Good evening. This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, January 21st, 2021. Later in the program, we have an excerpt from the latest edition of Bring It On. Hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell speak with Dr. Khalid el-Hakim, who was the MLK Day keynote speaker for the City of Bloomington. He is the founder and curator of the …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, January 19th, 2021. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Aaron Comforty speaks with the founders of the Bloomington based “Terran Robotics” start-up, which is using artificial intelligence and drone technology to construct environmentally sound buildings out of natural materials. Terran Robotics is a recent recipient of a National Science Foundation grant worth …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, January 13th, 2021. In today’s program, WFHB Contributor Kevin Weinberg reported on the gathering of advocates, concerned residents and journalists at Seminary Square Park on Monday in anticipation of the city’s planned eviction of the encampment that’s become the center of a standoff between the Hamilton administration and several social service agencies. …
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3,477 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Indiana on Monday, according to the Indiana State Department of Health. There were 142 newly reported deaths. Locally, Monroe County saw 37 new confirmed cases yesterday, while Lawrence County reported 44. Brown County reported no new cases, but 1 new COVID-19 death. The National Collegiate Athletics Association, or NCAA, announced Monday that …
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Good afternoon. This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, December 3rd, 2020. Later in the program, we have an excerpt from the latest episode of Bring It On! – where IU Professors Talk about Black Theater and Post-Trump Civil Rights. That’s coming up later in today’s feature reports. Also coming up in the next half hour, the Monroe County …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, November 16th, 2020. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Aaron Comforty reports on the Sean Reed shooting – where Indianapolis police officers did not face charges for killing 21-year-old Reed after a grand jury decision last week. More coming up in today’s feature report. Also in the next half hour, we have …
Read More »Text in this post was edited for clarity on August 24th. I spoke with founder of Yellowwood Youth, Josie Sparks, who will be a high school senior this year and has spent the past year working endlessly to get to this point. Yellowwood Youth was a result of the work that Sparks did for Project Green Challenge, which is an …
Read More »The press conference included around 4,500 educators and education staff from Indiana with the purpose of calling schools to only begin in-person schooling if it is safe to do so, with the right protocols and safety measures for keeping covid cases under control. Indiana governor Eric Holcomb made masks mandatory in any public area, including outside with other people present, …
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This story was edited for clarity on August 10th. According to court documents from last year, the charge asked that the court “mandates the Huffs to immediately restore and stabilize the land and vegetation they disturbed or removed, or caused to be disturbed or removed from portions of the Huff property that exceed 12 percent slope.” The county …
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Baby boxes provide a safe and anonymous way for mothers or providers to surrender their infant without giving out personal information or being seen. Infants must be no more than 30 days old. When a baby is placed in the box, a delayed silent alarm is triggered and will alert firefighters in the station. The alarm also alerts the Monroe …
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