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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, June 10th, 2020. WFHB News Director Kade Young covers Tuesday night’s protest at the Monroe County Courthouse. Also, Better Beware – your weekly consumer-watchdog segment. But first, your local headlines. In between May 3rd and June 9th, there were 339 new positive cases of Covid-19 in Indiana, according to the state health …

South Bend Mayor and Democratic Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg cancelled campaign events to return to the northern Indiana city, last week. Buttigieg – who is finishing his second term as South Bend Mayor – returned to the city, after a black man was shot dead by a white police officer. Buttigieg held a town hall meeting on Sunday about the …

The South Bend Fraternal Order of Police issued a public letter yesterday, in harsh criticism of Mayor Pete Buttigieg. Buttigieg, who hopes to secure the Democratic Party’s Presidential nomination, suspended campaigning last week, after a Black man was shot to death by a White officer in South Bend. In their letter, the South Bend police union criticized, “Mayor Pete,” as …

South Bend Mayor and Democratic Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg continues to suspend campaign events, after last week’s fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer. The 37 year-old, two-term mayor addressed the community at a town hall meeting, last night. The Associated Press reports a further 11 people were shot yesterday, including one man fatally, after a …

HEADLINES South Bend Mayor and Democratic Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg continues to suspend campaign events, after last week’s fatal shooting of a Black man by a White police officer; A women’s health clinic is set to open in South Bend this week, despite Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill’s legal challenges; Monroe County Plan Commissioners are voicing their concerns about a …

A 14-year-old suspect took his own life after a shooting at a Richmond, Indiana middle school this morning, police say. The Richmond Police Department and school officials were warned that anarmed individual was heading to Dennis Intermediate School this morning. The school was on lockdown and police were waiting for the teen when he arrived. Police and the teenager shot …

A proposed deer cull at Griffy Nature Preserve in Bloomington has been delayed until next year. City of Bloomington officials said the delay is due to a lack of local hunters signing up for the hunt. The Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department is postponing the hunt, which was planned to take place throughout weekends in November and December. The hunting at …

President Donald Trump was in Indianapolis over the weekend; The Indiana Democratic Party is attempting to split the Republican Senate vote at midterms next week; One woman in Brazil, Indiana is fed up with the negative attack ads between Incumbent Democratic Senator Joe Donnelly and his Republican challenger Mike Braun; A fight at a Halloween party over the past weekend left one dead …

Nike’s decision to feature former NFL Quarterback Colin Kaepernick on an advertisement has reinvigorated the debate over NFL player protests of the slayings of unarmed Black men by police officers. Voices in the Street asks listeners their opinions on Nike’s decision. Voices in the Street is produced by Community Radio, WFHB. This week’s episode was produced by Terick Warner.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department announced they will  release officers’ body camera footage, today; The Monroe County Community School Corporation is continuing a public debate over whether it should deploy metal detectors at schools in the district; Flags across the state will be at half-mast, for the rest of this week; The Town of Ellettsville is considering purchasing two properties, due to two …