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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:26 — 53.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn early April, a group of students taught by Rachel Bahr at the The Academy of Science and Entrepreneurship told their stories. Their themes ranged from dealing with a campsite disaster to embracing friendship no matter what. The commonality was that each storyteller learned something new. We …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 57:44 — 52.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn early April, a group of students taught by Rachel Bahr at the The Academy of Science and Entrepreneurship told their stories. Their themes ranged from dealing with a robbery in Zambia to mistaking a grandmother for a witch. The commonality was that each storyteller learned something …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 57:29 — 52.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn early April, a group of students taught by Rachel Bahr at the The Academy of Science and Entrepreneurship told their stories. Their themes ranged from learning to drive to gallivanting in Europe to grappling with religion. The commonality was that each storyteller learned something new. We …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:46 — 8.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreLast night the Monroe County Community School Corporation hosted a community conversation about public education. News Director Joe Crawford has more for today’s WFHB community report. This event was recorded by Community Access Television Services. The full video can be found here: http://catstv.net/m.php?q=3940

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:26 — 25.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day special, we hear local high school students speaking about King’s legacy, and we revisit a speech made in Bloomington last year by a celebrated Black Lives Matter organizer and Teach for America administrator. Part 1 In the weeks leading up …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:11 — 24.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFollowing major electoral victories for marijuana legalization around the country, police in the Bloomington area have made two large weed-related busts; The Indiana Department of Education released their A through F school grades for 2016 today; The Monroe County Public Library is working to keep its wages and …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:20 — 8.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreGraduation rates at Monroe County high schools are higher than at most other schools around Indiana. But school officials say they won’t be satisfied until 100 percent of their high school seniors receive their diplomas. That’s why they’re working to implement a program called Communities In Schools …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:21 — 48.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFor the month of October, Standing Room Only will be broadcasting interviews with local candidates running in the upcoming election. Segments will include interviews with candidates running for county commissioners, county treasurer, county auditor, and state representative. We begin the series with today’s episode, in which WFHB’s …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:26 — 7.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis fall, voters are being asked to decide three contested races for Monroe County School Board seats. Sue Wanzer is facing competitor Jim Billingsly for her District 2 seat, Lois Sabo-Skelton is defending her seat against candidate Martin Spechler, and in District 4, candidates Cathy Fuentes-Rohwer and …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 26:09 — 23.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBloomington police have changed their minds about the connection between several recent break-ins, one of which involved a rape; A live alligator was found today on Interstate 465 in Indianapolis. Indiana State Troopers responded to reports of a two foot long alligator on the shoulder; New data …