Upstairs Pub. Both cases remain under investigation. In today’s feature report, we spoke …
Read More »WFHB Local News – September 29th, 2025
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Monday, September 29th, 2025. In today’s newscast, two violent incidents occurred involving people experiencing homelessness over the weekend. WFHB News speaks with the Executive Director of Beacon Inc. Forrest Gilmore and community members about their reactions to the incident. More in today’s …
Read More »Left in the Storm: How Winter and Government Policy Impact Homelessness in Bloomington
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 19:36 — 27.0MB)Subscribe: RSSFeature by Tom Muckerheide These introductory months of 2025 have been a chaotic time for many within the state of Indiana. The newly assembled State Senate has put forward a slew of bills, numbering in the 500s at the time of writing. But while the committees of Monroe County …
Read More »WFHB Local News – March 4th, 2025
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:23 — 41.8MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, March 4th, 2025. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Tom Muckerheide reports on how the winter weather impacts people experiencing homelessness. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Lil Bub’s Lil Show – a co-production …
Read More »Bloomington’s Unhoused Face Extreme Winter Conditions
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:52 — 7.8MB)Subscribe: RSS When the sun rises tomorrow the temperature in Bloomington may be as low as three degrees. This is especially dangerous for the unhoused. WFHB correspondent Morgan Reynolds spoke with people braving winter weather and social workers trying to bring them in from the cold, in a report produced …
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