Local right to life officials, state legislators and others on Monday called for an investigation into the discovery of 2,246 fetal remains at the home of a deceased doctor who performed abortions in Fort Wayne for years and legal reforms to prevent a repeat elsewhere. "This is the sad tale ...
DETROIT (AP) — More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers -- including about 3,900 at the truck plant in southwest Allen County, walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early Monday as contract talks with the company deteriorated into a strike. Workers shut ...
More than four years after deteriorating steel supports forced its closure, the Edsall Avenue Bridge has reopened to traffic. Mayor Tom Henry, residents and business representatives from the area, city officials and others celebrated the event with a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday afternoon on ...
A Statewide Silver Alert has been cancelled for a Fort Wayne teen-ager reported missing Saturday. Vivian Alexis Ziko, 17, was last seen on Sept. 14 around 12 p.m. and was believed to be in extreme danger, possibly requiring medical assistance. But the alert was cancelled around 9:30 a.m. ...
Young Leaders of Northeast Indiana, in partnership with the local chapters of the College Democrats, College Republicans, and the Teenage Republicans, will present a Fort Wayne Mayoral Debate on Wednesday, Sept. 25, at the Grand Wayne Convention Center, 120 W. Jefferson Blvd. Doors will open at ...
It appears Allen County Sheriff Dave Gladieux's legal problems did not end with the misdemeanor battery charge announced this week. And taxpayers may be on the hook this time around. The parents of the 15-year-old Three Rivers Festival volunteer Gladieux allegedly roughed up July 16 have ...
A misdemeanor battery charged filed against Allen County Sheriff Dave Gladieux on Thursday will be dismissed after one year if he complies with the terms of a pretrial agreement that included his issuance of a public apology. Madison County Prosecutor Rodney Cummings was special prosecutor in ...
What do you get when you combine on-line education, a brick-and-mortar charter school and a not-for-profit tutoring and mentoring business? The answer is in the former Early Childhood Alliance building at 3320 Fairfield, where the partnership between Noblesville-based Options Schools and ...
Dr. Philip Downs, superintendent of the Southwest Allen County Schools, has been named the Indiana Superintendent of the Year for 2020 by the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents (IAPSS). As such, he becomes Indiana’s representative in the American Association of School ...
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A shooting around 8 a.m. Wednesday left a man with life-threatening injuries, according to Fort Wayne Police. Officers responded to reports of gun shots in the 2700 block of Euclid Avenue and found a man suffering from apparent gunshot wounds in the front yard of a residence. Officers ...
Manchester University is launching a nursing program to address the growing need for nurses in Indiana and across the nation. Beth Schultz has joined the university as founding director and will work with Lea Johnson, vice president for health science initiatives, to guide the bachelor’s ...
Three months after being honored by Mayor Tom Henry at the company he led for 25 years, former Do It Best president and CEO Don Wold died Wednesday. He was 90. Wolf, who helped grow the company into a multi-billion-dollar international home improvement co-op, began his career at what was then ...
The Fort Wayne Community Schools Board of School Trustees on Monday, Sept. 9, reviewed the proposed 2020 budget, which projects a decrease of about 1 percent, or $3.4 million, in spending without making cuts to staff or programs. According to FWCS officials, some of the savings comes from ...
Friends of the Rivers will host Fort Wayne’s first-ever World Rivers Day celebration on Sunday, Sept. 29. The event, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Promenade Park's Park Foundation Pavilion, will provide a chance to learn about and pay tribute to the St. Marys, St. Joseph and Maumee ...
Kensington Boulevard from East State to the Maumee River has been added to the National Register of Historic Places, the nation’s official list of properties considered worthy of preservation. The historic district is within the North Anthony Area Association. The Kensington Boulevard ...
As I write this, the federal government is nearly $22.6 trillion in the red. But the on-line national debt clock’s numbers are spinning so fast the total will be millions more by the time you read this. That’s bad. Allen County government, on the other hand, reported a cash balance of ...
The Allen County Coroner's office has identified the victim of a fatal stabbing on Saturday, Sept. 7. Kennedy Janae Laramore, 21, was found in the 1600 Block of Roosevelt Drive, suffering from sharp force injuries. She was transported by medics to a local hospital, where death was pronounced. ...
Allen County Commissioner Therese Brown will serve on the Indiana Transportation & Infrastructure Advisory Council of U.S. Sen. Mike Braun. Braun serves on the U. S. Senate Environment & Public Works Committee. Brown will be one of 25 members on the council providing Braun with ...
Fort Wayne is getting a new professional soccer team. Fort Wayne FC soccer club, an expansion team of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), will begin play in May 2020, Mayor Tom Henry and team officials announced Monday. The NPSL, a national outdoor soccer league at the fourth tier of ...