The city will begin its latest effort to boost the southeast side later this month in the shopping center at 7500 S. Anthony Boulevard. It's an appropriate venue. When I was growing up in the Village Woods area, the plaza was anchored by a very busy Kmart. A Target store was across South ...
City Street Department crews will begin leaf collection Nov. 4 -- a little later than usual because leaves are staying on the trees longer than usual. “This important neighborhood service is something we hear from residents about every year. One comment we’ve heard, as weather patterns ...
Fort Wayne's latest homicide victim has been identified by the Allen County Coroner's office. Pablo Guzman Vasquez, 40, of Fort Wayne, was found on the lawn in the 600 Block of Runnion Avenue on Sunday, Oct. 13. Cause of death was gunshot wound(s). He is the 22nd homicide victim in Allen ...
Luis Carrera, 45, of Hammond, was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady in Fort Wayne upon his plea of guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine. Carrera was sentenced to 60 months in prison with four years of supervised release. However, ...
Aging & In-Home Services of Northeast Indiana, Inc. (AIHS) has received a $30,000 donation from NIPSCO as part of the 2019 Charity of Choice program supporting seniors. AIHS was one of 10 nonprofit organizations that serve seniors in northern Indiana chosen by NIPSCO to receive funding. ...
The organization responsible for promoting downtown Fort Wayne has a new president. Michael Galbraith, who has served for the past three years as director of the "Road to One Million" campaign for the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership, on Tuesday was named Director of the Downtown ...
Nearly two years after I first reported the project and more than a month after a filing with the Fort Wayne Plan Commission made it official, Mayor Tom Henry invited reporters to the corner of Ewing Street and Jefferson Boulevard Monday for an update on Ruoff Home Mortgage's new $43.5 ...
The Fort Wayne Community Schools Board approved a two-year agreement Monday with the Fort Wayne Education Association (FWEA), which represents the district’s teachers. In the first year of the contract (2019-20 school year), the base salary for teachers increases 2.5 percent, bringing the ...
The Indiana Department of Transportation will host a hiring fair in Fort Wayne Wednesday looking to recruit more than 100 winter seasonal and full-time employees. The event will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Fort Wayne Sub District office, 5333 Hatfield Road. Seasonal positions run from ...
Haley Elementary School, 2201 Maplecrest Road, will celebrate its 50th anniversary with an open house Wednesday, Oct. 23, from 5-7 p.m. All are welcome to attend to see the school’s renovations, visit with old friends and former staff members, enjoy birthday cake, and check out the contents ...
Mayor Tom Henry and Mark Music, President and CEO, Ruoff Mortgage, on Monday added details of Ruoff Mortgage’s plans to build their corporate headquarters at the corner of Ewing Street and Jefferson Boulevard in downtown Fort Wayne. Project details include a $43.5 million investment and ...
On the surface, it's the story of Fort Wayne's 20-year struggle to reverse its Rust-Belt image and a warning about how a lack of cooperation and vision could stall the momentum the city has worked so hard to build. But a new book commissioned and published by former Greater Fort Wayne Inc. ...
Separate attacks left two people dead Sunday. Around 10:45 a.m. Fort Wayne Police and paramedics responded to 911 Francis Street and found a man suffering from an apparent stab wound. The victim was taken to a local hospital but was declared dead a short time after arrival. He was later ...
For the first time, Fort Wayne will be hosting the NCAA Division I women’s basketball regional. Tickets will go on sale Tuesday for the two-day event at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum on March 28 and 30, 2020. Visit Fort Wayne has partnered with Purdue Fort Wayne and the Allen County ...
Sue Liebel, longtime policy advocate for Indiana Right to Life and current state policy director for the Susan B. Anthony List in Washington, D.C., will receive the Daniel Award at Monday night's Allen County Right to Life dinner in Fort Wayne. The purpose of the Daniel Award for Excellence in ...
Authorities have determined that new fetal remains discovered this week in the trunk of a car in Illinois are the bodies of 165 unborn children, Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill said Thursday. That brings the total count of fetuses discovered in the belongings of the late abortion Dr. ...
Fort Wayne is seeking $3 million from the state to complete the Pufferbelly Trail, which experienced a 130 percent increase in usage this year. “Certainly, much of that growth can be tied to the recent completion of Pufferbelly sections from Lawton Park to Fernhill Avenue, Washington Center ...
The first round of a project to convert Allen County’s gravel roads to chip-and-seal hard surfaces has been completed. The 28 miles of gravel highways which were converted this summer were chosen based on factors such as continuity to other paved roads, the width of the stone pavement as ...
Huntertown will receive $720,415 and Allen County $138,671 to improve roads and bridges through the Community Crossings Matching Grant Program (CCMG), according to State Sen. Justin Busch, R-Fort Wayne. The CCMG was established by the Indiana General Assembly in 2016 and aims to advance ...
The final Tox-Away Saturday for 2019 will be Oct. 12 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Allen County Department of Environmental Management’s (ACDEM) household hazardous waste facility at 2260 Carroll Road. Realizing that many residents store corrosive, toxic, or ignitable products that ...