Even if Electric Works' developers persuade Fort Wayne officials to give them more time to secure millions of dollars in private financing — and that is by no means assured — the city has already withdrawn a significant financial commitment, with possibly bigger loses to follow. I've ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s first coronavirus infections occurred at least a couple weeks before the first illness for a resident was confirmed in early March, the state health commissioner said Wednesday. That would indicate the virus could have been spreading around Indiana for perhaps ...

LOGANSPORT, Ind. (AP) — Tyson Foods Inc. announced Wednesday that it will temporarily close its meatpacking plant in north-central Indiana after 146 employees tested positive for cornavirus. The Tyson Fresh Meats plant in Logansport produced 3 million pounds of pork daily. Tyson suspended ...

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne has formed the Healthy Habits Care Packets program in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The program, a partnership between the Boys & Girls Clubs, Fort Wayne UNITED and Save A Lot stores, will distribute 1,000 care packets with health care ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s coronavirus death toll has topped 700 people in about five weeks with 45 additional fatalities announced Thursday by state health officials. More than half of the newly recorded COVID-19 deaths occurred Tuesday or Wednesday, but they dated as far back as April ...

Another Allen County resident has died from COVID-19 and 11 have tested positive, bringing the total to 350 cases and 32 deaths as of Wednesday. Updates to positive cases and deaths in Allen County are found at the top of the department’s COVID-19 webpage at ...

Government and business leaders Wednesday highlighted services and resources that are available to assist large and small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry and Allen County Commissioners Rich Beck, Therese Brown and Nelson Peters were joined by Scott Glaze, ...

As with any good communication tool, someone will always find a way to profane it and use it for nefarious purposes. That doesn’t necessarily make the tool a bad thing. It means customers need to employ caution and common sense to use it wisely. Zoom, a videoconferencing service developed ...

The 2020 season opening of Hurshtown Reservoir has been delayed due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak response, according to the city's Parks and Recreation Department. Hurshtown is now scheduled to open on May 22. For complete information about cancelled/postponed events and activities, go ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana officials refused Tuesday to identify nursing homes around the state where coronavirus outbreaks have occurred, even as they disclosed that at least 43 more deaths linked to those facilities have happened in the past week. The 162 deaths from 74 facilities that ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s coronavirus death toll has grown by 31 as state health officials said Wednesday that the statewide total has reached 661 in just over five weeks. Most of the newly recorded COVID-19 deaths occurred between Friday and Tuesday, but they dated as far back as ...

Fort Wayne UNITED, in partnership with City Life, will host a third virtual forum on Thursday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m. This week the panel will share encouragement, offer solutions and answer questions about employment and education for all residents of our community, but more specifically for ...

When the Allen County Election Board will meet Tuesday to discuss how best to conduct the June 2 primary in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, its Democratic member will have a suggestion. Tim Pape, an attorney and former Fort Wayne City Council member, plans to propose a resolution that, if ...

Another four Allen County residents have died from COVID-19 and 12 have tested positive, bringing the total to 339 cases and 31 deaths as of Monday. department’s COVID-19 webpage at www.allencountyhealth.com/covid-19 and will be time-stamped to keep the public informed with the latest local ...

Another four Allen County residents have died from COVID-19 and 13 have tested positive, bringing the total to 327 cases and 27 deaths Monday. Updates to positive cases and deaths in Allen County are found at the top of the department’s COVID-19 webpage at www.allencountyhealth.com/covid-19 ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tests have confirmed that another 505 Indiana residents are infected with the coronavirus, bringing the state’s total number of cases to nearly 11,700, state health officials said Monday. Seven new COVID-19 deaths occurred between Wednesday and Sunday, boosting the ...

The Ove E. Jorgensen Foundation has granted $10,000 to the YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne to help continue to help feed those in need during the COVID-19 crisis. “The government-ordered closures due to the pandemic have created many urgent needs for people in our area. Caring for our neighbors ...

Gov. Eric Holcomb Minday issued a revised stay at home order that lasts through May 1 and is designed to limit interactions among Hoosiers to increase containment of COVID-19. But while the order chiefly continues as is, Holcomb's new order brings clarity to some essential businesses: ...

Another two Allen County residents have died from COVID-19 and 19 have tested positive, bringing the total to 314 cases and 23 deaths. Updates to positive cases and deaths in Allen County are found at the top of the department’s COVID-19 webpage at www.allencountyhealth.com/covid-19 and will ...

The announcement at the end of last week that President Trump has given the country’s governors a three-phase plan to reopen the economy is a good, while cautious, first step in U.S. recovery from the COVID-19 coronavirus. And that could mean, as Gov. Eric Holcomb predicted, that the ...