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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:13 — 6.2MB)Subscribe: RSSSpoiler alert: Lexie Parkins and Wenlu She did not win the Little 500 bike race this year. For both women it was their first time competing in Little Five. What possesses someone who has never raced a bike before to compete in the most famous bicycle race of them …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:13 — 41.6MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, February 20th, 2025. Later in the program, local journalist Steve Hinnefeld talks about school vouchers on Civic Conversations – a podcast in collaboration between WFHB and The League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County. More in the bottom half …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:50 — 37.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Little 500 begins tomorrow, and authorities are encouraging those enjoying themselves this weekend, to take precautions; The Bloomington City Council is considering legislation regulating scooter use in the city. FEATURE Representatives Matt Pierce and Jeff Ellington updated the league of women voters on the state budget …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:31 — 4.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Little 500 bicycle race takes place on Friday and Saturday. This year’s Women’s race takes place tomorrow, at 4 p.m. The Men’s race is on Saturday, at 2 p.m. Both races take place at the Bill Armstrong Stadium, on IU’s campus. The “World’s Greatest College Weekend” …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:46 — 30.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreGovernor Holcomb signs Bias Crimes Law; Attorney General Hill faces Indiana Supreme Court inquiry into groping allegations; Little 500 returns to Bloomington; RCA Park trail to be rehabilitated; Ellettsville awarded over $400,000 in grants for paving local streets; early voting for May Primary begins today. FEATURE WFHB …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:03 — 61.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MorePaper ballots ran out at two precincts in Monroe County. One pollworker said they’ve been continuously printing and delivering ballots to voter precincts since this morning; Races in Indiana are likely to indicate whether or not a so-called ‘blue wave’ is breaking across the country; Yesterday, the Bloomington Redevelopment …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this second episode of The Bicentennial Journal, Tom Schwoegler, a long time coach for a Little 500 team, talks about being behind the scenes in Bloomington and Monroe County during the filming of Breaking Away. The Academy-Award winning film was made 40 years ago. The Bicentennial …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:20 — 28.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Indianapolis Star political columnist Mathew Tully has passed away at age 49; The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles is extending operating hours next week; The Monroe County Public Library’s adult literacy program has one of the state’s highest awards for library sciences; The final debate between Indiana Democratic Senator …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this two-part episode of The Bicentennial Journal, Tom Schwoegler, long time coach for the Little 500 bicycle race, talks about being behind the scenes in Bloomington and Monroe County during the filming of Breaking Away. The Academy-Award winning film was made 40 years ago. The Bicentennial …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:05 — 20.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHEADLINES Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly met with Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, earlier today; Monroe County residents will see fewer road clean-up crews picking up trash; The Monroe County Community School Corporation’s 2019 budget is expected to be nearly five million dollars higher than this year’s budget; The …