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AEP boosts Dolly Parton Imagination Library with grant to Allen County Public Library Foundation AEP's grant, along with others, come months after the state cuts eliminated 50-percent of the funding for the free book literacy program.

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30.10.2025 20:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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City Council passes budget amid Southeast divide The council ammended several cuts into the budget, including a $1 million cut to the Southeast Plan.

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30.10.2025 14:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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GiGi's Playhouse's Kim Jones promotes acceptance and advocacy for national Down syndrome awareness month The Program and Volunteer Manager discusses what she wishes we understood about Down syndrome, the impact of recent federal cuts, and how to be better allies and advocates.

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30.10.2025 11:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Field Notes: October 30, 2025 Zach & Victoria discuss high school tournaments from football, to soccer, and more. Samantha Horton brings us sound from the inaugural girls' flag football championship. We close with notes on the Hoosiers, the Komets, and more.

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30.10.2025 11:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Indiana NAACP hosts data center conversation in Fort Wayne The state organization invited members and nonmembers to participate in a conversation about accountability around data centers.

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27.10.2025 21:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Allen County officials hear presentation about conversion to unified county-wide fire district There are currently four fire districts and one fire territory providing unified response to fire and medical emergencies in Allen County. There are also two independent volunteer fire departments.

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27.10.2025 02:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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WBOI, PBS Fort Wayne receive grants to strengthen area journalism The grants came from the Knight Foundation via the Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne. It will support news production at both public media outlets in the wake of federal funding cuts.

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23.10.2025 23:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Indiana DNR asks for help spotting the non-native Mediterranean gecko The little lizard is not a native Indiana species, but the DNR has confirmed sightings around the state and wants to know how widespread they are.

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23.10.2025 21:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Author speaks out after Mississinewa High School musical is canceled Author Jodie Picoult's book “Between the Lines” was adapted into a musical. After a production by Mississinewa High School students was cancelled by school officials, Picoult is willing to help make sure the show still hits the stage.

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23.10.2025 16:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Field Notes: October 23, 2025 Zach and Victoria recap the final week of high school football's regular season, before catching up on tennis, soccer, and volleyball tournaments. We close with notes on the Colts, Pacers, and more.

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23.10.2025 12:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Lawyer for press group accuses IU of violating students' rights in sharply worded letter A lawyer with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, who's representing the co-editors of the Indiana Daily Student, sent a letter to IU administrators accusing them of violating the students' First Amendment rights.

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22.10.2025 15:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Cinema Center celebrates a decade of Hobnobben Film Festival The Hobnobben Film Festival, presented by Fort Wayne Cinema Center, celebrates 10 years of connecting filmmakers and film lovers through powerful storytelling. WBOI spoke with Alix Watson and Amanda Hille about what to expect at this year’s festival.

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22.10.2025 11:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Judge tosses Rokita immigration suit against Redman, county St. Joseph Superior Judge Jenny Pitts Manier granted Sheriff Bill Redman's motion to dismiss, finding that Rokita lacks standing to bring the complaint, he offered no evidence that Redman has a policy or practice of stopping staff from cooperating with ICE, and a state attorney general can't force local police to help ICE.

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21.10.2025 19:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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No Indiana teachers lost licenses over Charlie Kirk comments — so far Via WFYI: Gov. Mike Braun joined other Republican governors who targeted public school teachers over their social media comments about the death of Charlie Kirk.

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21.10.2025 17:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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An unlikely friendship flourishes at the Monroeville library The Allen County Public Library's Monroeville branch fascillitated the meeting between a 95-year-old woman and a 7-year-old girl that became a friendship for the ages.

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20.10.2025 19:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Thousands turn out in northeast Indiana for No Kings protests The movement drew millions around the world to more than 2,700 events protesting the actions of the Trump administration. Protests around the area are growing in size.

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19.10.2025 01:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Blue Jacket offers hope, self-empowerment through job placement and new beginnings With 20 years in the career academy business, Blue Jacket, Inc. continues to provide training and opportunities to anyone with a barrier who is striving to earn gainful employment.

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17.10.2025 18:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Gov. Braun: 'still working' on timeline for special session on redistricting From WVPE—"Every day, every week, it moves in that direction because when you look at our political competitors, they're pretty well gerrymandered across every state they control," Braun told reporters in Elkhart County on Wednesday.

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17.10.2025 17:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Indiana organizers plan for Saturday's No Kings rallies, urge nonviolence Building on the momentum from the protests in June, organizers believe millions will turn out in the more than 2,600 events scheduled nationwide.

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17.10.2025 15:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Update: IU fires adviser of student media, stops printing Daily Student From WFIU/WTIU: Editors at the Indiana Daily Student said Director of Student Media Jim Rodenbush refused to tell students to remove news from an upcoming special print edition.

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16.10.2025 17:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Field Notes: October 16, 2025 Zach and Victoria go over football sectional pairings before preparing for the season's final week. Then they'll discuss soccer, volleyball and tennis playoffs. We close with notes on the Komets, Colts, and more.

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16.10.2025 13:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Fort Wayne announces first round of Youth Violence Prevention microgrants The grants are part of Mayor Sharon Tucker's three part Youth Violence Prevention Program.

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16.10.2025 02:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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“Every state is now a border state”: Indiana leaders meet with President Donald Trump’s border czar Via WFYI: Border czar Tom Homan spoke at an event Tuesday, hosted at the Statehouse by Attorney General Todd Rokita and Representative J.D. Prescott (R-Union City).

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15.10.2025 19:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Public hearing set for data center permit modification Since developers of the Google data center went before state and county officials, the number of emergency generators they say they need on the site has quadrupled. A public hearing on the proposal is set for Nov. 13.

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15.10.2025 16:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Allen County officials rededicate repaired courthouse cornerstone The cornerstone of the historic building was damaged last year by an act of vandalism.

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15.10.2025 15:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NPR's Morning Edition host and author Steve Inskeep discusses how Lincoln led a divided nation at ACPL event NPR’s Morning Edition host and author Steve Inskeep visits the ACPL to discuss his book Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America.

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15.10.2025 14:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Indiana Department of Education launches ‘faith-based academic pathway’ diploma credential The Indiana Department of Education is launching what it calls a “faith-based academic pathway” to the state’s new high school diploma requirements. Schools include Huntington University and Grace College in Kosciusko County.

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14.10.2025 21:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Indiana revenue comes in strong for September, first quarter From the Indiana Capital Chronicle: Indiana tax collections are running $270 million ahead of projections after three months of the fiscal year, according to the latest monthly revenue report.

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14.10.2025 14:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We heard from 20 LGBTQ groups in Indiana. Here's what they said about the state of pride From WFYI: Across Indiana, community attitudes toward Pride seem to be warming as events spread to more communities. While a wide swath of LGBTQ event organizers told WFYI things have improved, many groups report more harassment, protests and wavering sponsors compared with years past.

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13.10.2025 21:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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One-woman play targets domestic violence with message of hope In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness month, regionally acclaimed actor Kat Hickey is partnering with the Center for Nonviolence to present a one-woman play on the topic called Natural Shocks.

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10.10.2025 12:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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