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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:09 — 41.5MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Monday, September 22nd, 2025. In today’s newscast, WFHB News Correspondent Harley Babbitt looks into how brain drain has impacted Indiana, speaking with one of the leading experts on the issue, Professor at Ball State Dr. Michael J Hicks. More in today’s feature …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:00 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, May 27th, 2025. In today’s newscast, WFHB’s Youth Radio covered The Mini Midwest Print Fest which took place on May 17th. Also coming up in the next half hour, an interview with Alex Valdez of the Goat Conspiracy on Lil Bub’s …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:01 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, October 15th, 2024. Later in the program, local journalist Dave Askins of the B Square Bulletin discusses the recent removal of a city resident during last week’s City Council meeting. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, July 24th, 2024. Later in the program, Vice President Kamala Harris gave a speech in Indianapolis earlier this afternoon at the historically Black sorority Zeta Phi Beta. More in today’s headlines. Also coming up in the next half hour, “Winners and …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFinancial advisers hired by the City of Bloomington have concluded the City can financially support funding a proposed Convention Center expansion with bonds. As currently proposed, a 60 thousand square foot expansion would cost roughly 44 million dollars, and would include a 30 thousand square foot exhibit …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:21 — 48.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe design firm selected to expand the Monroe Convention Center said they’re working to ensure public input is part of the process; Layoffs have begun at The Herald-Times of Bloomington; Indiana Sen. (R- Lawrenceberg) Chip Perfect stepped back from his initial effort to revise state child labor laws. FEATURE …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:05 — 64.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MorePete Buttigieg has thrown his hat in the ring for the 2020 presidential race; City of Bloomington and Monroe County officials approved the first expenditures of the local Food and Beverage Tax; The Bloomington Redevelopment Commission is asking for more information from two vendors, vying to oversee the redevelopment …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:57 — 2.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAfter months of disagreement between Monroe County and the City of Bloomington, the two parties have reached an accord over the proposed convention center expansion. Work on the Monroe convention center is set to resume after the Monroe County Board of Commissioners approved a new memorandum of …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 21.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana Senator Joe Donnelly backtracked on his opposition to Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh; Some absentee ballot applications mailed by the Indiana Democratic Party are ‘faulty.’ That’s according to Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson’s Office; Indiana’s highest ranking education official will not seek re-election; Monroe County bars and restaurants …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 32:10 — 23.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana Republicans reaffirmed ‘marriage’ as the union between a man and a woman, during their state convention, on Friday; MCCSC is looking to adopt new curricula for its middle and high schools students, after racist materials in the district’s elementary schools Social Studies curriculum generated controversy, earlier this …