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Governor Eric Holcomb’s stay-at-home order expires Friday, May 1st. In an announcement Tuesday, Holcomb said he will provide more information about the future of the stay-at-home order in the coming days. This leads to the possibility of Indiana joining ranks with 14 other states to re-open their economies. “As much as we have done in the last months,” said Governor …

Across the country, politicians and businessmen are calling for the economy to reopen, regardless of the consequences.  At the exact same time, the corona virus is spreading nearly uncontrolled inside America’s prisons and jails, with concentrations of infections spiking from Rikers Island in NY to the Marion Correctional Facility in Ohio, where 73% of prisoners have tested positive.  As we …

Coronavirus has swept every headline in every newspaper in the United States. Through all of tragedy, some people are beginning to talk about the good news in the world. Inspired by the likes of Some Good News with John Krasinski, Braydyn Lents promises to provide good news for our WFHB listeners. Every Friday listen to Braydyn discuss outstanding topics of …

Your local headlines: Indiana saw 7 new deaths reported on Monday. 505 new positive cases are confirmed, according to the Indiana State Department of Health. Total deaths are at 569 people. Total numbers are at 11,686 cases. Total tests are at about 65,000 people. Total numbers are likely an underestimation due to a lack of testing. Monroe County reported 4 …

For this week’s episode, we continue airing messages about the coronavirus from prisoners around the country. You can call in on behalf of a loved one, or they can call in to record a message at (765) 343-6236. This week, we hear from prisoners in Wisconsin, Louisiana, Indiana, Illinois and Ohio about how the coronavirus is threatening them, and what …

I got an email saying people are needed to maintain fan Facebook pages – work from home and earn a hundred bucks an hour! So much for that. Then there’s a product being heavily advertised – like right up front on the Yahoo website – called OkoWatt. It’s a little plastic doodad that claims to reduce your electric bill just …

This week, we continue our coverage of the pandemic’s impact on prisoners across the country.  A COVID-19 uprising broke out in Washington state this week.  On April 8, 100 prisoners refused to comply with orders to disperse a protest, and were attacked by so-called “less lethal weapons” like rubber bullets and pepper spray.  They had initiated the protest after half …

Prisoners across the US, and the world, face terrifying prospects as COVID-19 spreads almost uncontrolled inside the prison walls. It’s now or never as they and their loved ones struggle for their release, for adequate sanitation inside, and to self-organize pandemic response in the absence of serious measures by guards and administrators. We hear from prisoners in Waupun Correctional in …

  11-year-old Breanna sits in her bed with her IPad and workbook in hand for another day of schooling. Breanna is a fifth-grader attending University Elementary School. She was diagnosed with Autism or ASD at three years old. She is becoming accustomed to fear and anxiety whenever she messes up on a problem while viewing her teacher in real time …

Good afternoon. Welcome to the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, April 1st, 2020. Coming up in the next half hour, Sydney Foreman talks to Adam Wason, Director of Public Works for the City of Bloomington about early starts on road construction. Also coming up later in the program, our consumer watchdog segment Better Beware. But first, your local headlines. Headlines: …