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This week, we air part of a conversation with Brandon Ackerson, a 36-year-old survivor of an 18 year prison sentence in the Indiana prison system. Newly released, he talks about using the skills he learned and honed during life in the DOC, in which he became a successful writer while in the Indiana Prison Writers’ Workshop.

Buddy Bill, Rich Reardin, and Don Jordan are the hosts. Still experiencing some cooler temperatures, Buddy Bill say’s we’ll be seeing some frost due to an old wive’s tale from February, the boys talk about planting tomatoes, weather issues, rain/wet issues, more about the logging at Lake Monroe, fishing this week, and more on taking care of your equipment for …

This week, we return to our conversation with Zolo Agona Azania, who was recently released after surviving decades on Indiana’s death row.  In the second part of the conversation, he talks about researching the death penalty and appealing his death penalty sentence. The efforts of Azania, his lawyers and supporters helped to successfully free him from death row and he …

Primary elections take place tomorrow, across Indiana. While there are no statewide votes or elections taking place tomorrow, several municipal elections will determine party candidates for this November’s general election. Early voting in Monroe County ended at noon, today. Earlier this year, the Ellettsville Town Council voted to suspend primary elections, since there are no contested races in Ellettsville at …

Buddy Bill, Rich Reardin, and Don Jordan are the hosts. Mushroom hunting is over, but fishing is starting up. Lot’s of great family friendly things to do now in the spring! Students are leaving, as today is graduation day, more about the Lake Monroe neighbors court battle against Mr. Joe Huff about his using easements for commercial logging activity that …

We recently sat down with Zolo Agona Azania, who was recently released after surviving decades on Indiana’s death row.  In this first section of the interview, he covers his early experiences in prison, the role of imprisoned Black Panthers in mentoring him, and the cycle of prisoners struggles that lasted in Indiana from the late 1970s to the early 1990s.  …

Former United States Senator Richard Lugar died, over the weekend. Lugar, who was Indiana’s longest-running statesman, died on Sunday, at 87 years old. A former two-term mayor of Indianapolis, Lugar served as a U.S. Senator for Indiana, from 1977 to 2013. During his 36-year career in the Senate, Lugar co-authored the Nunn-Lugar Act, in 1991, along with Georgia Democrat Sam …

Buddy Bill, Rich Reardin, and Don Jordan are the hosts. Quarry’s making big booms in southern Monroe county, terrible logging on lake Monroe without permits from Monroe County, no interest by the county about what happened, caller talks about land management and the dire consequences for our community, suggestion to start more public nature conservancies, the difference between DNR control …

Next weekend is commencement for Indiana University campuses. As WFHB’s Kade Young reports, over 21,000 graduates will receive degrees next weekend. Indiana University Bloomington’s undergraduate commencement happens next Saturday at 10 a.m., in Memorial Stadium. IU Bloomington will confer over 7,000 bachelor’s degrees and 2,600 post-graduate degrees next weekend.  The two most popular undergraduate degrees are a B.S. in Finance …

Former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has been hired as an energy lobbyist, in Indiana. Pruitt resigned from the EPA in July, 2018, amid reported ethical violations and mismanagement of funds. Pruitt registered last week as a lobbyist, in Indiana. He was hired by Denver-based Hallador Energy Company which maintains substantial coal mining interests throughout Indiana. Hallador owns Sunrise …