Our town

A lot going on here:

A standoff between Fort Wayne Police and a suspect in a Wednesday morning fatal shooting ended with a sniper's bullet at around 4:30 p.m. in the 3000 block of Holton Avenue.

Sigh. Nobody's interested in holding the line anymore:

A typical Allen County taxpayer could soon pay about $120 more each year and Fort Wayne government will likely scale back employee benefits as the city tries to tame its annual budget shortfall.

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Allen County is getting one of the hottest trials in years:

A judge moved the trial of an Indianapolis police officer accused of causing a fatal 2010 crash by driving drunk to Fort Wayne on Thursday.

Sure beats "Room for Dreams," huh?

Whoops!

Det. Dale A Wilson of the Fort Wayne Police Department was suspended for three days for leaving his weapon in a public restroom in December. Wilson's suspension was one of the items on the Board of Safety's Agenda Monday.

A newspaper uses its First Amendment rights to sneer at the 2nd Amendment and gets the sharp criticism it deserves:

The Journal News in White Plains, N.Y., used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain information on registered handgun owners in the area. Many owners and other critics are outraged that criminals now know where the guns are – and aren't.

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"Bah, humbug" department:

Maj. Harold Poff of the Salvation Army said Red Kettle donations are slow to come in this year. As of Monday the agency was at a little over $178,000, which is not even halfway to its goal of $500,000 for the campaign. Last year by Dec. 14 the agency had collected 58 percent of its goal.

What do you think about this?

Officials in a central Indiana county have repealed a local smoking ban that was stricter than a statewide ban the General Assembly approved earlier this year.

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The Journal Gazette never met a tax hike it didn't like, and the feeling seems to be the same for any source of government revenue, including user fees:

Raise the rates for downtown metered parking, it’s long overdue. Fifty cents is not too much to pay to park for an hour in a prime parking space.

The Wall Stree Journal uses Fort Wayne to ilustrate the mismatch today between jobs available and applicants' skills:

FORT WAYNE, Ind.—Unemployment in this Midwest manufacturing city is 6.8%, below the national average, but far above normal historically. There are 14,600 people locally looking for work, about 60% more than six years ago.