Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:50 — 40.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Indiana state budget passed through the State Senate, this morning; An Indiana Senate bill that would have legalized “loan shark lending” died on the House floor, yesterday; Bloomington will acquire the Bunger & Robertson property on South College Ave.; Plans to put a four-story boutique hotel …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:32 — 1.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Town of Ellettsville is being awarded more than $400,000 in grant funding to pave local streets. Assistant Planner Denise Line told the Ellettsville Town Council last night, she has secured six Community Crossings Grants from the Indiana Department of Transportation. Ellettsville will need to kick in …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:10 — 66.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreNew hope kindled for hate crimes law in Indiana; Amanda Barge suspends her mayoral campaign in midst of sexual harrassment allegations; Former Monroe County employee indicted for child pornography; Ellettsville to declare eminent domain in flood mitigation effort. FEATURE City Council candidates Jean Capler, Vauhxx Booker, Matt …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:02 — 61.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Monroe County Election Board approved Ellettsville’s request to not hold a primary election, last week; Brown County Parks and Recreation Department Director approved $13,000 logging contract for scenic overlook; Indiana’s beleaguered Attorney General announces the creation of an online sexual assault form; Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:25 — 62.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreArea service providers, including the Hoosier Hills Food Bank, are stocking up in order to cover the so-called SNAP Gap, following the federal government shutdown; The City of Bloomington began an extensive survey of municipal trees, last week; Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton will give his annual State of the …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:40 — 70.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBall State Study says that Indiana’s housing market never fully recovered from the Great recession; Indiana Senate passes bill further restricting annexation by municipal governments; Ellettsville wracked by flooding; Bloomington Transit to receive an additional nine million dollars in funding for 2019. FEATURE Indiana Recovery Alliance Director …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn part two of this two-part episode of The Bicentennial Journal, Glenda Murray continues her brief history of Monroe County. Support for The Bicentennial Journal and WFHB comes from Monroe County and Visit Bloomington. More information about Monroe County’s Bicentennial is available on their website.
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:49 — 21.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana has released accountability grades for schools within the state, but more than half of the schools within the Monroe County Community School Corporation don’t yet have grades; Indiana is reporting the first death of a resident, due to influenza this year; An ice storm that hit parts …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:00 — 26.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana Attorney General Curtis Hill will not be prosecuted for alleged sexual assault; The Bloomington Board of Park Commissioners authorized borrowing $10 million for proposed parks projects; The Town of Ellettsville is working to purchase two properties in the floodway of Jack’s Defeat Creek, in an effort to mitigate …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:12 — 19.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreNational fallout from sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic church continues to bring to light to abuse cases in Indiana; The Richland – Bean Blossom School Board unanimously approved a three-year contract for a new superintendent; 13th Street in Bloomington will be closed for a month while Indiana University …
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