This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, January 5th, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB News Director Kade Young speaks with Care Not Cages Member Sydney Foreman about the group which opposes the construction of the new jail. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in the next half hour, we revisit some of the …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, December 13th, 2022. Later in the program, Monroe County Councilor Jennifer Crossley expressed concerns about the new potential jail on Fullerton Pike during the latest Community Justice Reform Committee meeting. More in the bottom half of the program. Also coming up in the next half hour, Lil Bub’s Lil Show – a …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Friday, October 2nd, 2020. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Aaron Comforty spoke with Katie Norris about her work at the Hotels for Homeless organization. Also coming up in the next half hour, advocacy group Hoosier Action hosted a town hall featuring House District 60 candidates on contamination and health issues. Bloomington City …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, August 31st, 2020. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Aaron Comforty speaks with Bradi Heaberlin, author of an opinion piece in the Indiana Daily Student titled “Reopening IU Puts Everyone in Harm’s Way.” The opinion piece said, “students’ presence in Bloomington will put more vulnerable people at risk.” Also coming up on …
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Located on 7th and Elm Street in Bloomington Indiana sits the Banneker Community Center. However, this building was not always a community center. Above the entrance to the buildings is a carving in the limestone which reads “1915 Banneker School”. In 1915 this school opened as a segregated school known as the Banneker School for Colored Children. According to the …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, August 19th, 2020. Later in the program, Diane Walker, contributor for the Limestone Post, continues her conversation with Jacob Sipe – executive director of the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority about rental assistance in the wake of the expired eviction moratorium in Indiana. Also coming up, the Bloomington Arts Commission approved …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, August 17th, 2020. Later in the program, Diane Walker – contributor for the Limestone Post, talks to Jacob Sipe – executive director of the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority about the end of the statewide eviction moratorium.. Also coming up in the next half hour, A Few Minutes with the Mayor …
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Jill Behrman went missing on Wednesday, May 31st, 2000 at the age of 19. After a long 6 years of investigation, Monroe County local John Myers was convicted for Jill Behrman’s murder. Since then, Myers has filed multiple appeals to his case, his latest being filled in late 2019. Yesterday, the court of appeals made its final decision on the …
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The mural in People’s Park was anonymously overlaid with the words, “Black Lives Matter” on Friday, June 19, 2020. The City of Bloomington Arts Commission Met on July 8th, during a public meeting to decide whether or not it will keep the “Black Lives Matter” lettering. “Defund BPD” was spray-painted in the upper right corner of the mural, but the …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, July 6th, 2020. Later in the program, local resident and member of the Monroe County Human Rights Commission, Vauhxx Booker, a black man, was physically assaulted by a group of white men at Lake Monroe on Saturday. In today’s program, you will hear from Booker’s attorney, Katharine Liell. Also coming up in …
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