Fort Wayne's Addison Agen, the runner-up on last season's "The Voice" vocal talent show on the NBC television network, will make a guest appearance at the Fort Wayne Women's Expo on Feb. 24 at Memorial Coliseum. Details still are being worked out, but Addison, 16, likely will be there for ...
A 23-year-old Fort Wayne man has been arrested in connection with four robberies reported in Fort Wayne late Sunday night and early Monday morning. Brendan Collicott of the 5300 block of Willowhurst Drive was arrested on four counts of robbery and four counts of possession of a gun without a ...
A look at the numbers showed an overall 5 percent decline in Fort Wayne crime last year compared to 2016. Meanwhile, the Fort Wayne Police Department is getting ready for a new class of recruits as the department works on community relations and trying to help young black males in the ...
The Fort Wayne Community Schools board of school trustees passed a resolution Monday night requesting the Indiana General Assembly approve legislation eliminating the district's racial balance fund and racial balance property tax levy. But FWCS remains committed to its magnet school program ...
An item on the agenda for the Fort Wayne Community Schools board of school trustees meeting Monday night seeks the elimination of the school district's racial balance fund, but it's not what it seems. The proposal results from changes in state law governing school funding, not a change in ...
The Women's March event in Fort Wayne drew about 500 people of all ages and ethnic and gender identities Sunday to listen to speakers on the Allen County Courthouse green and then to take a brief march downtown. The event, the second annual gathering, was among hundreds of Women's March ...
A teen who's a Canterbury High School senior is expanding his interest in politics by running for Whitley County Council as a Republican. James Romano, who'll turn 18 in August, has filed his candidacy for District 3 representing Columbia Township precincts 1-8, he announced Thursday. As a ...
As a maker of aviation technology and military products, BAE Systems knows the importance of security. But according to a criminal case quietly unfolding in U.S. District Court in Fort Wayne, the British company's local plant has been the victim of a widespread and very expensive scam ...
The News-Sentinel's Jan. 3 report about plans for Subway and Hardees fast-food restaurants at West Rudisill Boulevard and South Calhoun Street set off a firestorm of protest from people hoping to save the mostly vacant office buildings already there, but the effort may have only succeeded in ...
Editor's note: Amanda Williams, a senior at Concordia Lutheran High School, attended the March for Life on Friday in Washington, D.C., and provided this report, photos and video for News-Sentinel.com. A sea of people flowed along the National Mall for the annual March for Life on Friday in ...
A man told Fort Wayne Police that his life was worth more than a couple of iPhones, so he gave them to a man who gestured as if he had a gun Thursday evening. Police responded at 6:15 p.m. to a report of an armed robbery. An officer found a man at the intersection of South Hanna and Baxter ...
An elderly veteran told police that two gunmen broke into his home near Wayne Trace and Oxford Street, threatened to kill him, pushed him on the floor and took money and his lifetime VFW membership card. Fort Wayne Police officers responded at 1:36 p.m. Wednesday to 3700 block of Lindbergh ...
Gov. Eric J. Holcomb and Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Peter Lacy were scheduled to be among those showing a new terminal Friday morning at Pine Valley that will give residents 24-hour access. The new branch concept, called BMV Connect, provides secure 24-hour self-service ...
The project turned out to be much bigger than originally planned, and there were times Matthew Shiriaev felt discouraged. But the 16-year-old sophomore at Homestead High School kept at it. After 800 hours of labor over three months and hauling in 280 tons of crushed concrete and limestone, ...
Former Lutheran Health Network CEO Brian Bauer has been helping IU Health establish a foothold in Fort Wayne, and Lutheran's Tennessee-based parent company is asking a judge to put a stop to it. Community Health Systems, which in December sued Bauer and five unnamed defendants in Williamson ...
Hey, Amazon: Congratulations on coming up with a "short" list of 20 cities — including Indianapolis — in which you may locate HQ2, your second headquarters. Not to second-guess the business wizards that have gotten you where you are today, but we think there should be one other name on the ...
Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne's new chief of police is Tim Potts. Potts, who began Tuesday, brings with him 27 years' experience in policing, including 18 years at the Purdue University Police Department with roles in community policing, patrol operations, and ...
If the weather cooperates, in a few weeks the St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store's statue of Mary will be back at the front and be looking over South Calhoun Street. The thrift store, 1600 S. Calhoun St., has been undergoing a $200,000 renovation since fall, thanks in part to a city of Fort ...
It's a great problem to have, but a problem nevertheless: The recent arrival of about 400 SIRVA jobs has created a daytime parking challenge in downtown Fort Wayne. "It's a concern, but limited to business hours Monday through Friday. It's 90 to 95 percent manageable," said Grand Wayne ...
News-Sentinel.com Multimedia Specialist Justin Kenny sat down with Fort Wayne's Addison Agen for a Facebook Live on Wednesday, presented by Evans Toyota, locally owned since 1955 and wishing Addison the best of luck with her music career.