This weekend on DLC Media's Focus on the Community, an opposing interview on the Vigo County School Corporation School Referendum. Steve Ellis, Chair of the "Do the Math PAC" as well as Stephen Steward, retired facilities manager of VCSC and Josh Stonebraker a concerned taxpayer and parent are interviewed by Dave Crooks. They give reasons why a NO vote is the best plan forward

Dave Crooks interviews Mayor Tom Thomas McDermott Jr. of Hammond. He is the Democratic Nominee for US Senate challenging Republican Senator Todd Young.

Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and their The State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America . The annual report provides state-by-state rankings of adult obesity rates, information on trends by region, age, gender and ethnicity, and policy recommendations for local and state government.

This year the U.S. adult obesity rate passed the 40 percent mark for the first time, standing at 42.4 percent – the highest ever recorded, an increase of 26 percent since 2008.

Indiana ranks 12th on the list. Reha Farberman talks about the study.