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People in africa but officially barely 50 coronavirus deaths across the continent ahead of the w. H. O. Says those numbers should be seen as a warning. But top u. S. Official facing the coronavirus says expect 200000 deaths and millions of infections. And from profit making to Community Building Time Restaurants night feeding our support locals. For the top u. K. Health official has offered a stark assessment of how long it may be before life here and elsewhere goes back to what we all took for ...

The group is made up of members from the community, both Palestinian and Jewish, who want to offer a non-political space to discuss the situation in Gaza.

The Imagination Library sends books to children under five every month to help them build their own personal library and the Allen County Public Library wants to bring it to Allen.

Credit Ella Abbott / IPB News The town of St. Joe, Indiana kicked off its 25th annual Pickle Festival on Thursday, beginning the three days of festivities with food, vendors and a pickle derby. Last year, the festival was canceled due to COVID-19, making it the 25th year of the Pickle Festival, but only their 24th celebration. “My phone rang off the hook after they greenlighted everything to start happening again,” said Jeffrey Studebaker, the Pickle Festival president. “‘Hey, you havin...

Credit Ella Abbott / WBOI News Neighborhood Health launched a new mobile-services unit on Tuesday. The van is part of continued efforts to expand health care services in underserved areas of Fort Wayne. The van will initially be used for vaccines and COVID-19 education as Neighborhood Health works to increase vaccination rates in areas where the numbers are still low. The van is equipped with wifi, a private exam area and on-board access to electronic health records. A generator will provide he...

More than six months after Balin Brake sued the City of Fort Wayne and police over the loss of his right eye during last summer’s protests, attorneys for

Credit Ella Abbott/WBOI News Following a little more than eight months of committee meetings, Fort Wayne’s Commission on Police Reform and Racial Justice submitted its recommendations to Mayor Tom Henry Tuesday morning. Henry formed the committee in the month following racial justice demonstrations in downtown Fort Wayne last May, which took place after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and led to violent clashes between residents and city police. The goal of the committee is ...

Credit Ella Abbott / WBOI News Two more area counties are in the “blue” for COVID-19 spread, putting them in the “safest” designation according to the Indiana Department of Health. Adams and Kosciusko counties joined LaGrange with decreasing 7-day positivity rates and overall positive case numbers.   Only two northeast Indiana counties, Whitley and Huntington, remain in the state’s “orange” category, the second-most serious for risk of community spread.      There were 129 new...