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WBAA News capped off a successful award season by adding nine more awards to the three regional Edward R. Murrow awards the newsroom won earlier this year.

At the group's annual conference in Washington, D.C., Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) named WBAA the national winner in its division in two categories:

Newscast, for work done on January 25, 2018.

Dry weather last week allowed Hoosier farmers to make progress planting their crops, but this season still lags far behind previous ones.

According the United States Department of Agriculture, 67 percent of Indiana’s corn crop was in the ground as of June 9. That compares with 98 percent this time last year.

Purdue University professor Bob Nielsen says he estimates there are about 2 million unplanted acres of corn left across the state and soybeans also lag far behind previous years.

After months of meetings and public hearings, Montgomery County has its first zoning ordinance. County commissioners approved the proposal Monday.

Farmers who claim preventative plant coverage on their crops likely won’t be getting aid from President Trump’s tariff payments.

Preventative plant coverage is for farmers who are not able to get a crop in the ground.  Much like other types of insurance, it allows farmers to purchase a level of coverage that protects them against losses. Farmers have only planted a third of Indiana’s corn so far this year, compared to 94 percent this time last year.  

The first phase of renovations at the Purdue Union Hotel is well underway as workers are cleaning out nearly 200 hotel rooms for the furniture liquidation sale this weekend.

The sale will include televisions, framed artwork, furniture, and miscellaneous items ranging from Bibles to showerheads. The sale will take place Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and then Monday and Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Memorial Union Senior Director Zane Reif says anyone hoping to make a purchase should plan on arriving early.

Contributions from private citizens through donation platforms like Kickstarter helped fund the innovative technology behind two solar sail satellite missions launched by the non-profit group The Planetary Society.

Purdue University’s David Spencer, an associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics, is the team lead for an upcoming satellite launch on June 22. The organization saw the launch of its first test satellite equipped with solar sailing technology in 2015.