Daily Local News – WFHB

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, July 9th, 2025. In today's newscast, WFHB News Correspondent Max Schneider provides a rundown on campus and local news over the summer. More in today's feature report. You’ll also hear from Katelyn Dunivan from University Players, a student-run theater group that saw their funding cut by 80% …

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, July 7th, 2025. In today's newscast, you will hear Paul Quigley on using AI to pilot a race car. A team of Bloomington students is already doing it, and later this month they take their car to California to race against other prototypes. More later in the …

This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, July 3rd, 2025. In today's newscast, we have two profiles of local people. First, WFHB Correspondent Ella Cummings profiles Barbara Restle, a 99-year-old woman who grew up in Nazi-occupied Austria. Restle draws parallels from the authoritarianism she witnessed as a child to U.S. politics today. That's coming …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025. In today's newscast, WFHB Correspondent Max Schneider speaks with Political Scientist Jeff Isaac about Indiana public colleges eliminating nearly 20 percent of their degree programs. That's coming up in today's feature report. That's Shelby VanDerMoere from the Bloomington Fire Department, on new training materials …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, July 1st, 2025. In today’s newscast, you will hear Bloomington native Taylor Minnick, a star player on the Indiana University softball team. Minnick just graduated from IU as the softball program’s all-time homerun queen. More from Minnick and head coach Shonda Stanton later in the show in …

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, June 30th, 2025. In today's newscast, Gerard Pannekoek walks through the mission of the recent Granfalloon Festival. You’ll get a deep dive into the “how and why” of Granfalloon later in the show in a feature report. Also, you will hear Maggie Sullivan, watershed coordinator for Friends …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, June 25th, 2025. In today's newscast, WFHB Correspondent Max Schneider provides a rundown on campus and local news items over the summer. Also, we hear from Mohamed Sayed from the Islamic Center of Bloomington, on the need for a Muslim culture center on the Indiana University campus. …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, June 24th, 2025. In today's newscast, WFHB speaks with former staff at Futures Family Planning Clinic and Board of Health Member Dr. Stephen Pritchard about the board's decision to suspend public comment in order to develop a new policy. More in today's feature report. Also coming up …

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, June 23rd, 2025. In today's newscast, IU's Emergency Management Director Amanda Roach discusses how to prepare for severe heat and stay safe during extreme weather events. More in today's feature report. That's Madison Stratton from Kesem, an organization supporting kids when a parent has cancer. Find out …

This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, June 19th, 2025. In today's newscast, local artist Susan Snyder, who runs the Pottery House Studio, joins us on the latest episode of Unbound. More from WFHB Correspondent Brookelyn Lambright in today's feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Youth Radio volunteers asked attendees …

 This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, June 18th, 2025. In today's newscast, we continue our series about teen mental health on Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate. Today, we speak with several teens about their experiences with social media and how that relates to mental health. More in today's feature report. Also …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, June 17th, 2025. In today's newscast, WFHB Correspondent Ella Cummings reports on ICE activity in Bloomington in recent weeks. More in today's feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, learn more about how to support and protect local wildlife on Lil Bub's Lil Show …

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, June 16th, 2025. In today's newscast, you'll hear a collection of interviews with demonstrators from the ‘No Kings' protest which took place over the weekend. More from WFHB Correspondent Ella Cummings in today's feature report. Also coming up, find out how people who cannot afford a bicycle …

This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, June 12th, 2025. In today's newscast, WFHB Correspondent Harley Babbitt reports on the annual Granfalloon Festival, attending events and speaking with organizers. More in today's feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Wade Catt, an MD/PhD student at Indiana University School of Medicine, joins …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, June 11th, 2025. In today's newscast, we continue our series about teen mental health on Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate. Today, we speak with several teens about their experiences with academic pressure and racism and how that relates to mental health. More in today's feature …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, June 10th, 2025. In today's newscast, WFHB Correspondent Max Schneider reports on IU dismantling its DEI program, Indiana Governor Braun removing three members of the IU Board of Trustees and a lawsuit over the university's expressive activity policy. All that and more in today's feature report. Also …

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, June 9th, 2025. In today's newscast, we have an excerpt from an interview – where Eco Report producer Julianna Dailey speaks with Ava Hartman, the Executive Director of Canopy Bloomington More in today's feature report. That's Margie Hershey, founder of the Foster Closet of Monroe County, donating …

This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, June 5th, 2025. In today's newscast – June is Black Music Month, a time to honor the legacy and global impact of Black musicians across all genres. This month, Bloomington also celebrates the annual Granfalloon festival, presented by the IU Arts and Humanities Council and featuring legendary …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, June 4th, 2025. In today's newscast, we continue our series about teen mental health on Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate. Today, we speak with several teens about their experiences with social media and how that relates to mental health. More in today's feature report. Also …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025. In today's newscast, Justin Baker of Monroe County Emergency Management highlights disaster recovery efforts from the county following the tornado and storm that swept through the community on May 16th. More in today's feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Lil …

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, June 2nd, 2025. In today's newscast, guest curator Annabelle Vosmeier speaks with WFHB's LGBTQ+ public affairs program BloomingOUT about an exhibit at the Monroe County History Center looking at the passage of Bloomington's first Gay Rights amendment. More in today's feature report. That's Mary Beth O’Brien from …

This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, May 29th, 2025. In today's broadcast, WFHB News Correspondent Harley Babbitt speaks with Christine Herring, executive director of PALS, about the recent tornado which took out their horse barn. More today's feature report. Also in the newscast, the Monroe County Election Board struck down vote centers in …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, May 28th, 2025. In today's broadcast, WFHB News speaks with Bryan Fyalkowski, manager of marketing and development for Bloomington Transit, about BLink Microtransit – a free downtown shuttle service that launches on Monday. More in today's feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, “Money, …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, May 27th, 2025. In today's newscast, WFHB's Youth Radio covered The Mini Midwest Print Fest which took place on May 17th. Also coming up in the next half hour, an interview with Alex Valdez of the Goat Conspiracy on Lil Bub's Lil Show – a co-production between …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, May 21st, 2025. In today's newscast, WFHB News continues its series on teen mental health on Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate. More in today's feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, “The Top Five on the Bottom” on Better Beware – your …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, May 20th, 2025. That’s Debbie Kelley – in Brown County they call her the “pollinator lady.” Hear about local efforts to restore pollinator habitat in south central Indiana later in the show. More in today's feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, we have …

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, May 19th, 2025. In today's report, WFHB News reports on the impact of the tornadoes and storms that swept through Bloomington on Friday. More in today's broadcast. You’ll also hear from Christian Freitag from Conservation Law Center, currently suing the state to stop the dumping of untreated …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, May 14th, 2025. Later in the program, Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate where we look into issues regarding Health, Housing, and the Environment that directly impact residents of Monroe County. More in today's feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, “The Bottom …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, May 13th, 2025. In today's newscast, WFHB Correspondent Mackenzie Lionberger speaks with Alyssa Gallarneau, the lead singer of the Bloomington based Backyard Function. More in today's feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, the Bloomington City Council approved the vacating of an alley in …

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, May 12th, 2025. In today's newscast, WFHB Correspondent Laurie Frederickson reports on the local coffee shop scene in Bloomington and beyond. More in today's feature report. We also hear from Naman Satsangi from A Kid Again, an IU student group hosting adventures for kids with life-threatening medical …

This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, May 8th, 2025. In today's newscast, we have Prescription for Healthcare – a monthly segment in collaboration between Medicare for All Indiana and WFHB. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in the next half hour, WFHB Correspondent Mackenzie Lionberger reports on Spencer …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, May 7th, 2025. In today's broadcast, WFHB News looks into increased mental health issues among young people today in Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate. More in today's feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, “The Bottom Five” on Better Beware – your …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, May 6th, 2025. In today's newscast, we revisit our reporting one year ago when Palestine solidarity protests broke out in Dunn Meadow at Indiana University. More in today's feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, “Water Safety for Pets” on Lil Bub's Lil Show …

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, May 5th, 2025. In today's newscast, WFHB News covers ICE's presence in Bloomington last week – a protest that happened on Friday and an in-studio interview with an organizer with the Palestine Solidarity Committee. More in today's feature report. That’s Jack Hammersley from the local performance group …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, April 30th, 2025. Later in the program, we revisit a report by the news department from Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate. More in today's feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, WFHB News Anchors will be live in the studio pitching to …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, April 29th, 2025. Later in the program, we will hear two features produced by WFHB Correspondents Tom Muckerheide and Laurie Frederickson who will be live in the studio asking for your support during our Spring Fund Drive. Feature Reports: Up next, we will hear a condensed version …

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, April 28th, 2025. In today's newscast, we will be live in the studio asking for your donations during our Spring Fund Drive. More following today's feature report. That’s Evan Anderson from University Players, a student-run production company operating outside of the IU Theatre Department. Learn how University …

This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, April 24th, 2025. In today's newcast, we present the latest edition of Unbound – featuring perspectives from the Kinsey Institute. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in the next half hour, WFHB Correspondents Brookelyn Lambright and Leo Paes will be live in …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025. Later in the program, we revisit a report by the news department from Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate. More in today's feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, WFHB News Anchors will be live in the studio pitching to …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025. In today's newscast, WFHB Environmental Correspondent Amelia Bucher covers invasive species in Monroe Lake speaking with several experts on the subject. More in today's feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Lil Bub's Lil Show – a co-production between WFHB and …

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, April 21st, 2025. In today's newscast, State Lawmakers Matt Pierce and Shelli Yoder sounded the alarm about the state's 2.4 billion dollar budget shortfall during a legislative update with the local chapter of the League of Women Voters. More in today's feature report. That’s Aakash Parekh from …

This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, April 17th, 2025. In today's newscast, local journalist Anne Kibbler joins Civic Conversations – a podcast collaboration between WFHB and the League of Women Voters – about Indiana's rollback of protections for wetlands. Also coming up in the next half hour, WFHB Sports Correspondent Jake Bedway reports …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, April 16th, 2025. In today's newscast, WFHB News Correspondent Mackenzie Lionberger reports on Spencer Pride's Health and Wellness Fair, which took place on Saturday, April 12th. More in today's feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, “Big Sister is Listening” on Better Beware – …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, April 15th, 2025. In today's newscast, WFHB Correspondent Mackenzie Lionberger speaks with Heath Byers, co-owner of Landlocked Music, and several customers – about Record Store Day, which took place on April 12th. More in today's feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Lil Bub's …

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, April 14th, 2025. In today's newscast, Mayor Kerry Thomson delivered a town hall at the Banneker Center last week – answering questions about accessibility and green space along with Parks Director Tim Street. More in today's feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, you …

This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, April 10th, 2025. In today's newscast, WFHB correspondent Brookelyn Lambright brings to us another segment of Unbound. Today, she features the life and legacy of the Lawrence Family Glassblowers from Nashville, Indiana. More in today's feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, local journalist …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, April 9th, 2025. In today’s program, WFHB News speaks with Desiree DeMolina, Communications Director for the Mayor's Office, about the State of the City Address last week. More in today's feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, “QR Codes Quick Ripoffs” on Better Beware …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, April 8th, 2025. In today's newscast, WFHB Correspondent Laurie Frederickson reports on Mayor Kerry Thomson's State of the City Address last Thursday. More in today's headlines. Also coming up in the next half hour, “Lil Bub's Lil Show” – a co-production between WFHB and Lil Bub's Big …

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, April 7th, 2025. Later in the program, WFHB News Correspondent Mackenzie Lionberger reports on the “Hands Off” protests on the Monroe County Courthouse square on Saturday. More in today's feature report. That's Mark Marc Tschida, Managing Director of Stages Bloomington, currently prepping a run of “Alice in …

This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, April 3rd, 2025. Later in the program, we welcome back Dr. Ed Weisbart, a St. Louis-based physician and board secretary of Physicians for a National Health Program, on Prescription for Healthcare. More in today's feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, WFHB's Youth Radio …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025. In today's newscast, we continue our series on political polarization for Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate. More in today's feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, “Smarter Than You Think” on Better Beware – your weekly consumer watchdog segment …