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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, April 10th, 2024. Later in the program, WFHB News spoke with Christina Avery and Haley Miller, two reporters from the Limestone Post magazine. Avery and Miller authored a two-part series on food insecurity for Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next …

WFHB Correspondent Zyro Roze speaks with Dr. Joel Fuhrman, best selling author and renowned physician specializing in preventative nutrition and natural healing, on his popular book ‘Fast Food Genocide.’ They touch upon matters of mental health, chronic disease, poverty, environmental issues, food deserts, regenerative agriculture, the industrial food system, educational reform, life expectancy, recipes for longevity and the myriad benefits …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, January 5th, 2021. This week, we will take a look back at the stories we covered in the year 2021. Today, we focus on homelessness in Bloomington – particularly on the city’s two evictions of encampments at Seminary Park and then a failed city council ordinance to add protections for people experiencing …

It’s not enough to demand justice for a week and simply move on. If we want to make real change in this country [the U.S.], that change needs to be reflected in our leaders, starting at the local level. Black people are tired, but are dedicating themselves to their communities and their country—consistently putting in the work to remind us …

New Hope for Families raised $3.9 million to help build a new homeless shelter and child care center. About 40 percent of people experiencing homelessness in Monroe County are families with children, says the organization’s executive director, Emily Pike. “Those people don’t tend to be very visible,” she said. “Those families are afraid of being separated from their children.” Over …

Bring It On! concludes the second of its two-part series about the impact of COVID-19 on the black community and the response of the black community to the COVID-19 vaccines. Last week’s show focused on the effect of COVID-19 on black women. Today’s show focuses on COVID-19’s impact on black men. Today’s hosts, William Hosea and Robert Good Evening speak …

In honor of March as National Women’s History Month, Bring It On! is spot-lighting how the COIVD-19 has affected black women, in the first of a two-part series about the impact of COVID-19 on the black community and the response of the black community to the COVID-19 vaccines. Today hosts, Liz Mitchell and William Hosea speak with three African American …

At 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the Bloomington City Council committee-of-the-whole will discuss Ordinance 21-06, which would add protections for community members experiencing homelessness.  Highlights of the bill include at least a 15-day notice and sufficient housing requirements before the city can evict a person living in a camp.  The new bill comes after the office of the mayor issued two …

With temperatures falling below freezing as we approach mid-winter, the city has opted to evict the tent residents at Seminary Square. Almost simultaneously, Beacon, Inc. (formerly the Shalom Community Center) announced the opening of a new low-barrier shelter in a large commercial gym facility near Switchyard Park. Beacon’s executive director appeared on Big Talk in October; let’s listen to the …

Good afternoon. This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, December 14th, 2020.  In today’s program, we present two news features – the first of which provides a timeline of the dismantling of the homeless encampment at Seminary Park. Then, we have the latest edition of A Few Minutes with the Mayor, coming up later in the program. First, we …