This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, June 30th, 2021.

Later in the program, WFHB News Director Kade Young speaks with Bloomington Parks and Recreation Director, Paula McDevitt, about reopening Old State Road 37 which runs through Lower Cascades Park. More coming up in today’s feature reports.

Also coming up in the next half hour, WFHB News speaks with Bradi Heaberlin - graduate student at Indiana University and community activist - about organizing a vigil on Saturday for Malik Ali Malik, a man who died after a police chase by Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputies. More in today’s headlines.

But first, WFHB's Katherine Patterson has your local news brief:

Photo courtesy of University of Michigan.

Along with snacks, Go Carts and amusement rides, the COVID-19 vaccine will be offered at the Monroe County Fair that goes from today until July 4th. The vaccination clinic will be open from 3p.m to 9 p.m. Administrator of the Monroe County Health Department said, “Being fully vaccinated allows you more freedom and helps the community reach a higher level of immunity." The two shots offered at the fair will be the Pfizer vaccine of the Johnson & Johnson. The vaccine is free and registration is available online at ourshot.in.gov or by calling 866-211-9966. Walk-ins are accepted while vaccine supplies last.

The construction on Seventh Street due to a bike lane is anticipated to be completed by August 9, just before the return of IU students, according to a City of Bloomington press release. The lane will run east to west starting on the south side of East Seventh Street and connect to the B-Line Trail. This will provide a direct route from downtown to campus in the hopes of encouraging biking as a means of transportation. Due to this construction, there will now be a physical separation between cyclists and motorists due to a 16-inch wide cement divider.

A federal investigation into the Indiana Department of Education has been dismissed. There was concern that students with disabilities were unable to access equal opportunities when it came to education during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indiana. Federal law requires schools to provide “free appropriate public education” to every qualified student with a disability. The Office of Civil Rights opened the investigation in January after hearing unsettling reports that disabled students were forced by local school districts into “one size fits all” remote learning programs, rather than the individualized programs designed to meet their specific needs. After 6 months, the OCR said there was no evidence that the Indiana Department of Education is currently discriminating against students with disabilities.

Bradi Heaberlin Speaks on Vigil for Malik Ali Malik Last Saturday

BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA - JUNE 26: A group of family members and friends of Malik Malik stage a protest rally and vigil Saturday, June 26, 2021 at Peoples Park. The group then marched to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and back to demand body cam footage of Sheriff’s Deputies at the scene of Malik’s fatal crash in April be released. Malik was being pursued by deputies when his vehicle struck a tree at a high rate of speed and almost immediately caught fire. The sheriff’s office declined to release the body cam footage after a public records request, but did release a redacted crash report. Family members and friends of Malik are hoping the dash cam video will answer questions they have about Malik’s death. The Monroe County Coroner Joani Stalcup said Malik died from “hypoxia due to a flash fire.” “Hypoxia from a flash fire is when there is an explosion of intense heat/fire that literally sucks the oxygen out of the body,” said Stalcup. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian)

On Saturday, people gathered for a vigil hosted by the Bloomington Young Democratic Socialists of A...