The Political Spotlight

ELECTION NIGHT 2026 IS HERE! In this special 763rd episode of The Political Spotlight, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey brings you LIVE Election Night coverage starting at 630 p.m. ET. As the polls close and the numbers roll in, Bilbrey will track election results from East Central Indiana, the rest of the state, and across the nation. Local races! State races! Congressional contests! Major national res...

In this 762nd episode of The Political Spotlight, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey begins with a brief recap of the Muncie City Council meeting that concluded a short while ago (Monday evening, November 2, 2026). Then... it's time to look toward tomorrow! It's General Election Day Eve, and after months of campaigning, candidates, controversies, questions, forums, interviews, and political nonsense, the...

Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey kicks off the 761st episode of The Political Spotlight, welcoming Jim Nicholson, the Republican candidate for Henry County Sheriff, to the show. Nicholson currently serves as a Captain with the New Castle Police Department, where he has served for 36 years, including 8 as Chief. This is Nicholson's second run for Sheriff; he ran four years ago and lost the primary to the...

Welcome to the 760th episode of The Political Spotlight, broadcasting LIVE on this special Friday night, October 30, 2026! Normally, Fridays are off nights around here, but after missing Thursday night's show, we're making it up—with only THREE MORE WAKE-UPS until the 2026 midterm election on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. And since it's been nearly two months since everyone's favorite doctor to love,...

The 2027 race for Muncie mayor has officially begun—or has it? Just kidding, it has... Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey will explain! This 759th episode of The Political Spotlight opens with the biggest local political development in a while: well-known businessman and Muncie Southside wrestling star Gary Myers has announced plans to run for mayor of Muncie in the 2027 municipal election. Myers is the f...

In this 758th episode of The Political Spotlight, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey examines the latest developments in Henry County after a special prosecutor filed criminal charges on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, against former Henry County Sheriff's Sergeant Ryan Burns. Burns faces the following charges: — Theft, a Class A misdemeanor. . . — Fraud, a Level 6 felony. . . — Official Misconduct, a Level 6...

Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey is back in the studio after attending the AMA/Data Center Town Hall in Delaware County. (The event was livestreamed here on The Political Spotlight; those interested can watch the Town Hall event here: https://youtube.com/live/4JZJL0EfTPw . . .) In this 757th episode of The Political Spotlight, Bilbrey examines what happened at the AMA/Data Center Town Hall. — Where does...

In this 756th episode of The Political Spotlight, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey welcomes John Bartlett to the program. Bartlett is the Democratic challenger to incumbent State Representative J.D. Prescott in Indiana House District 33, which includes Blackford and Randolph Counties and portions of Delaware, Henry, and Jay Counties. Bartlett makes his case to District 33 voters, explaining why he belie...

In this 755th episode of The Political Spotlight, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey covers a bizarre assortment of political and governmental oddities from across Indiana. Frankly, it's almost too weird—and too pathetic—to mention, yet here we are! From allegations that one Muncie Police officer ran a person over while another shot a dog for no reason, to the half-assed attempt at the Indiana Secretary o...

Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey begins by reviewing two recent Muncie government meetings: the Muncie Parks Board meeting on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, and the Muncie Board of Works meeting on Wednesday, October 21, 2026. Bilbrey then heads to Henry County, where a concerning situation is unfolding involving the Henry County Township Trustees Board, its meetings, and the upcoming board election. YOU WI...

In this 753rd episode of The Political Spotlight, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey takes a closer look at the growing data center dispute in Muncie and Delaware County. As the debate heats up, citizens are being bombarded with facts, rumors, misconceptions, outright misinformation, and, in Bilbrey's view, obfuscation from those in power. The time to get involved is now! But getting involved starts with...

As the show gears up for a busy two and a half weeks leading up to the Tuesday, November 3, 2026, general election, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey takes a broader look at where things stand politically at the local, state, and national levels ahead of the 2026 midterm election. Bilbrey examines assumptions held by both Republicans and Democrats and asks a broader question: Do everyday citizens actuall...

Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey attended the Henry County Sheriff candidates' forum in New Castle, Indiana, on Thursday, October 15, 2026, where Republican Jim Nicholson and Democrat David Bockover faced off and fielded questions from moderator Jeremiah Morrell of Boss Hogs of Liberty and the audience. Bilbrey shares his impressions of the forum—the questions asked and those left unasked, the candidate...

In this 750th episode of The Political Spotlight, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey covers an unusually long Muncie Board of Works meeting, the first "Community Update" from Mayor Dan Ridenour in quite some time, and a viral candidate interview from Fayette County, Indiana. Bilbrey opens with a review of the latest Muncie Board of Works meeting, which runs nearly 20 minutes—WOW! From there, he turns to M...

In this 749th episode of The Political Spotlight, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey dives into today's (Monday, October 12, 2026) major political BREAKING NEWS from Muncie, Indiana. Mayor Dan Ridenour has officially announced that he will NOT seek a third term in 2027! Mayor Ridenour said he will retire from public office at the end of his current term on Friday, December 31, 2027, ending his tenure as M...

In this 748th episode of The Political Spotlight, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey dives into the latest political drama unfolding in Delaware and Herny Counties. DELAWARE COUNTY: At the center of the latest mess in Delaware County is the Delaware County Republican Party Chairman Tim Overton, who, in Bilbrey's view, can't seem to make the right call. One wrong turn after another is creating controversy,...

Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey jumps on the Boss Hogs of Liberty feed for our first real look at the two candidates for Henry County Sheriff: Republican Jim Nicholson and Democrat David Bockover. Let's see how this goes! ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ VIDEO version of Ep 747: https://youtube.com/live/RyfL2Eqntv0 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Subscribe: https://bit.ly/subTPS Become a Member: https://bit.ly/MembershipTPS Merc...

Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey dives into the day's 'political slop' in East Central Indiana on Wednesday, October 7, 2026... It's not even worth naming it all; it's just slop! Entitled, self-important elected and appointed officials and candidates running around, not giving a shit! Public servants who DO NOT serve the public! Doing whatever they please, with no communication, transparency, or account...

Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey breaks down the October 5, 2026, Muncie City Council public hearing and regular meeting—a meeting that proved anything but routine. The public hearing began at 645 p.m. and ended almost immediately, making it one of the quickest Bilbrey has ever witnessed. The regular City Council meeting followed at 7:00 p.m. But two absences completely altered the meeting's political m...

In this 744th episode, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey discusses the upcoming Muncie City Council meeting on Monday, October 5, 2026. Will this meeting remain calm, or will it continue down the path of insanity seen in the last several? Then, Bilbrey examines the recent buzz on social media about several local political figures. Is something significant developing—or is it much ado about nothing? Bilbr...

Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey shares an update on the upcoming Muncie City Council meeting held Monday, September 14, 2026. Bilbrey also updates listeners on Democratic candidate for Henry County Sheriff David Bockover and his continued refusal to answer questions about his campaign. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ VIDEO version of Ep 743: https://youtube.com/live/bCZZJQC3URE ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Subscribe: https:/...

In this 742nd episode of The Political Spotlight, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey reviews the third and final meeting of the Muncie City Council's Finance Committee, held Wednesday, September 30, 2026. Bilbrey highlights several revealing moments from the discussion of the proposed 2027 budget for Prairie Creek Reservoir. He also offers more on the Delaware County Republican Party and what he views as...

Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey covers political developments in three communities across east-central Indiana in this 741st episode of The Political Spotlight. If you live, work, or play in Muncie, Winchester, and/or Henry County, this episode is for you! If you're tired of political nonsense and want to hear how others are fighting back, this episode is for you! Or if you like it when someone calls t...

Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey explores a bizarre and increasingly confusing situation in the City of Muncie, Indiana, involving Mayor Dan Ridenour, Parks Superintendent Carl Malone, contract employee Jeff Howe, and Tuhey Pool. The issue arose during Parks Superintendent Carl Malone's appearance before the Finance Committee (comprising Muncie City Councilors Dale Basham, Jerry Dishman, and William McI...

Piggybacking off the last episode... In this 739th episode, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey shows why he is so bloody frustrated with our elected public servants by reviewing the second meeting of the Muncie City Council's Finance Committee. It was, AGAIN, a difficult watch! ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ VIDEO version of Ep 739: https://youtube.com/live/9yWEHFMRsAE ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Subscribe: https://bit.ly/sub...