>> INDIANA NEWSDESK IS MADE IN POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> COMING UP ON INDIANA NEWSDESK.

NEWLY RELEASED BODY CAM FOOTAGE FROM THE ARREST OF DOZENS OF PROTESTORS ON THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON CAMPUS.

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>> OUR ETHAN SAND WISE JOINS US WITH DETAILS ON WHAT THE VIDEO SHOWS.

AFTER DECADES OF IMPROVEMENT THE NUMBER OF MINERS LIVING WITH BLACK LUNG DISEASE IS INCREASING.

>> IT'S AS BAD IN SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AS IT WAS IN THE EARLY 1970s.

>> WHAT'S CAUSING THE INCREASE AND WHY IT'S SO HARD FOR PEOPLE WITH THE DISEASE TO GET TREATMENT.

PLUS EXPLAINING THE IUPUI SPLIT.

WHAT'S AHEAD AS THEY GO THEIR SEPARATE WAYS.

THOSE STORIES PLUS THE LATEST NEWS HEADLINES RIGHT NOW ON INDIANA NEWSDESK!

>>> WELCOME TO INDIANA NEWSDESK, I'M JOE HREN.

AFTER DECADES OF STRICT REGULATION, RATES OF BLACK LUNG DISEASE ARE INCREASING IN THE MINING INDUSTRY.

THE DISEASE IS A LOT TO MANAGE BECAUSE IT AFFECTS SO MANY PARTS OF THE BODY AND LEADS TO MULTIPLE CONDITIONS.

SOME TREATMENTS ARE AVAILABLE BUT AS CLAYTON BOMB GART REPORTS, GETTING ACCESS TO CARE CAN OFTEN TAKE YEARS.

>> IT'S BEEN NEARLY 40 YEARS SINCE JEFFREY CHANDLER LEFT THE COAL MINING INDUSTRY.

>> THERE WAS A VERY DIRTY, DIRTY JOB.

WE WOULD COME HOME AND I MEAN WE HAD TO TAKE OUR CLOTHES OFF BEFORE WE EVEN WENT IN THE HOUSE.

GOT IN THE SHOWER, OUR SINUSES WAS JUST FULL OF BLACK COAL.

WE WOULD BREATHE THAT DAILY, NIGHTLY.

>> HE STARTED WORKING IN MINES IN 1975 AFTER SERVING IN THE MILITARY.

A SURFACE MINING PROGRAM SET HIM UP FOR IMMEDIATE SUCCESS.

>> WE STARTED OUT $50,000 IN 1970 -- 76.

PLUS A TRUCK ALLOWANCE.

THE BENEFITS WAS AWESOME.

SO THAT'S WHAT I DID.

>> FOR A DECADE CHANDLER WORKED AS A DRILLING AND BLASTING SUPERVISOR AT VARIOUS MINES THROUGHOUT INDIANA CONCLUDING PEABODY COAL, SQUAW CREEK AND ROGERS ENERGY.

FOR A DECADE HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES BREATHED IN DANGEROUS ASH FROM THE SURFACE MINING OPERATIONS.

>> I WAS A SUPERVISOR AND THE SAFETY NEVER ONCE TOLD US YOU SHOULD WEAR A MASK.

YOU KNOW, IT JUST WASN'T THOUGHT OF.

YOU KNOW, JUST DID YOUR JOB AND GO, YOU KNOW.

>> NOW IN HIS 70s, HE SUFFERS FROM BLACK LUNG DISEASE AN AILMENT AFFECTING 60 PERCENT OF THOSE WHO WORKED IN THE COAL INDUSTRY.

HE HAS A LUNG SPRAY INHALER ADMINISTERED TWICE A DAY AND THE DISEASE ALSO AFFECTS HIS IMMUNE SYSTEM.

>> I WAS IN INTENSIVE CARE FOR 33 DAYS, DIDN'T WAKE UP FOR 33 DAYS TWO YEARS AGO WITH PNEUMONIA.

I SUFFER FROM THESE ALL THE TIME, CONSTANTLY.

SO I JUST HAVE TO WEAR A MASK, BE CAREFUL WHERE I'M BREATHING.

>> IT'S A LOT TO MANAGE BECAUSE ACCORDING TO ONE OF THE LEADING EXPERTS IN THE REGION, BLACK LUNG ISN'T SIMPLY ONE SINGLE CONDITION.

>> IT IS WHAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC CALLS THE SPECTRUM OF DISEASES THAT NONCOAL MINERS GET FROM BREATHING IN COAL MINE DUST OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR CAREERS.

>> BREATHING IN DUST CAN CAUSE COD, CHRONIC BRONCHITIS AND MORE DUE TO ARE ASKING OF THE LUNGS.

ONCE THEY HAVE COAL ASH IN THEIR LUNGS WHY, THERE'S NO GOING BACK.

>> THERE ISN'T MUCH WE IN THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY CAN DO ASIDE FROM KIND OF SUPPORTIVE TYPE TREATMENTS, INHALERS LIKE WE WOULD FOR COPD OR PEOPLE WHO NEED OXYGEN.

>> IN 1969 CONGRESS PASSED THE FEDERAL COAL MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT TO BETTER PROTECT INDUSTRY WORKERS.

NOW AFTER DECADES OF IMPROVEMENT THE NUMBER OF MINERS LIVING WITH BLACK LUNG DISEASE IS STARTING TO INCREASE.

WHY THOUGH IT'S UNCLEAR WHY THAT IS, SOME SAY SURFACE MINING CIRCULATES COAL DUST MORE THAN UNDERGROUND OPERATIONS.

THEY SAY ADDITION OF ADDITIONAL MINERALS CAN CAUSE MORE SCARRING IN THE LUNGS.

>> IT'S ASBAHI AS IT WAS BACK IN THE EARLY PARTS OF THE 1970s.

WE THINK THAT'S REALLY BECAUSE OF SILICA THAT'S IN THE ROCK THAT'S CAUGHT NEXT TO THE COAL.

>> FOR THOSE WITH BLACK LUNG THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR HAS PROGRAMS THAT CAN DISBURST FINANCIAL COMPENSATION FROM COAL COMPANIES, MAKING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN MINERS IN NEED AND PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORRINGS CAN BE A CHALLENGE.

>> THE HARDEST TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT TO PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T IN THE UNION MINE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE RANDOMLY SEARCH FOR COAL MINERS.

MOST OF OURS ARE UNION MINERS, BUT IT'S TO ANYONE THAT WAS A COAL MINER.

>> LUCKILY FOR CHANDLER A CHANCE RUN-IN LED HIM TO HELP.

>> I WORKED IN EX-DOOR AND ASKED HER WHAT SHE DID, SHE SAID SHE WORKED WITH BLACK LUNG BENEFITS, AND TOLD ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.

I SAID, MY GOSH, CAN YOU HELP ME?

>> SINCE 2021 SHE HAS ASSISTED HIM IN GETTING APPROPRIATE MEDICAL CARE AND NAVIGATING THE STACKS OF PAPER NEEDED TO RECEIVE ROUGHLY $800 A MONTH IN FINANCIAL AID.

CHANDLER'S CASE IS.

SOME COAL COMPANIES HAVE A TRUST FUND TO PAY CLAIMS RELATIVELY EASILY.

>> IT DEPENDS ON HOW RUTHLESS THE COAL COMPANY ATTORNEY IS, IF THEY ARE CONSTANTLY FIGHTING EVERYTHING AND CONSTANTLY SENDING THEM ON EXAMS OR WE WANT A DEPOSITION OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, THAT SLOWS THE PROCESS DOWN.

>> FOR CHANDLER, HE WAS LUCK ACETO STUMBLE INTO THE ASSISTANCE THAT HE GOT.

NOW HE WANTS OTHER MINERS TO KNOW THERE IS HELP OUT THERE FOR THOSE IN NEED.

>> SHE'S REALLY HELPING ME AND A LOT OF PEOPLE.

SO -- BUT THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT DON'T KNOW THAT.

THEY NEED TO REALIZE, HOW, YOU GOT A PROBLEM THAT THERE IS HELP!

>> FOR INDIANA NEWSDESK, I'M CLAYTON BAUMGARTH.

>> IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR THE BLACK LUNG BENEFITS IMPROVEMENT ACT WAS INTRODUCED IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE THE MONTHLY ASSISTANCE GIVEN TO SICK MINERS.

IT HAS SINCE BEEN REFERRED TO THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW.

>>> INDIANA UNIVERSITY AND PURDUE UNIVERSITY OFFICIALLY ENDED IUPUI, REPORT ERR AUBREY WRIGHT HAS MORE ON SEPARATE RESEARCH CAMPUSES IN INDIANAPOLIS.

>> WHILE CELEBRATING A NEW PURDUE CAMPUS, THE MAYOR TOLD A STORY OF RIVALRY.

ALTHOUGH HE'S A SON OF A PURR DO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE WHY, HE WENT TO INDIANA UNIVERSITY.

>> MY FATHER WOULD SWELL WITH PRIDE AND LOOK BACK AT HIS PURDUE FRIENDS AND SAY BECAUSE HE COULDN'T GET IN PURDUE.

>> WHILE THE TWO SCHOOLS WERE RIVALS ON AND OFF THE COURT, THEY DID SHARE A CAMPUS IN INDIANAPOLIS.

IUPUI.

BUT THE COLLABORATIVE EXPERIMENT ENDED AFTER 55 YEARS ON JULY 1.

IU INDIANAPOLIS AND PURDUE UNIVERSITY IN INDIANAPOLIS TOOK ITS PLACE IN CELEBRATING HIS ALMA MATER, HE MARKED JULY 1 AS EYE INDIANAPOLIS DAY.

>> WELCOME TO INDIANAPOLIS!

>> IUPUI STUDENTS WILL STILL FINISH DEGREES ON THE PATH THEY SIGNED UP FOR AND WILL LIKELY FILTER OUT AROUND 2027.

STARTING THIS FALL, NEW STUDENTS WILL ENROLL IN IU OR PURDUE.

WITH THE NEW CAMPUS IN THE CAPITOL CITY, UNIVERSITY LEADERS ARE PLANNING TO GROW AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR NEIGHBORS.

>> WE KNOW THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS THERE WILL BE A LOT OF TRANSITION.

WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE GROW AT A PACE THAT ENABLES STUDENTS TO HAVE A PHENOMENAL EXPERIENCE.

>> IU INDIANAPOLIS WILL SUPPORT ABOUT 20,000 STUDENTS THIS FALL.

IT ALSO STRUCK A DEAL TO AUTOMATICALLY ADMIT ELIGIBLE LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS.

WHITTEN ANNOUNCED IU IS INVESTING MILLIONS FOR AN ATHLETIC CENTER, STEM PROGRAMS AND NEW FACILITIES.

EXISTING PROGRAMS, LIKE ART, BUSINESS LAW AND MEDICINE WILL BE UPDATED.

>> WE ARE A COMPREHENSIVE UNIVERSITY AS WELL.

THAT WILL CONTINUE AND EXPAND.

>> FORMER PURDUE PRESIDENT MITCH DANIELS AND WHITTEN SET THE SPLIT IN MOTION TWO YEARS AGO.

HE SAYS PURDUE NEEDED ITS OWN IDENTITY.

>> I THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT MOVE AT THE RIGHT TIME.

IT TAKES NOTHING AWAY FROM THE GREAT LEAGUE AUSOF IUPUI.

>> IU IS KEEPING 85 PERCENT OF THE STUDENT BODY AND SUPPORTING ABOUT 400 ACADEMIC PROGRAMS.

IT'S KEEPING IUPUI'S FACILITIES AND THE JAGUAR'S ATHLETICS.

>> IN TERMS OF THE CAMPUS, NOTHING IS REALLY CHANGING, WE SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT SIGNS, BUT IT'S JUST A REFRESH.

>> JUNIOR CAMPBELL SAYS IT'S EXCITING TO KEEP THE IU NAME ATTACHED TO HIS DEGREE.

EYE INDIANAPOLIS IS STEPS AWAY FROM JOB OPPORTUNITIES.

>> AS SOON AS WE STEP OUT OF IT CLASSROOM, WE ARE THERE.

WHY WHICH IS SOMETHING YOU CAN'T SAY ABOUT ANY OTHER CAMPUS.

>> THERE WAS CONFUSION HEN THE SPLIT WAS ANNOUNCED AND STILL GRIEF IN THE END, BUT FACULTY COUNCIL PRESIDENT SAYS THERE'S ALSO EXCITEMENT BECAUSE THIS CAMPUS AND CITY HAVE UNTAPPED POTENTIAL.

>> THIS CHANGE IS REALLY GOING TO TAP INTO THAT AND EVEN PRIME THE PUMP IN A SENSE TO GET THINGS GOING FOR THE WORK FORCE AND TO CREATE A MORE EDUCATED CITIZENRY THROUGHOUT CENTRAL INDIANA.

>> SUPPORTERS OF THE SPLIT ARE SAYING MORE HOOSIERS WILL EARN USEFUL DEGREES AND STAY IN INDIANA.

>> THIS IS ABOUT CREATING JOBS AND WORK FORCE AND INNOVATION TOGETHER, IT'S ABOUT ECONOMIC GROWTH.

>> FOR THE TIME BEING, IU IS SHARING SOME OF ITS DORMS AND BUILDINGS WITH PURDUE STUDENTS.

THEY KEPT IUPUI ENGINEERING, COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS.

ITS NEW AM PRACTICES INCLUDE PHARMACEUTICAL AND MOTOR SPORTS ENGINEERING.

PURDUE INDIANAPOLIS STUDENTS WILL EARN DEGREES AND PAY THE SAME TUITION RATE AS THE FLAGSHIP CAMPUS.

THERE WILL BE FREE SHUTTLES BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES.

IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, STUDENTS FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT CAN STUDY AND LIVE IN INDIANAPOLIS.

>> THIS IS NOT A REGIONAL CA CAMPUS.

THIS IS PART OF PURDUE'S MAIN CALLOUS.

>> PURDUE PLANS TO ADD ABOUT 28 ACRESES TO ITS INDIANAPOLIS CAMPUS INCLUDING AN ACADEMIC SUCCESS BUILDING.

A MAJOR COMPONENT OF PURDUE AND INDIANAPOLIS'S MISSION IS HANDS ON EXPERIENCE.

PURDUE ALREADY PARTNERS WITH ABOUT 500 COMPANIES FOR EXPERIENCE LEARNING AND PLANS TO INCREASE THAT NUMBER.

>> WE ARE GOING TO GROW IN INDIANAPOLIS.

THIS IS FOR US YEAR ONE.

>> FOR INDIANA NEWSDESK, I'M AUBREY WRIGHT.

>> THE SCHOOLS DIDN'T PROVIDE SPECIFIC NUMBERS, BUT SAID THAT THE MAJORITY OF FACULTY MEMBERS ARE BECOMING INDIANA UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES.

>>> COMING UP NEXT ON INDIANA NEWSDESK... >> DEMOCRATS WILL PICK THEIR TICKET THIS WEEKEND FOR THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION.

AND AN INDIANA MAN WHO IS USED TO LIVING OFF THE GRID HOPES HIS EXPERIENCE CAN HELP HIM WIN A SURVIVOR-TYPE REALITY SHOW ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL.

>> THESE STORIES AND MORE RIGHT HERE ON INDIANA NEWSDESK.

>> MOST THIS SUMMER.

>> THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF LOVE.

>> SMELLS GOOD IN HERE.

>> COME ON, BABY, COME ON, BABY.

>> GET STARTED WITH PARTIES.

>> GOOD TIMES, GOOD FEELINGS.

>> BRINGS PEOPLE JOY.

>> THIS IS WHAT WE'VE GOT AND WE CAN MAKE IT OURS.

>> IT'S SO GOOD.

>> WE COVER ALL THE ANGLES.

WE REPORT THE FACTS.

WE FIND CLARITY.

PBS IS HERE, DELIVERING THE CREDIBLE, RELIABLE, THOUGHTFUL ELECTION COVERAGE YOU NEED TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS.

PBS, YOUR TRUSTED ELECTION SOURCE.

>>> WELCOME BACK TO INDIANA NEWSDESK.

WELL IT'S BEEN MORE THAN THREE MONTHS SINCE POLICE ARRESTED DOZENS OF PROGAZA PROTESTORS ON THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON CAMPUS.

THIS WEEK OUR NEWSROOM OBTAINED A STATE POLICE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE FROM ARRESTS.

REPORTING ETHAN SANDWEISS HAS BEEN COMBING THROUGH THAT FOOTAGE TO ADD TO OUR UNDERSTANDING, WHAT LED UP TO 57 ARRESTS IN APRIL.

HOW DID WE GET THE VIDEO?

>> WE HAD REPORTERS THERE ON THE GROUND IN APRIL, COVERING THIS, SOON AFTER THE ARRESTS HAPPENED.

THE STATION RESEARCHER, SUBMITTED A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST TO THE STATE POLICE.

ABOUT 70 DAYS LATER NOW THAT HAS COME IN.

>> WE HAVE BEEN -- YOU WHO HAVE BEEN COVERING THIS EXTENSIVELY, WHAT IS NEW, ANY SURPRISES?

>> SO THERE'S A LOT NEW JUST IN TERMS OF RAW FOOTAGE.

WE ARE WORKING WITH AROUND 53 HOURS OF FOOTAGE FROM THOSE TWO DAYS.

THAT'S A LOT TO GO THROUGH.

SO FAR WHAT IS STOOD OUT, SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN POLICE OFFICERS ON THE DAY OF THE ARRESTS.

THE SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAD PLANNED TO ARREST TWO OF THE STUDENT PROTEST LEADERS BEFORE GOING IN ON THAT SATURDAY IN APRIL.

>> TWO MINUTES, THOSE ARE -- >> THE GUY WITH -- THE BULLHORN GUY?

>> RIGHT.

THAT IS CORRECT.

>> IU SAID IT CALLED IN THE STATE POLICE FOR BASICALLY TWO REASONS, FIRST THOSE IS TO MAINTAIN SAFETY.

SECOND ONE IS TO REMOVE TENTS BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY VIOLATED A NO TENT POLICY.

BUT THIS KIND OF COMPLICATES THAT NARRATIVE A LITTLE BIT.

>> IT'S BEEN OVER TWO MONTHS SINCE THE ARRESTS.

WHAT DO THINGS STAND IN A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE RIGHT NOW?

>> WELL, AS MY COLLEAGUES REPORTED THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE HAS DECLINED TO FILE CHARGES AGAINST ANYONE WHO WAS ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING, OTHER CHARGES HAVE BEEN DROPPED.

AND SO FAR THE ACLU HAS BEEN SUING IU OVER THOSE NO TRESPASS BANS AS WELL.

>> SO WE HAVE BEEN REPORTING ON THE EYE TRUSTEES PROPOSED NEW EXPRESSIVE ACTIVITIES POLICY TO REPLACE POLICIES, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING THERE AND HOW COULD THAT AFFECT FUTURE ENCAMPMENTS?

>> SO THE DRAFT POLICY AS WRITTEN WOULD REPLACE THAT POLICY.

AND IT WOULD PROHIBIT OVERNIGHT PROTESTS AND CAMPING.

WHICH IS WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

BUT ACCORDING TO THE ADMINISTRATION'S CURRENT READING OF IU POLICY, THAT ENCAMPMENT VIOLATES UNIVERSITY RULES.

SO I DON'T NECESSARILY SEE ANY INDICATION THAT THIS IS GOING TO LEAD TO A RENEWED STATE POLICE PRESENCE.

>> ALL RIGHT, ETHAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANKS, JOE.

>>> NOW FOR HEADLINES WE GO TO CLAYTON BAUMGARTH WE THIS LATEST NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE, HI, CLAYTON.

>> DEMOCRATIC PARTY WILL HOST ITS CONVENTION THIS WEEKEND TO NOMINATE ITS CANDIDATES FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND ATTORNEY GENERAL.

THE EVENT IS SIMILAR TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S CONVENTION LAST MONTH IN WHICH DELEGATES CHOSE BECKWITH TO RUN THE GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE MIKE BRAUN.

TWO WOMEN HAVE EXTEND UP AS CANDIDATES FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.

LIEUTENANT COLONEL DESTINY WELLS AND FORMER COUNTY CLERK BETH WHITE.

THEY ARE CHALLENGING TODD ROKITA.

FOUR CANDIDATES ARE VYING TO COMPETE ALONGSIDE JENNIFER McCORMICK.

McCORMICK'S TOP CHOICE IS FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE TERRY GOODWIN.

THE OTHER THREE CANDIDATES ARE CLIFF MARSIGLIO, TAMMY DIXON TATUM, AND PERENNIAL CANDIDATE BOB KERN.

CUMMINS AND STILANTIS WILL JOIN NINE OTHER UNION SHOPS TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES MADE IN THE U.S. EVERY YEAR.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AWARDED THE $1.7 BILLION GRANT TO TRANSFORM AUTO FACILITIES TO MAKE MORE ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND PARTS.

CUMMINS ALREADY MAKES SOME ELECTRIC VEHICLES, NOW ABOUT HALF OF ITS PLANT WILL BE DEDICATED TO ZERO EMISSIONS VEHICLES.

THE U.S.

UNDERSECRETARY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE SAYS THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MOVE NOT ONLY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT ALSO NATIONAL SECURITY FOR DECADES THE U.S. HAS BEEN DEPENDING ON OIL FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.

>> WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS SUBSTITUTE FOR THAT DEPENDENC , SOURCE.

>> THE PROJECTS COULD HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON THE CLIMATE.

TRANSPORTATION IS THE LARGEST SOURCE OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN THE U.S.

THE MONROE COUNTY COUNCIL IS INDEFINITELY TABLING A MOTION TO DEAPPROPRIATE MORE THAN $10 BILLION MEANT TO GO TOWARD A NEW COUNTY JAIL.

THE MOTION WAS MEANT TO SIGNAL ME COUNCIL'S DISPLEASURE WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OVER A DISAGREEMENT OVER THE JAIL PROJECT.

LAST MONTH THE COMMISSIONERS ANNOUNCED THEY MUST DECIDE TH NEW JAIL'S BED COUNT.

BUT COUNCILS SAY THEY UNDERSTOOD THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD DO SO.

COUNCIL MEMBER INDICATE WILL SUGGESTED THE MOTION BECAUSE SHE SAID SHE WANTS TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF DEAPPROPRIATING THE FUNDS.

>> I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO MESS UP, YOU KNOW, COUNTY BUSINESS.

I'M NOT TRYING TO STONEWALL, I'M TRYING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND.

>> SHE SAYS MOST, IF NOT ALL, OF THE MONEY WAS PART OF A BOND ANTICIPATORY NOTE WHICH HAS BEEN PAID OFF AND WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE FUNDS AND WHETHER IT'S STILL APPROPRIATED.

IT'S UNCLEAR IF THEY COULD REINTRODUCE THE MOTION.

MONROE CIRCUIT COURT IS GRANTING BLOOMINGTON'S REQUEST TO FINALIZE THE JUNE 18 ANNEXATION JUDGMENT SO IT CAN BE APPEALED.

THE COURT RULED AGAINST THE CITY IN THE CASE CHALLENGING THE STATE'S 2019 ANNEXATION LAW ON THE VALIDATION OF THE REMONSTRANCE WAIVERS.

THE FINAL APPEAL CAN BE APPEALED BY THE CITY -- THE CITY ARGUED FOR IMMEDIATE APPEALATE REVIEW.

THEY SAID FURTHER DELAY COULD LEAD TO MORE DAMAGE AND EXPENSES FOR PARTIES INVOLVED.

THIS CASE APPLIES TO AREAS 1C, 2, 3, 4 AND 5.

AREAS 1A AND 1B WERE DISMISSED BY THE CITY IN THIS CASE WITH A SEPARATE BENCH TRIAL IN MAY AWAITING A DECISION.

THE CYBER SECURITY EXPERT SAYS IT COULD BE A WHILE UNTIL THE FULL IMPACT OF A RANSOMWARE ATTACK OF MONROE COUNTY IS KNOWN.

IT IS WORKING WITH A THIRD PARTY TO INVESTIGATE THE ATTACK AND CAN'T ESTIMATE HOW LONG THIS WILL TAKE.

>> IT DOES DEPEND ON THE RESOURCES THE THIRD PARTY IS THROWING AT THE PROBLEM.

AND, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, UNFORTUNATELY JUST THE SIZE OF THE POCKETBOOK HERE BECAUSE THIS TYPE OF REMEDIATION DOESN'T COME CHEAP.

>> THE COUNTY SAYS INFORMATION SO FAR INDICATES NO EMPLOYEE SENSITIVE INFORMATION HAS BEEN MISUSED.

SHACKELFORD SAYS THE BEST CAS IS DATA EXPOSURE WAS MINIMAL AND NO IDENTIFIABLE DATA WAS COMPROMISED.

IN THE WORST CASES ENTITIES TARGETED IN CYBERATTACKS PAID RANSOMS, SHACKELFORD SAYS THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR HOSPITALS WHERE PATIENT LIVES ARE ON THE LINE.

CLAY COUNTY WAS ALSO TARGETED IN A POSSIBLE RANSOMWARE.

COUNTY OFFICES HAVE TO BE CLOSED AS A RESULT.

INDIANA'S REGIONAL CITIES INITIATIVE CREATED GDP POPULATION AND EMPLOYMENT GROWTH IN THE COUNTIES THAT RECEIVED ITS FUNDING.

THAT'S FROM A NEW STUDY OUT OF BALL STATE THAT EXAMINED THE 2015 PROGRAM DEVELOPED UNDER GOVERNOR MIKE PENCE.

$126 MILLION WAS AWARDED TO THREE REGIONS TOTALING 18 COUNTIES.

IT GENERATED $1.6 BILLION ECONOMIC IMPACT.

>> FORCED COMMUNITIES TO SIT DOWN AND PRIORITIZE, GET BROAD-BASED CONSENSUS ON WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO.

IDENTIFY PROJECTS, INVESTMENTS, BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND SCHOOLS OR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WOULD BENEFIT NOT JUST THAT NEIGHBORHOOD BUT THE REGION AS A WHOLE.

>> REGIONAL CITIES WAS A FORERUNNER TO THE STATE'S CURRENT READY PROGRAM.

HICKS SAYS EVALUATED READY WILL BE MORE CHALLENGING BECAUSE EVERY COUNTY RECEIVED SOME FUNDING.

>>> A NEW INTERACTIVE PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION IS GOING UP IN BLOOMINGTON.

THE CITY DESCRIBES IT AS AN IMMERSIVE LIGHT INSTALLATION THAT CREATES AN OPEN AIR TUNNEL WITH A FREE FLOWING LIGHTED EXPERIENCE.

THE INSTALLATION WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED FOR THE 2023 EXHIBIT COLUMBUS ARCHITECTURE EVENT.

JOE, THERE'S AN INSTALLATION CEREMONY BEGINNING TONIGHT AT 9:00 AT THE 4th STREET GARAGE.

>> I WAS WONDERING WHY IT WAS SO LATE AT NIGHT AND REALIZED IT'S AN IMMERSIVE ILLUMINATION.

YOU HAVE TO SEE THAT.

SHOULD BE FUN WALKING BY THERE, THANK YOU, CLAYTON.

>>> A MAN FROM SALEM IS ON THE LATEST SEASON OF ALONE ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL.

IT TAKES TEN PEOPLE SKILLED IN WILDERNESS SURVIVAL AND DROPS THEM OFF IN A REMOTE LOCATION.

WITH NOTHING BUT TOOLS AND CAMERA GEAR.

THIS YEAR THEY BRAVED A BRUTAL WINTER IN THE ARCTIC CIRCLE TO BE THE LAST ONE STANDING AND TAKE HOME $500,000.

KATIE PACK SPOKE WITH THIS YEAR'S HOOSIER CONTESTANT WHY HE DECIDED TO TRY OUT FOR THE SHOW.

>> HE IS A HUMANITARIAN AID WORKER WHO LIVES IN SALEM WHO GREW UP COMPLETELY OFF THE GRID IN SOUTHERN INDIANA WHERE H LEARNED TO LIVE OFF THE GRID HUNTING FOR FOOD AND FARMING.

>> I CAN REMEMBER LEAVING HOME AT 19 YEARS OLD AND NOT EVEN KNOWING HOW TO ORDER FOOD AT McDONALD'S.

SO THAT WAS A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE TO BE MORE FAMILIAR WITH HOW TO BUTCHER A CHICKEN THAN TO ORDER FRIED CHICKEN.

>> HE FOUND WORK DURING A SUMMER TRIP HELPING ORPHANS IN UKRAINE.

HE AND HIS FAMILY FOUND WORK HELPING REFUGEES WITH MEDICAL CARE AND REHOUSING IN AFGHANISTAN.

HE WATCHED ONE SEASON OF THE SHOW BUT STOPPED AFTER THAT.

>> I JUST REFUSED TO WATCH ANY MORE FOR YEARS BECAUSE I'M LIKE IF I CAN'T DO THIS, I'M NOT WATCHING IT.

IT BOTHERS ME TO WATCH OTHER PEOPLE DOING WHAT I LOVE TO DO.

>> 125 MILES NORTH INTO THE ARCTIC CIRCLE IS PRETTY CRAZY.

POST NO ONE AROUND TO HEAR ME EXCEPT GOD AND THE WILDERNESS.

>> HE DECIDED TO APPLY FOR THE SHOW IN BETWEEN AID PROJECTS AS A WAY TO RECOVER FROM THIS STRESS OVERSEAS.

>> I LOOK OVER ON THE COUCH ONE DAY AND MY KIDS HAVE TURNED ON ALONE, AND IN THAT MOMENT I DECIDED THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO DO WHILE STATESIDE.

>> I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CRACKS IN MY MIND, EVEN IN MY WILL, BUT I'VE LEARNED TO MANEUVER AROUND THOSE AND MAK PEACE WITH IT.

>> CLAY HAS BEEN WATCHING EVERY EPISODE AS IT AIRS WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO YOUNG BOYS.

FOR INDIANA NEWSDESK, I'M KATIE SPACK.

>> YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW TIMBER ON HIS JOURNEY AS THE SEASON CONTINUES, NEW EPISODES PREMIERE THURSDAY NIGHTS AT 8:00 ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL WITH NEXT DAY STREAMING THROUGH AUGUST.

A FORMER STATE LAWMAKER WILL SPEND ONE YEAR AND ONE DAY IN FEDERAL PRISON.

FOR HIS ROLE IN A FIVE-YEAR-OLD GAMBLING CORRUPTION CASE.

FORMER REPRESENTATIVE SEAN EBERT PLEADED GUILTY THIS WEEK TO ONE COUNT OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT FRAUD.

THE PLEA AGREEMENT DOES NOT INCLUDE A SPECIFIC SENTENCE.

FEDERAL SENTENCING GUIDELINES FOR THE OFFENSE LEVEL ARE BETWEEN 37 AND 46 MONTHS.

THE GOVERNMENT DID AGREE TO RECOMMEND A SENTENCE ON THE LOWER RANGE BASED ON EBERHARDT ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY.

THE REPUBLICAN FROM SHELBYVILLE ACCEPTED A LUCRATIVE JOB OPPORTUNITY WITH GAMBLING COMPANY SPECTACLE ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE SUPPORT OF HIS BILL ALLOWING THE TRANSFER OF CASINO LICENSES TO AREAS BENEFICIAL TO SPECTACLE.

BLOOMINGTON IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH AN INSECT INVENTORY.

THE PROJECT SEEKS TO IDENTIF WHAT SPECIES ARE PRESENT IN THE PRESERVE SO CITY SPECIALISTS CAN BETTER SUPPORT THEM.

THE PROJECT IS ALSO LOOKING FOR ENDANGERED AND INVASIVE SPECIES.

INVASIVE SPECIES CAN CAUSE HARM TO NATIVE PLANTS AND OUTCOMPETE OTHER SPECIES FOR FOOD AND RESOURCES.

SPOTTED LANTERN FLIES ARE SPECIES TO LOOK OUT FOR.

INTERESTED PARTICIPANTS CAN DOWNLOAD THE I-NATURALIST APP, TAKE A PICTURE OF AN INSECT AND IT WILL IDENTIFY IT.

THAT'S THE END OF THIS PROGRAM, BUT OUR WORK CONTINUES ONLINE AS WE COVER THE NEWS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AT WTIU NEWS.ORG.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

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