Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 34.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MorePART ONE: Today, hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea speak with representatives from the Hannah Center about the hidden, but prevalent, problem of human trafficking. Tina Lampke, Executive Director of the Hannah Center, Liz Franklin, Hannah House Coordinator, and Brigitt Nasby, Shelter Outreach and Safe Place Coordinator …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:58 — 19.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreNew State Senate bill expands child abuse victim protections; One of Monroe County’s specialty problem-solving programs, the Veterans Court, receives state grant funds; Karst Farm trail to be extended to Ellettsville through the Monon Railroad Corridor via Next Level grant funds; INDOT returns some I-69 property to …
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A new State Senate bill which seeks to expand child abuse victim protections went into effect on July 1. State Senator Mark Messmer told The Herald-Tribune that he wrote State Senate Bill 551 after a constituent shared his story. The constituent told Messmer he struggled to block a 40-year-old-man’s attempts to contact his 14-year-old daughter. Messmer said the man sent …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:13 — 2.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana Attorney General Curtis Hill’s Office announced it’s put together an online form for Indiana residents who may have experienced sexual abuse, at the hands of religious leaders. The form is not meant to be used by minors, which it directs to the Indiana Child Abuse and …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 26:04 — 18.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MorePresident Donald Trump will be in Evansville tonight; Roman Catholic clergy in Indiana are facing child abuse allegations; The owners of the 18-and-over nightclub Kilroy’s Recess in Bloomington have closed down their business. FEATURE A new report by the Indiana Builders Association finds that new housing prices are increasingly …
Read More »Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:22 — 5.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe national opioid epidemic, which President Donald Trump declared a Public Health Emergency last week, is changing the face of child abuse and neglect in Indiana and causing more children to become wards of the state. Experts and advocates say the overwhelming number of cases and the …
Read More »Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:34 — 5.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA study by an IU researcher conducted earlier this year is drawing parallels between the minimum wage and child neglect cases. WFHB Correspondent Cole Stinson brings us that report on today’s Community Report.
Read More »Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:43 — 4.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA new Indiana state law requires school employees to report suspected child abuse or neglect directly to Child Services or local law enforcement before informing the principal of the school. Legislation co-author State Senator Mark Messmer said the new law was made because some child abuse cases …
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