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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.                             …

The entire country of Italy is now a “red zone,” not quite quarantined, but facing serious restrictions to movement and public gathering due to the coronavirus. Prisoners were told that they would lose all family visitation, even though the Justice Ministry was not taking any other steps to offer them medical care or prevent transmission in crowded conditions.  In response, …

Members of the Bloomington Plan Commission reviewed and approved plans for the construction of a new Fourth Street parking garage this past Monday evening after seeing the presentation for the new design at their meeting. Construction is due to begin around August 3 and will last 12 months. Opening day is expected to be on August 13, 2021 10 days …

Information Updated on Wednesday, March 11th. Controversial illness “Coronavirus” has caused many citizens to be alarmed and in an uproar for public health and safety. The first case of the Coronavirus hit the United States in Seattle. As the virus spreads, Hoosiers are now alarmed as ten cases of the virus have reportedly been detected in Indiana, Indiana State Department …

The three largest providers of mental health care in America aren’t in hospitals, they’re in jails. According to a 2017 report from the U.S. Department of Justice, about 37 percent of people in prison have a history of mental health problems. More than 24 percent have been previously diagnosed with major depressive disorder, 17 percent with bipolar disorder, 13 percent …

The Indiana legislature is currently debating SB 449, which would expand the range of situations that would send children to adult court and adult prison.  As of 2017-2018, 69% of the cases where children were sent to adult court involved African American youth.  Under the proposed bill, children as young as twelve could be sent to adult prisons for certain …

BLOOMINGTON – In between rain, snow, and the increasingly less rare 65-degree weather days, it’s hard to imagine a place Bloomington locals and visitors alike have come to know and love on fire. We were always taught to prevent fires, but what happens when your city prescribes one? The Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department will conduct an almost 8-acre prescribed …

This week, we focus on the history of police in the United States, and the concept of community policing. Alex Vitale, author of the new book, “The End of Policing” shares his research about the origins of modern police, and the inadequate ways that police respond to community issues. Prison abolition often focuses primarily on the prisons themselves, rather than …

Coming up in the next half hour, we have two features on Indiana’s gun policies. But first, your local headlines. Mayor John Hamilton will present the State of City Address on Thursday, February 20th. The event will be convened by the Bloomington Common Council at 7 p.m. at the Buskirk Chumley Theater. City Engineer Phil Peden presented an agreement with …

When most people think of Indiana’s landscape they picture cornfields and flat terrain. Surprisingly, Indiana used to be almost completely covered with forests and wildlife with a limited space filled by bare hills. Indiana’s forest cover pre-settlement is estimated to be around 85%. By the early 1900s it was at 7%. Though the urban population density has increased more and …