This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, April 2nd, 2026.

In today’s newscast, local journalist Dave Askins of the B Square Bulletin will be live in the studio in light of our Spring Fund Drive. More on the importance of community journalism throughout today’s broadcast.

Also coming up in the next half hour, WFHB Sports Correspondent Chase Dodson brings you today’s Sports News Briefing – a rundown of local, state and national sports news.

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Up first, the latest edition of B Square Bites – a collaboration between the B Square Bulletin and WFHB. This episode originally aired on Tuesday, the first day of early voting in Monroe County. Stay tuned, Dave Askins will be live in the studio in light of our Spring Fund Drive. 

Now it’s time for Prescription for Healthcare, a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana. This month, hosts Dr. Rob Stone and Karen Green Stone interview Lori Clark, the National Organizer with Physicians for a National Health Program, and Helen Bassett,  a fourth year medical student from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and founder of the Students for a National Health Program chapter at her medical school. That’s coming up next on the WFHB Local News.

And now, we turn to WFHB Sports Correspondent Chase Dodson who brings you today’s Sports News Briefing – a rundown of local, state and national sports news. That’s coming up next on WFHB.

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