Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:00 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, February 25th, 2026. That’s Shelly Strimaitis from Bloomington Transit, explaining why some local bus routes have been modified. Learn more about changes to the local bus system later in the show in a feature report. Also coming up in the next …
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WFHB Local News – January 28th, 2026
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:00 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, January 28th, 2026. In today’s newscast, you’ll hear from Jillian Chavis from Best Buddies, pairing college students with people with disabilities. Bloomington is home to the Best Buddies annual international leadership conference. We’ll hear more about Best Buddies and other organizations …
Read More »WFHB Local News – January 6th, 2026
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:00 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, January 6th, 2026. In today’s newscast, we’re revisiting several of our feature reports from late 2025, highlighting issues that continue to shape life in Indiana and here in Bloomington. We’re looking back at reporting on democracy, free speech and community response …
Read More »WFHB Local News – December 23rd, 2025
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:19 — 41.7MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, December 23rd, 2025. In today’s newscast, we look back at our reporting on free speech issues at Indiana University. We revisit an interview with FIRE, the free speech organization that ranked IU the worst public college in the nation for the …
Read More »WFHB Local News – December 22nd, 2025
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:19 — 41.7MB)Subscribe: RSSYou’re listening to the WFHB Local News for Monday, December 22nd, 2025. In today’s newscast, we look back at our reporting this year on press censorship of the Indiana Daily Student. We revisit several interviews with IDS leadership, students at the media school and an interview with FIRE – …
Read More »FIRE Brings Attention to Free Speech at IU During Big 10 Championship
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:35 — 13.2MB)Subscribe: RSSThe Indiana Hoosiers beat Ohio State in the Big 10 Championship game on Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Flying above the stadium was a plane flying a banner saying, “Indiana University hates free speech.” The flyover banner was a part of a campaign by the Foundation for …
Read More »FIRE Launches Free Speech Billboard Criticizing Indiana University
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:51 — 7.2MB)Subscribe: RSSAt the corner of Kinser Pike and the State Road 45/46 bypass, you will see a billboard that says, “Indiana University Covered Up the Truth: What Are They Hiding?” The billboard campaign was launched by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, or FIRE. Since they launched over two …
Read More »WFHB Local News – October 27th, 2025
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 38:30 — 52.9MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Monday, October 27th, 2025. In today’s newscast, WFHB Correspondent Catherine Terwilliger speaks with Dominic Coletti, student press program officer for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, about the group’s recent condemnation of free speech issues at IU. More in today’s feature …
Read More »Free Speech Group Condemns IU’s Decision to Fire Student Media Director and Halt IDS Print Edition
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:49 — 13.5MB)Subscribe: RSSLast week, Indiana University fired Student Media Director Jim Rodenbush and ordered the Indiana Daily Student to cease print operations. The decision drew backlash from students and faculty, among other groups for perceived censorship and free speech implications. One freedom of speech organization in particular, the Foundation for Individual …
Read More »WFHB Local News – October 22nd, 2025
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025. In today’s newscast, WFHB Correspondent Catherine Terwilliger speaks with Dominic Coletti, student press program officer for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, or FIRE, about IU’s recent cancellation of the Indiana Daily Student print edition. More in today’s …
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