Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:50 — 39.7MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Monday, March 17th, 2025. In today’s broadcast, WFHB News has a St. Patrick’s Day special interviewing one of the owners of the Runcible Spoon. More in today’s feature report. That’s the voice of Shanker Krishnan. He’s a Court Appointed Special Advocate – …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.6MB)Subscribe: RSSWhen a child is removed from a home due to abuse or neglect, grown-ups decide what happens next – usually judges, lawyers and caseworkers. But who speaks for the child? A local non-profit called Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) uses volunteers to help kids who are going through the …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 7.2MB)Subscribe: RSSWhen Dorian Villanueva was a family case manager with the Department of Child Services, she frequently depended on Court Appointed Special Advocates to figure out what was really going in cases of neglect and abuse. After her time at DCS was over she got involved at CASA as a …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:32 — 19.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn today’s segment we brought you news that the Indianapolis Zoo has announced it will create a Global Center for Species Survival, thanks to a a $4,000,000 grant from the Lily Endowment, Inc. The IU Health of Bloomington’s parking garage on Second Street will most likely remain …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:54 — 19.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Alcoholic Beverage Board postponed Kilroy’s on Kirkwood’s liquor license renewal due to a lack of quorum. South Bend Mayor and 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is introducing a plan to expand national service networks. The Indiana State Department of Health warns Indiana residents they have found …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:44 — 3.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreChristy Langley is a self-professed life-long learner and an advocate for children. She had thought for some time how she could best support children in the community through service and finally found her match in the Court Appointed Special Advocates Program. As a CASA she is able …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:00 — 61.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA staff photographer at The Herald-Times is dismissed, as newspapers are sold to GateHouse Media; Indiana legislators support a ‘tax amnesty’ program; Supporters of redistricting reform push legislators to act; Sen. (R-Lawrenceberg) Chip Perfect withdraws bill eliminating child labor laws, after conflict of interest scandal; EPA re-schedules …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:43 — 1.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreMonroe County CASA begins its fall advocate training on October 18th. CASA is short for court appointed special advocates. CASAs advocate in the courts on behalf of juveniles who have been subjected to abuse or neglect. Jim Shelton is a member of the Monroe County CASA’s Board …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:57 — 3.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAbbi Surles is one of the inaugural participants in a new volunteer program through Monroe County CASA called Child Visit Monitors (CVM). CVMs make monthly visits to a child or sibling group who have not yet been assigned a Court Appointed Special Advocate, but could still benefit …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:53 — 20.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana Governor Eric Holcomb penned a letter to President Donald Trump on Friday, asking for 36 counties across the state to be declared ‘Major Disaster’ areas; The U.S. Department of Education announced today that they have formally denied the Indiana State Department of Education’s attempt to wave …
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