Sunday’s public open house to honor retiring New Haven Mayor Terry McDonald was an apt tribute to a dedicated public servant. Following five consecutive terms spanning 20 years, McDonald will be on the sidelines beginning Jan. 1. He decided not to run for re-election this year, and ...
It doesn’t appear the 15,000 Indiana teachers who spent Nov. 19 demonstrating in Indianapolis on Red for Ed Day can expect much for their efforts. Nearly 300 school districts closed across the state that day as teachers attended the rally to call for a school funding boost beyond the 2.5 ...
A recent report by the American Lung Association has brought to light the seriousness of an ongoing problem in Indiana — lung cancer. According to the association’s 2019 “State of Lung Cancer” report, Indiana ranks 44th in the nation among all states and the District of Columbia in ...
News-Sentinel.com objects to Gov. Eric Holcomb’s cease-and-desist letter sent last week to the Indianapolis Star and Reveal for the Center for Investigative Reporting in response to previously published allegations that he was involved in an effort to absolve Amazon of responsibility in ...
Recently, dozens of people gathered at the Dashmesh Sikh Gurudwara of Fort Wayne to learn about a religious community celebrating a pivotal turning point in its history. But as they took part in a prayer service and finished the day with langar (food from a free community kitchen), the ...
Fast on the heels of Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma’s announcement he will retire in 2020 was Monday’s news that his replacement will be Rep. Todd Huston. News-Sentinel.com offers our best wishes to the representative from Fishers in the transition as well as our appreciation to Bosma ...
It’s no secret that newspapers have been struggling in recent years. The News-Sentinel ended daily publication in 2017, transforming its identity to News-Sentinel.com online and keeping alive its print product with a presence in the Monday-Saturday Journal Gazette Pew Research published a ...
Citizens of Indiana spoke out at a public hearing a week ago about a proposed rule change by the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles allowing a “Gender X” option on state drivers licenses. The BMV decided to offer the option of driver's licenses and state identification cards with a ...
A public hearing held Monday detailed a proposal for $130 million in capital improvements, called REPAIR 2020, to upgrade dozens of Fort Wayne Community Schools properties. FWCS officials outlined the goals and the specific needs for fixing problems in the district’s aging ...
Thanksgiving provides us the opportunity to pause and remember that for which we truly are blessed. That may seem difficult at a time when the partisan divide is as great as ever. Washington is in the midst of an impeachment process that has fallen almost completely on party lines, with ...
We’ve been sounding the alarm all along, but the problem continues to spread in Indiana: Vaping is harming people in our state. Four have died so far. The increase in vaping among youth is rising at such an alarming rate the U.S. surgeon general calls it an epidemic that “demands action ...
Has Chick-fil-A really sold out on the conservatives and Christians who patronize their business and support the company’s supposed stand for traditional marriage? That has been the big question since the fastest-growing fast-food chain in America announced a week ago it would no longer be ...
There is good economic news in northeast Indiana, and it indicates continuing progress toward a goal that is designed to support local business, build our community and market our region to the world. That is the mission of the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership, which is dedicated to ...
The turnout of public school teachers and others at the Statehouse Tuesday for “Red for Ed Day” was an impressive show of support — perhaps 20,000 strong — for issues that educators and parents are all concerned about: higher teacher pay and changes in rules on standardized testing and ...
Indiana has added a Safe Haven Baby Box this week in Angola that allows people to anonymously leave newborns in hospitals and fire stations. That increases the number of baby boxes in the state to 16. We think that’s great news. The Associated Press reported that the Steuben County ...
The Questa Foundation for Education was in the news last week due to a failed request for support from the Fort Wayne Legacy Fund, even though it has received Legacy Fund monies for several years for its Legacy Scholars program. Questa offers low-interest forgivable loans for students pursuing ...
Whether you like it or not, teachers are going to be skipping school Tuesday by the thousands across Indiana to make their voices heard at the Statehouse, calling for higher teacher pay and changes to state rules on standardized testing and teaching licenses. Maybe it’s inconvenient for ...
News-Sentinel.com applauds the Allen County Commissioners for their approval last Friday of an agreement for $100,000 as the 2020 annual appropriation for the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center. The approval followed a discussion with the center’s president and chief executive officer, Karl ...
As our city hosts The Violins of Hope through Dec. 1, News-Sentinel.com wants to acknowledge the collaborative partners and supporters helping stage what they say is “the largest community arts and cultural collaboration of its kind in the history of Fort Wayne.” It is a two-week ...
Harriet Tubman was a real-life female superhero. I’ve always been a fan of women in such roles in the movies — Ellen Ridley in “Alien,” Sarah Connor in “Terminator,” Rey, Princess Leia and Padme in “Star Wars,” Batgirl, Wonder Woman. Those were all fiction. But seeing the ...