This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, October 24th, 2024.

Later in the program, Civic Conversations – a podcast collaboration between WFHB and the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County. More in the bottom half of our program.

Also coming up in the next half hour, the latest episode of Unbound – today’s report features a conversation with Kaylie McClung, a teacher living in Brevard, North Carolina who evacuated her home due to Hurricane Helene.

But first, the latest episode of Civic Conversations:

Now it’s time for Civic Conversations – a podcast collaboration between WFHB and the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County. This month, on Civic Conversations, we welcomed Erika Oliphant of the Monroe County Prosecutor’s Office. During the episode, Prosecutor Oliphant shared how her office determines what cases to prosecute, the role of the prosecutor, and how plea bargains impact what cases are brought to court. She also talked about the current research study on how racial and ethnic biases impact the cases brought to court. Her office works with the NAACP Monroe County Branch on this critical study.

In today’s feature report, WFHB correspondents Brookelyn Lambright and Leo Paes bring us another segment of Unbound. Today’s report features a conversation with Kaylie McClung, a teacher living in Brevard, North Carolina who evacuated her home due to Hurricane Helene. She shares the terrifying hours leading up to and during the hurricane as well as the devastation that followed. We turn now to Part I of that segment on the WFHB Local News.

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