Geoff Paddock has been a positive influence in Fort Wayne’s 5th District since first being elected to the City Council in 2011, and News-Sentinel.com believes he deserves to stay in that office for a third term. Paddock, executive director of Headwaters Park Alliance, proudly touts his part ...
District 4 City Councilman Jason Arp has been tagged by some, including his opponent in the Nov. 5 election, as an obstructionist who is automatically pre-disposed to vote against Council initiatives. We view Arp as a thinker who represents an important voice on Council — one that adheres to ...
Does anyone remember when Tom Didier beat now-Mayor Tom Henry by 141 votes in the 3rd District City Council race 16 years ago? That was Didier’s first of four consecutive terms on the council, and News-Sentinel.com is endorsing him for a fifth term in the Nov. 5 election. Didier was ...
Kevin Leininger’s column on Tuesday questions the credibility of Turning Rust to Gold without successfully contradicting any of its facts. Instead, he focuses on a presumed struggle over who gets credit for developments in Fort Wayne. Let’s try a fact-based approach to the main project ...
One of the big questions in the Nov. 5 election in Fort Wayne is who will fill the void left by City Council President Dr. John Crawford's failed run for mayor in this year’s Republican primary election. Crawford is in his fifth term on Council, having served since 1995. Three at-large ...
Republican Lana Keesling has brought much-needed change to the Fort Wayne City Clerk’s office, and voters should reward her with another term. Keesling faces Democrat Katie Zuber in the Nov. 5 election. Keesling was a political newcomer when she was elected in 2015. But she wasn’t a ...
While many people are already anticipating next year’s presidential election, we think it isn’t as important to Fort Wayne citizens as this year’s election on Nov. 5. Why? Because the candidates on the ballot are competing for the offices that make a direct impact on the lives of this ...
Elections often come down to a choice between staying the course or gambling on change. So it is in Fort Wayne’s mayoral race: Do voters give Democrat Tom Henry a fourth term or take a chance on Republican Tim Smith, a proven business leader with scant political experience? Our judgment is ...
A couple of years ago, there was a TV drama series titled The Following. It starred Kevin Bacon as an FBI agent who tracks a serial killer. A common enough theme in the cinema these days, but this show had several twists. First, the serial killer played by James Purifoy is a college professor ...
If someone asks if you’ve had your flu shot, make sure you can say yes. Indiana Health Commissioner Kris Box says Hoosiers should get their flu shots soon due to flu cases already appearing around the state. Box said this week that Indiana residents should “take steps quickly to protect ...
News-Sentinel.com has, from time to time, commented on studies or surveys that rank cities and states for various traits — most recently, for example, the 125 best places to live in the U.S., the 50 worst commutes and a ranking of the 50 states from most to least patriotic. Most of these ...
There is a lot being said these days about the growing threats to religious freedom in the U.S. as faith-based organizations, businesses and traditions are more and more often attacked as discriminatory. But I was encouraged this past week to read about prayer initiatives in our community ...
As we expected, Local 124 of the Fort Wayne Professional Firefighters fell short in their annual Fill the Boot campaign for the Muscular Dystrophy Association for the second straight year since being prohibited from soliciting donations on major thoroughfares and median strips. In an Aug. 23 ...
Seven people died after a World War II-era B-17 bomber that visited DeKalb Airport in August crashed into a de-icing facility Wednesday morning while trying to land at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn. News-Sentinel.com offers our sympathies to the families of those killed ...
Electric Works has cleared another hurdle, and News-Sentinel.com believes it’s a good sign the developers will, indeed, transform the former General Electric campus on Broadway into a commercial, residential and innovation center as anticipated. The consortium of developers known as RTM ...
I learned some things about country music during the last couple of weeks. And one was that country musicians have a sordid history of lives scarred by addictions to drugs and alcohol. Over the past two weeks, I watched the riveting eight-episode, 16-hour documentary miniseries “Country ...
Just over a year ago, Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson announced the start of a public awareness campaign emphasizing "why voters should feel confident their vote is secure" in our state. “In Indiana, the security of our voting systems is of the utmost importance,” she ...
A month ago, following reports of vaping illnesses in the U.S., including Indiana, News-Sentinel.com called for caution in rushing to judgment against companies who manufacture electronic cigarettes due to the lack of federal regulations for the wide variety of products on the market. Now the ...
On the one hand, you have a collective bargaining agreement between Fort Wayne Community Schools and the Fort Wayne Education Association discussed at a school board meeting Monday that is set to be approved next month. On the other hand, you have a General Motors strike entering its second ...
Suddenly in the past couple of weeks, downtown Fort Wayne has been abuzz with people riding scooters. I’ve seen groups of two, three and four zipping down sidewalks. I was slowed down to a crawl driving my car on Spy Run last week as I followed one solitary scooter rider ahead of me in my ...