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Indiana federal candidates have spent over $44 million cumulatively on Midterm elections. The state has one of the most closely watched Senate races in the nation, between incumbent Democratic Senator Joe Donnelly, and Republican Nominee Mike Braun, who outspent Donnelly. Braun spent $15.5 half million during his campaign, against Donnelly’s $14 million. In the U.S. House of Representatives, Indiana’s “Bloody Ninth,” which …

In 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 Journal—looking back on 200 years of history in South Central Indiana. Support for …

Buddy Bill, Rich Reardin, and Don Jordan are the hosts. The clock get’s set back, some talk about it’s effects, some comments about the scooters in Bloomington, tragedy at the hospital with a nurse who was killed after being backed over in the parking garage, please do not drive using your phone, and look behind you when you back up, …

Tonight we have Kate Wiltz, a candidate running for Monroe County Council District 2. But first in this weeks’ LGBTQ news we have have a lot going on across the world.  Music this week was from the album Blood Orange by Negro Swan Events: Soup Tasting @ Bloomington Community Farmers Market, 401 N. Morton St. Bloomington Nov 3 @ 10:30 am …

In 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 Journal—looking back on 200 years of history in South Central Indiana. Support for …

A fight at a Halloween party over the past weekend left one dead and one seriously injured, in Bloomington. According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department, three people were shot at a party at Eagle Pointe Golf Resort, on Lake Monroe, one of them fatally. In a statement over Facebook, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department wrote “The case has become …

President Donald Trump was in Indianapolis over the weekend. Trump was speaking to the annual Future Farmer’s of America convention. The nonpartisan organization provides technical and agricultural training for an estimated 600,000 members across the country. The president used the opportunity to condemn a gunman’s attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue earlier on Saturday, which killed 11 people. Indiana Governor Eric …

Buddy Bill, Rich Reardin, and Don Jordan are the hosts. Buddy Bill is back from Wyoming with some hunting stories, an arrest made in Southern Indiana concerning ginseng thefts, Terry Steele from West Virginia calls in to talk about sustainable Ginseng hunting, monster catfish caught, bats in Indiana. CREDITS Our Anchors are ‘Buddy Bill’ Moser, Don Jordan, and Rich Reardin. …

President Donald Trump will visit Indianapolis to speak at the annual Future Farmers of America (FFA) convention, this Saturday; Indiana residents voting in the upcoming midterm elections will have to answer three public questions on their ballot; Indiana Senators Joe Donnelly and Todd Young were behind a bipartisan bill to address the opioid epidemic; Monroe County Probation Department and the Department …

Sex offenders on probation in Bloomington and Monroe County will attend a mandatory movie screening on Halloween. Operation “Safe Halloween” is a collaboration between the local probation department and the Department of Corrections. As WFHB Correspondent Annie Aguiar reports, the mandatory meeting lasts during Bloomington’s trick-or-treat hours, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.