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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:59 — 5.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Monroe County Community School Corporation’s Board of Trustees declined to put metal detectors in schools, last night. The decision comes even after MCCSC Superintendent Judi DeMuth recommended the adoption of the metal-detecting wands, during last night’s meeting. DeMuth said the wands would be used at school …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:58 — 6.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this episode of The Bicentennial Journal, Monroe County Sheriff Brad Swain tells about the “Tommy Gun” on display in his office.  It was purchased by the police during the bank robbery boom era of the 1930’s.  Sheriff Swain relays the story told to him by George …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:10 — 865.6KB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe City of Bloomington Police Department is investigating two stabbings, one of which was fatal, which took place in the early hours of this morning. At 2:46 this morning, officers from the Police Department responded to a 911 call on W. 3rd Street, in Bloomington. According to …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:01 — 43.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFor our second show in our three-part series, A Targeted Divide, we bring you “Crime, Decline, and the Rise of the Citizen-Protector: How the Meaning of Citizenship Is Changing in a Nation Awash in Firearms.” In response to economic decline and reductions in services provided by the …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:28 — 2.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreLast Wednesday the state supreme court ruled that students being questioned in schools must be read their Miranda rights. The Court justices unanimously agreed that students who are being interrogated by school administrators are owed Miranda rights if there are police present at the interrogation. In a …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:17 — 2.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBloomington City officials are proposing a new ordinance to limit use of the city’s new armored vehicle. In a press release last Friday, the city council announced its plan to float legislation would formally codify use of the vehicle. The ordinance would prohibit the armored truck to …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:14 — 20.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOn Friday morning, a Noblesville middle school joined 23 other schools which have experienced gun violence so far this year; The Federal Emergency Management Agency is opening five disaster relief centers across Indiana; Twenty-three Bloomington nonprofits stand to receive more than $300,000 in grants, collectively; The Bloomington …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:40 — 21.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Indiana Department of Transportation is warning Bloomington residents about increased traffic this week on Interstate 69, they say that’s due to Indiana University’s commencement ceremonies and end of semester student travel; Hoosier National Forest Supervisor Mike Chaveas says funding for fighting wildfires is getting a boost; In their …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:58 — 22.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Bloomington Police Department is gearing up for ‘America’s largest college weekend; Members of Bloomington’s Black Lives Matter Chapter are expected to show up at a city council meeting again this evening; The Bloomington Board of Public Works approved an agreement yesterday that could expedite a Monroe County bridge …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:25 — 1.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Bloomington Redevelopment Commission approved spending $34 million to construct Switchyard Park, yesterday. The Commission approved over $25 million worth of ‘additional features,’ that go beyond the original park plan, including a skate park, limestone concert seating, and a 90-space overflow parking lot off of Rogers Street. …