This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, June 1st, 2021. Later in the program, BloomingOUT hosts Melanie Davis and Justin Robertson talk to Heather Carpenter-Smith and Jo Bean about organizing the Greenwood PRIDE Block Party, the city’s first ever PRIDE event. More coming up in today’s feature reports. Also coming up in the next half-hour, News Director Kade Young …
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Indiana University is among a list of schools to rename statues and buildings of alumni whose pasts are clouded with racism. On Friday, the IU Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve a resolution to rename the intramural center. The center is located on the Bloomington campus and will be renamed ‘The William Leon Garrett Fieldhouse,’ in honor of Bill …
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Indiana University Bloomington graduated nearly ten thousand students over the weekend. On Saturday morning IU Bloomington conferred over 7,000 bachelor’s degrees and, on Friday afternoon, the university also conferred 2,600 post-graduate degrees at Assembly Hall. Commencement ceremonies for IU take place across the state from last Friday to this coming Saturday. According to a press release from Indiana University, the …
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An Indiana University Fraternity has had its charter revoked. Kappa Sigma’s national governing body announced the decision to revoke their IU chapter’s charter, after repeated reports of alcohol abuse and hazing. Indiana University Communications Director Chuck Carney said the University is glad the national governing body for Kappa Sigma acted. Those in the Kappa Sigma fraternity at Indiana University will …
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An explosion on Indiana University’s Bloomington campus shut down Tenth Street over the weekend. On Friday night, an electrical problem blew a 60 year-old conductor underground. Indiana University Communication’s Director Chuck Carney said the explosion knocked out power to some surrounding buildings and caused the closure of the busy east-west thoroughfare in Bloomington. Carney said no one was injured in …
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Today is the first day of early voting in Indiana; Fifteen Indiana counties are getting a share funds raised through timber sales at state forests; The National Rifle Association endorsed Indiana Republican Senate candidate Mike Braun. FEATURE Indiana University Alum George Taliaferro passed away yesterday at 91 years old. A three-time All-American running back, Taliaferro was the first African-American to be drafted …
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