Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:01 — 7.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | More In the Bill of Rights, the Second Amendment reads, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” The 2020 legislative session rekindled the gun debate in Indiana with …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:28 — 3.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe State Senate passed a bill to create special firearms training for teachers. House Bill 1253 will require that teachers and staff members complete at least 40 hours of firearms training, before they can carry a firearm on campus. Faculty will also be required to pass a …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:14 — 20.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOn Friday morning, a Noblesville middle school joined 23 other schools which have experienced gun violence so far this year; The Federal Emergency Management Agency is opening five disaster relief centers across Indiana; Twenty-three Bloomington nonprofits stand to receive more than $300,000 in grants, collectively; The Bloomington …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOver 500 Monroe County Community School Corporation high-schoolers walked out of class this morning at 10 a.m., as part of a national protest for gun reform. The students gathered at the Monroe County Courthouse, in downtown Bloomington, before marching to Third Street Park. Seventeen year-old Caleb Poer, …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:08 — 5.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBloomington High School students will walk out of class this Friday, as part of a nation-wide protest aimed at gun reform. The walkouts take place on April 20, the 18th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting. Bloomington High School North student Caleb Poer, an organizer for …
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The Bloomington Police Department captured a suspect in connection with an attempted murder investigation. Brandon Richardson is wanted for allegedly tying up his girlfriend, beating, stabbing and strangling her over a period of three days. The woman reportedly told investigators at Monroe Hospital the assault began after the couple fought on Monday. Members of Bloomington Police Department’s Critical Incident Response …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:43 — 6.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreMembers of Bloomington Students Against Assault Weapons are pressing for answers, in a quest for solutions to gun violence. The group led a town hall on Saturday, April 7, to which they extended invitations to state and congressional representatives and candidates. “We know this issue runs deeper …
Read More »Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:06 — 3.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWith school walkouts and students rallying in Washington D.C., Voices asks your neighbors how they feel about the current push towards gun reform. Voices in the Street is produced by Anthony Gomez at the studios of WFHB in Bloomington, Indiana.
Read More »Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:54 — 3.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA man shot and paralyzed a woman before turning the gun on himself, on Monday in Bloomington. As WFHB’s Jonah Chester reports, women are disproportionately the target of gun violence, particularly when there’s a firearm present in a domestic dispute. In today’s feature report, Jonah Chester speaks …
Read More »Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:55 — 9.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreResidents of Bloomington spoke out this afternoon against the purchase of an armored car by city police. Dozens of reporters, local government officials and concerned citizens gathered in the Bloomington Police Department Headquarters at noon, to ask questions of BPD Chief Mike Diekhoff. Their concerns were largely …
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