Baron Hills criticizes FEMA for denying Indiana's request for disaster relief money to pay for August flood damage; State Road 54 is closed for hours after an overturned tanker truck spills 1,000 gallons of liquid asphalt; the Little Nashville Opry was operating without a permit when it was destroyed by fire Saturday; rain is in the forecast for Lotus Festival weekend; the Indiana Arts Commission will hand out more than $77,000 in grants to thirty local arts organizations; a ceremony tomorrow marks the official naming of the IU Maurer School of Law; Mayor Mark Kruzan returns to the Funny Bone for a stand-up routine marking the venue's first year in business; two events aimed at raising awareness of lesbian/gay youth take place tonight and tomorrow; local artist Joe LaMantia needs license plates to adorn a giant guitar he begins building tomorrow; tonight's opening show of the Bloomington Playwrights Project’s 30th season has been delayed due to an illness in the cast.
FEATURE
News director Chad Carrothers goes on-location at the courthouse for an information fair on the H1N1 Influenza virus hosted by the Monroe County Health Department. Administrator Penny Caudill talks about when we'll get a vaccine and who will get it first in this WFHB radio exclusive.
VOICES IN THE STREET
“Bumper to Bumper” - our weekly public opinion feature finds out where you think Bloomington’s worst traffic problems are.