Joe Hren

3 weeks ago | indianapublicmedia.org | Joe Hren

Forecasters are calling for widespread damaging winds of more than 80 mph this afternoon into the evening. The National Weather Service is predicting severe storms especially for locations along and south of a line from Sullivan to Bloomington to Columbus. A tornado watch is in effect until 11 p.m.Damaging straight line winds, tornadoes, large hail, heavy rain, and lighting are also possible.

3 weeks ago | indianapublicmedia.org | Joe Hren

Coming up on Indiana Newsdesk:Tariffs have been imposed on almost all goods coming into the U.S. For small businesses and farmers, the added costs can be crippling. Tariffs on China were lowered from 145 percent to 30 percent this week. The Trump administration plans to move commuted federal death row prisoners from Terre Haute to a super-max facility in Colorado. The ACLU is suing the Bureau of Prisons to stop the prisoner transfers.

3 weeks ago | indianapublicmedia.org | Joe Hren

Speaker 2 Hello, and welcome to ask the mayor on WFIU, I'm Joe Hren. It's the second week of the month. This week, we're with Terre Haute Mayor Brandon Sackbun, hello, welcome. How's Terre Haute today? Uh, well, youSpeaker 3 know, Joe, the sun's always shining in paradise, as I like to say. But now Joking aside, it's the month of May, very important month for the state of Indiana, of course, the racetrack and the city of Indianapolis, and we've really turned the corner right.

1 month ago | indianapublicmedia.org | Joe Hren

Coming up on Indiana Newsdesk:The number and severity of school bullying cases are increasing, but state data demonstrates a gap in reporting. We speak with lawyers, parents and experts about their concerns. Federal immigration officials arrested four undocumented immigrants in Bloomington last week and sent all but one to a detention facility in Kentucky. Now, one of the men’s families wants answers.

1 month ago | indianapublicmedia.org | Joe Hren

Organizers hope a new program will reimagine the historic Crump Theatre in Columbus. The Community Foundation of Bartholomew County is launching “Project Encore” to revamp the iconic downtown theater and develop more local programming. Mayor Mary Ferdon said the building has events in the works but needs a long-term plan. “You can spend tens of millions of dollars on an old theater, but if it can't be programmed, well, somebody's got to sustain it, so Encore is moving along,” Ferdon said.