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It's not lost on us the importance of airing the upcoming Senate hearings during this pivotal moment in U.S. history. As public media outlets, it's our mission to make sure our listeners are well informed on subjects that will affect their lives.

We also understand you tune in because you look forward to hearing daily programming that you rely on.

The Senate is holding a trial on the impeachment of President Trump, who is accused by the U.S. House of abusing his power and obstructing Congress.

Each day of the trial will stream through this player as proceedings begin. You can also listen live to the proceedings on 88.1 WVPE. Today's trial coverage is expected to start at 1pm.

At the conclusion of the trial, senators are expected to vote on whether Trump should be removed from office.

Monday, January 20, 2020 at 9 PM.

WVPE's latest Photo of the Week features a rainy night in Goshen on January 10th of this year. Bright lights and reflections on the wet pavement make for a colorful photo submission by Cyndi Holther of Sturgis, Michigan. 

We'd love to see and share your images with the WVPE audience. Email images to wvpe@wvpe.org. 

Make sure to include your name, where you live, names of people in the photo, date the photo was taken and the location where the photo was taken. 

Please send images in .jpg format and scale down any image that is larger than 2 mb in size.

A 102-year-old man who is Indiana's oldest state employee is retiring after nearly six decades on the job, saying that “your body tells you when it's time to go.”

Bob Vollmer plans to report to work for the last time Feb. 6 as a surveyor for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

He joined the DNR in 1962.

The World War II veteran still travels Indiana collecting technical field data and confirming boundary lines for DNR-managed properties, but he says that his body is telling him it's time to retire.

Six Democratic presidential candidates are debating in Iowa on Tuesday, less than three weeks from the caucuses there. NPR reporters are providing background and analysis of the candidates' remarks in real-time.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is announcing who will present the case for impeachment in the Senate trial. Watch the press conference live.

WVPE is proud to be a media sponsor of the Broadway Theatre League which is bringing the musical Bandstand to the stage of the Morris Performing Arts Center in South Bend. 

The show is set in 1945 as U.S. soldiers come home from World War II. It revolves around PFC Donny Novitski who wants to win a national music competition. 

The show's creator has won multiple Tony Awards, including one for Hamilton.

You can see Bandstand Friday, Jan. 24 at 8pm; Sat., Jan. 25 at 2 & 8pm and Sun., Jan. 26 at 2pm. 

WVPE is a media sponsor of the Morris Performing Arts Center which is featuring the National Ballet of Odessa, Ukraine on Friday, January 17.

A full-length ballet version of Romeo and Juliet in two acts will be performed starting at 7:30pm on Friday. 

The National Ballet Theatre of Odessa, Ukraine brings 55 talented Ukrainian ballet stars to present the most passionate romantic tragedy of love.

For more information about the ballet, including how to get tickets, click here. 

Our latest Photo of the Week comes from Gary King of South Bend.  This is an image taken at Turkey Run State Park, Trail 4 on December 28th of last year. The sandstone formation caught Gary's eye.  What has been catching your eye as you take pictures on your cell phone?  We'd love to see and share your images with the WVPE audience. Email images to wvpe@wvpe.org. 

Make sure to include your name, where you live, names of people in the photo, date the photo was taken and the location where the photo was taken. 

WVPE is a media sponsor of the Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary which is honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. 

On Monday, January 20th from 2-4pm a panel discussion with a team devoted to Intercultural Competence and Undoing Racism will celebrate the King legacy with a community conversation. 

The event will take place at 3003 Benham Ave., Elkhart. It is free and open to the public. 

The 2020 NPR Student Podcast Challenge is officially open for entries. 

The Challenge is aimed at students between grades 5 and 12, and NPR Ed will provide a series of suggested prompts and a guide for student podcasters and their teachers. NPR hopes to generate a lot of excellent material from around the country and hope this will give us a chance to add youth voices into the national conversation.