Good afternoon. Welcome to the WFHB Local News Brief for Tuesday, April 14th, 2020. According to the Indiana State Department of Health, there are 331 new positive cases of coronavirus between April 11th & April 12. Indiana saw 7 deaths between April 10th & April 12th. Overall, 350 died from coronavirus in Indiana. There’s over 8,000 positive cases of Covid …
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Good evening. This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, April 6th, 2020. Your local headlines: Indiana State Department of Health reports the total number of covid-19 cases rises to almost 5000 people. 139 deaths were reported this morning at 10 a.m. This is out of over 26,000 people tested. 20 percent of positive cases were found in 50-59 years …
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Good afternoon. Welcome to the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, April 1st, 2020. Coming up in the next half hour, Sydney Foreman talks to Adam Wason, Director of Public Works for the City of Bloomington about early starts on road construction. Also coming up later in the program, our consumer watchdog segment Better Beware. But first, your local headlines. Headlines: …
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All is quiet near Fountain Square. A sign on the door to the mall gives a notice it will remain closed on Wednesday, March 25th until further notice. You can hear sound of cars passing by, but it’s not busy downtown for a Tuesday afternoon. The sidewalks are nearly empty with an exception of a jogger, a dog-walker and a …
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Listen to the full-length interview with WFHB’s Cynthia Roberts-Hall and two Third Secretaries to the Cuban Embassy in Washington D.C. Yanet Pumariega and Dariel Quintana visited Bloomington, and they spoke with WFHB about relations between Cuba and the United States. Here’s more information about our guests. …
Read More »Welcome to the WFHB Local News for Friday, March 13th, 2020. Here are your headlines: Bloomington Historic Preservation Commission discussed a redesign to the Kiln adaptive reuse petition during their March 12th meeting. The petitioner discussed building design changes. The petitioner also included a historic light steel rail line detached C-channel awning and railing. He said storm water will drain …
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Monroe County Community School Cooperation and Richland Bean Blossom Community School Corporation have plans in case of school closure due to the coronavirus. MCCSC at home lesson plans vary by grade. Kindergarten through second will complete at home packets with electronic updates as needed. Grades third through twelfth prepared by taking their school issued devices home to check internet connectivity. …
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Welcome to the WFHB Local News for February 28th, 2020. Here’s your local headlines: The Bloomington Board of Park Commissioners approved new Community Farmers’ Market Rules of Behavior. During the February 25th meeting, Market Coordinator Marcia Veldman said the Rules of Behavior outlines market and protest areas, acceptable market activities, and recently passed administrative policy. Parks and Recreation Administrator Paula …
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Last night, Bloomington’s Board of Park Commissioners had their meeting on the rules for the 2020 Community Farmers’ Market. The board voted 2-1 on market rules “behavior”, with Parks Board members Kathleen Mills and Les Coyne voting for the rules and Israel Herrera voting against. Commissioner Israel Herrera argued that the new rules would cause violence with the police. Protesters …
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Golden Bicycle and Extinction Rebellion are groups in Bloomington who put climate change at the forefront. In a letter to the city, these groups say climate change is the defining issue of our time. The letter addresses how the mayor should allocate local income tax revenue to help those affected most by climate change – which include people of color …
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