Shalom Community Center in Bloomington is asking area residents for water bottles and towels; Indiana DNR is warning residents to avoid floodwaters, after a six year-old Columbus boy drown over the weekend; The Federal Emergency Management Agency will stop offering emergency assistance across the state, next month; The Indiana Department of Revenue is warning Indiana residents …

The IU Board of Trustees approved a number of measures for the University’s 2018-2019 fiscal year last week. The Board’s operating budget for the coming year calls for nearly $4 billion to be spent across the University’s statewide campuses. Trustees voted to increase financial aid and to approve a $17 million international center among other …

Indiana Republicans approved a plank, during their party convention last weekend in Evansville, which aims to make abortion a constitutional issue.  Indiana University’s Board of Trustees is meeting in Gary today and tomorrow.  The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is predicting high ozone levels across our listening area tomorrow.  A new bike sharing program is being launched by …

Indiana Republicans reaffirmed ‘marriage’ as the union between a man and a woman, during their state convention, on Friday; MCCSC is looking to adopt new curricula for its middle and high schools students, after racist materials in the district’s elementary schools Social Studies curriculum generated controversy, earlier this year; Monroe County and the City of Bloomington are …

Over the last year, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources logged several state forests areas. During the process, they also clear-cut countless old growth trees. WFHB correspondent Jonah Chester sat down with Dr. Rae Schnapp, Conservation Director with the Indiana Forest Alliance, to discuss how these logging efforts are impacting Indiana’s woodland ecosystem.

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is praising the Department Of Justice for not defending Obama Care; Attorney General Hill’s office is joining a campaign launched by Indianapolis Fraternal Order of Police in May to better comply with law enforcement; Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton says the city opposes the repeal of net neutrality; The Sycamore Land …

The city of Bloomington is dropping their proposed moratorium on new addictions treatment facilities within the city limits. The proposed ban on new addictions treatment facilities was announced by Mayor John Hamilton’s office last week. The proposal was supposed to be put on the Bloomington City Council’s agenda this week. Council member Isabel Piedmont-Smith was …

Monroe County’s primary election has been certified, with no recounts. That’s despite some close races; The Bloomington City Council will debate proposed guidelines for the use of the Police Department’s armored vehicle purchase; The city of Bloomington is dropping their proposed moratorium on new addictions treatment facilities within the city limits; The Indiana State Department of Health and …

The Bloomington Police Department is dropping their investigation into vandalism at the Islamic Center of Bloomington; A northern Indiana college has won its long-running lawsuit, seeking a religious exemption from paying for employees’ birth control; Construction on Section 6 of Interstate 69 is expected to start next year; The newly-renovated Bloomington Animal Shelter opened to …

Indiana Republicans will consider changes to their party platform this weekend, including taking out language that defines marriage as between a man and a woman; The City of Bloomington announced its plans to pave and improve 20 miles of city-maintained streets in the coming months; Night time paving will begin on the southern portion of the I-69 …