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Fort Wayne Youtheatre
This year's special features the Youtheatre's performances of "The Hitchhiker" and "The Monkey's Paw."
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Northeast Indiana Now
Your daily digest of news from Northeast Indiana and around the Hoosier state.
Field Notes
WBOI’s Zach Bernard sits down with The Journal Gazette sports reporter Victoria Jacobsen every Thursday to discuss the latest in Northeast Indiana athletics. Zach also takes a regular look at specific sports stories locally and around the state. From schools, to the minor leagues, and even the pros, stay up to date on all of the sports in your region with Field Notes.
The I In Immigrant
Ahmed Abdelmageed, an immigrant himself, asks these question and more in this new podcast "The I in Immigrant". In collaboration with 89.1 WBOI's Katy Anderson, they interview members of the Fort Wayne Indiana community and delve a bit deeper into the person we often don't see behind a label our society imposes on them.
Statewide Stories
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More than half a million Hoosiers rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. But those benefits are set to lapse on Nov. 1 due to the government shutdown. -
Community members from Morgan County gathered Thursday night for an educational listening session on redistricting as Indiana lawmakers prepare for a special session to draw new maps. It is the first of three hosted by the nonpartisan group ReCenter Indiana Politics. -
The U.S. Department of Energy announced its intent to loan the project $1.5 billion last fall. Residents against the project called the loan closure “shameful” at a time when basic government services are shut down. -
The number of communities budgeting or writing grants for sustainability nearly doubled in the past three years. More than half of cities adopted ordinances to prevent new construction in floodplains. -
The government shutdown not only impacts federal programs like food assistance, it also means important workforce data gets delayed — like Indiana’s monthly employment report. The report highlights the state’s unemployment data and labor force participation rate, among other things.
