This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, July 25th, 2024.

In today’s feature report, WFHB News Correspondent Brookelyn Lambright looks into the impact of redistricting on Indiana’s 2024 election. More in the bottom half of our program.

Also coming up in the next half hour, WFHB Sports Correspondent Sam Hall provides a report on Indiana’s athletes in the upcoming Olympics in Paris.

But first, your local headlines:

Bloomington Board of Park Commissioners Special Session

On July 23rd, the City of Bloomington Board of Park Commissioners met for a special session. The special meeting included a review of an appeal from a resident who was suspended from the city’s farmers’ market for inappropriate behavior. Director of the Parks Department Tim Street said that staff recommends to uphold the suspension.

City Attorney Chris Wheeler walked through the legal basis of the suspension and made a case to uphold the decision.

Wheeler continued to outline the park commissioners’ authority to remove and suspend people from the farmers’ market for inappropriate behavior.

Farmers’ Market Coordinator Clarence Boone said he encouraged the park commissioners to exercise their authority to keep the resident out of the farmers’ market.

Park Commissioner Kathleen Mills added a comment that regardless of the criminality of the incident, the board does have legal authority to remove residents from the farmers’ market.

After a brief recess, city attorney Wheeler recapped the findings of the park commissioners before the members took a vote on the appeal.

Wheeler outlined the first-hand reports of inappropriate touching and groping and provided the recommendation to uphold the suspension.

The board of park commissioners voted 3-0 to uphold the one-year suspension.

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