Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:49 — 41.0MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, April 25th, 2024. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondents Kate Chmielewski and Annika Harshbarger will be live in the studio discussing how you can support the station during our Spring Fund Drive. More in the bottom half of our program. Also …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 31.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we are highlighting two experiences of outside solidarity with prisoners. First, we share audio from last week’s rally in Indianapolis for clemency, including a recorded statement by Leon Benson, a longtime imprisoned organizer, as well as a speech by his son, Leon Bluitt, about the …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:04 — 3.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreNational Gun Violence Awareness Day takes place this Friday, June 7. Across the country, hundreds of events are scheduled to draw attention to the thousands of gun violence victims, every year. Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is holding a rally on Bloomington’s Courthouse Square. …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 0:43 — 696.7KB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana lawmakers and businesses are pushing for an increase in the state’s cigarette taxes. The Raise It for Health Coalition held a rally at the Statehouse last week, launching a campaign to hike taxes on cigarettes. The associate press reports that Indiana has one of the highest …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:38 — 4.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOn Labor Day weekend, Rev. Forrest Gilmore drove to Madison, Indiana. Gilmore and Bloomington residents spent their Saturday with hundreds of counter-protesters, including members of the American Indian Movement, at Ku Klux Klan counter-protests during a cookout. Gilmore said the KKK “kookout” was attended by a little over …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 26:33 — 19.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreProperty annexations by the Town of Ellettsville have the Monroe County Election Board questioning whether to redraw some precinct boundaries; Requests for public safety funds from five Monroe County township fire departments’ are moving forward; More students are now enrolled at Indiana University than ever before; President …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:14 — 1,012.5KB)Subscribe: RSS | MorePresident Trump was in Evansville on Thursday, last week. The President stumped for Indiana Republican Senate candidate Mike Braun. The republican nominee will face incumbent Democratic Senator Joe Donnelly, in what is considered one of the nations most competitive races. During his speech, President Trump continued to …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:42 — 1.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MorePresident Donald Trump will make a trip to Evansville, next week. The President is holding a rally next Thursday, to stump for Republican Senate candidate Mike Braun. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence held a rally for Braun in May, in Elkhart. Braun beat out two Indiana …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:14 — 896.8KB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreMore Nazi-related vandalism was discovered over the weekend – this time in New Albany. The two red, spray-painted swastikas and several upside-down crosses, were discovered earlier today. The graffiti is on the sign to the Azalea Hills retirement community, in Floyds Knobs. The vandalism comes after swastikas …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 40.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreSeveral students from Bloomington High School North attended the nation-wide March For Our Lives rally in Washington D.C. Hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea are joined by Caleb Poer, Ruth Nall, and Justin DeMatas. CREDITS Our show’s producer is Clarence Boone, with help from WFHB News Department …
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