The Journal Gazette

Defendant told police he fired when victims spat on him.

By Devin Filchak of the Journal Gazette.

Jurors on Thursday deliberated for 35 minutes before finding a Fort Wayne man guilty of murder for a 2025 shooting.

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An independent panel of judges selected the winners.

The Better Business Bureau Charitable and Educational Foundation hosted Thursday night's awards event and supports ethics education and community engagement across northern Indiana.

grable shop to light vintage sign 1955 dairy sweet moniker added to iconic business by corey mcmacon of the journal gazette a vintage sign soon will be lit for the first time in decades after the owners of grable dairy suite installed it on their property this week The shop will have a lighting ceremony for the restored sign from 6 to 7 p.m. November 1st with free food and ice cream.

The sign spells out Dairy Sweet with red letters and 150 white lights.

Districts plan staggers election cycle for seats.

Ashley Sloboda of the Journal Gazette.

State education leaders signed off Wednesday on Fort Wayne Community Schools' plan to stagger its at-large board seats.

The State Board of Education approved the changes without discussion as part of its consent agenda.

The board's five other seats are determined by voters living in certain geographical boundaries.

Two of those posts, District 1 and 4, are also on the ballot.

don chavez allowed to stay at location up to two more years by devin filchek the journal gazette don chavez mexican grill is allowed to stay at its wells street location for up to two more years despite the city of fort wayne buying the property for river front development The city announced in 2024 that it wanted to buy the property at Wells and 2nd Streets.

Fort Wayne Redevelopment Commission that year approved a $1.42 million purchase of 1218-1234 Wells Street from JGA Properties, Inc., the restaurant was given eighteen months to location while it determined its next move city officials said at the time that they did not have specific plans for the property but it is near riverfront development that is bringing millions of dollars of investment to downtown This week, nearly two years after the sale was announced, Redevelopment Commission members approved a lease that will allow the restaurant to stay longer.

EACS gets ready to ratify contract on teacher pay.

Ashley Sabota of the Journal Gazette.

East Allen County Schools is poised to ratify a one-year teacher's contract affected by a projected $1.05 million funding loss tied to an enrollment dip.

The tentative collective bargaining agreement keeps the starting base pay at $48,273 but raises the maximum by $300 to $85,000.

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The headlines from the front page of the October 19th Journal Gazette are Ukraine hits oil terminal and depot.

Saturday's event emphasized voting.

Trump to close D.C. golf course.

Anti-data center wave may, oh, I'm sorry.

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We will now read articles from the October 17th Journal Gazette.

Anti-data center wave may boost Democrats.

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