This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, April 29th, 2026.

In today’s newscast, Correspondent Camdyn Glover reports on the Best Buddies Friendship Walk that took place in Indianapolis last Sunday. Glover speaks with organizers and attendees of the walk, which serves to benefit people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. More in today’s feature report.

Also coming up in the next half hour, “Cutting the Cost of Gas – Again” on Better Beware, your weekly consumer-watchdog segment on the WFHB Local News. More following today’s feature.

Monroe County Election Board gives early voting numbers, election central renovations and poll worker training

The Monroe County Election Board met on April 23rd and received an update on early voting numbers.

According to County Clerk Nicole Brown, 332 out of 1129 absentee ballots have been returned and 2095  votes have been cast at Election Central.

Brown discussed Senate Bill 10, which is a recently passed legislation prohibiting students from using school IDs for voting. The legislation was blocked by a federal judge earlier this month, but it was reinstated after a court of appeals decision on Monday.

Brown said poll workers are being kept up-to-date on the issue as it goes through court.

Next, Election Supervisor Kylie Farris read a statement from Fleet and Building Director Richard Crider about the election central renovations.

The board moved on to talk about parking at the early voting site. Brown said people can park in the Trade’s

District parking garage for 50 cents per hour to avoid getting parking tickets.

Republican Board Member Danny Shields said he finds issues with people having to pay for parking while voting.

The board moved on to discuss training. Brown said there would be de-escalation training for poll workers before the general election.

Democratic Board Member Penny Githens said there should also be training for emergency situations. Farris detailed the training poll workers currently receive.

Farris said the board members could stop by her office to look at the training binders. The next meeting of the Monroe County Election Board will be May 4th.

Board of Public Works advances Hopewell South preliminary engineering

 The Bloomington Board of Public Works met on April 21st and discussed Amendment 1 to a contract with Crossroads Engineers for preliminary engineering of Hopewell South. Project Engineer Kendall Knoke explained the contract and how it will help Hopewell’s construction.

The board passed this motion unanimously. The next item in the agenda was a contract for E&B paving for Grimes Lane, Kirkwood Avenue, Patterson Drive, and Rogers Street. Sarah Gomez with the city’s engineering department detailed road closures and construction during this project.

The motion passed 2-0. Lastly, Public Works Director Adam Wason introduced the Adopt a Roundabout policy.

The motion passed unanimously. The next meeting of the Bloomington Board of Public Works will be on May 4th.

Feature Report:

In today’s feature report, WFHB Correspondent Camdyn Glover attended the Best Buddies Friendship Walk in Indianapolis last weekend, speaking with event goers and organizers. This is a nationwide fundraiser for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. For more, we turn to Camdyn Glover.

Up next, “Cutting the Cost of Gas – Again” on Better Beware, your weekly consumer-watchdog segment on the WFHB Local News. For more, we turn to host and producer Richard Fish.

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