This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, July 24th, 2025.

In today’s newscast, WFHB News speaks with two members of Care Not Cages who are partnering up with almost a dozen organizations to urge county leadership to not move forward with constructing a new jail. More in today’s feature report.

Also coming up in the next half hour, Chris Fox, the Land Stewardship Director for the Sycamore Land Trust, joins Civic Conversations – our podcast collaboration with the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County.

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According to Care Not Cages, the county is at a crossroads when it comes to funding the criminal legal system. Recent legislation passed by the Indiana Statehouse makes the current plan for financing a new jail obsolete. Care Not Cages, New Leaf-New Life, the Indiana Recovery Alliance and nine other organizations endorsed a letter urging county leadership to focus on renovating the current jail as opposed to constructing a new jail. In today’s feature report, WFHB News interviewed Seth Mutchler and Sam Holdeman, members of Care Not Cages, following extensive public comment at the Monroe County Council meeting on Tuesday. 

Up next, Civic Conversations – a podcast collaboration between WFHB and the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County. This month, host Jim Allison welcomes Chris Fox, the Land Stewardship Director for the Sycamore Land Trust, to discuss reforestation and land renovation in Monroe County. We turn now to the July edition of Civic Conversations on the WFHB Local News.

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