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One man is dead after a shooting on the city's southeast side Sunday night, according to Fort Wayne police.

How the new U.S. 31 bypass will look has been an ongoing debate in Kokomo and Howard County.

Around 10:40 a.m. Saturday morning, Fort Wayne Police responded to a call for an armed robbery on the citya s Southside.

Generosity is a staple of the Thanksgiving Holiday, but one Fort Wayne charitable organization says the bad economy is making it tough to sustain help to the needy the other days of the year.

Northern Indiana authorities are using an underwater camera in their search for the body of a woman allegedly murdered by her former husband.

Fort Wayne police are investigating a shooting at a southeast-side barber shop Wednesday night that sent one person to a hospital in serious condition.

Bill and Agnes Woenker with grandchildren Tommy Bower, 10, Maia Lazerwitz, 10, and Andrew Woenker, 8, were selected to go up on a lift to light the Santa and his reindeer on the National City Bank building on Main Street.

A northeastern Indiana man who was laid off last summer from his job with an automotive supplier has won $2 million in the Hoosier Lottery.

The former music director of a Fort Wayne church has pleaded guilty to one count of sexual misconduct with a minor for allegedly fondling a teenage boy.

Court records show that the Allen County man arrested in Tuesdaya s drunk driving fatality near Woodburn had a drunk driving criminal history.

Downtown drivers can now head south on Calhoun Street between Berry Street and Washington Boulevard.

Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry on Tuesday called for a new task force of city and county government officials to work on ways to more efficiently locate government offices.

A Hanson County grand jury on Tuesday indicted 20-year-old Alexander Salgado of Fort Wayne, Ind., in the Nov.

If the federal government approves funding for a high-speed rail line through South Bend, passengers here could travel to Chicago's Union Station in just one hour.

Craftline Graphics announced today a $1.5 million expansion of its West Ferguson Road facility that will add 75 jobs and retain 100 others.

Peter Brimelow will be a guest on the Fort Wayne Morning News Show tomorrow morning at 8:38 a.m. ET.

City officials and public-health workers marked a renovation milestone by reiterating a warning about a toxic danger that children sometimes face in their own homes: lead.

The Allen County Public Library held a ceremony Thursday to dedicate to the genealogy center three bronze plaques that depict scenes from Fort Wayne history.

Concordia Theological Seminary will present its annual symposia on exegetical and confessional theology Jan.

The city of Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne Community Schools and the Fort Wayne Mad Ants on Thursday announced a plan for "Safe Havens" that will provide places for children to take refuge when they feel threatened.

One of the most talked-about political figures is about to make an appearance in the Summit City.

A Manchester College professor known for taking his students on down-and-dirty research treks into rivers and streams has been named Indiana's professor of the year.

"The dream of a joint solution to Fort Wayne's and Allen County's space needs through co-location just died," a somber Mayor Tom Henry said in a hastily arranged news conference Thursday afternoon.

Authorities have positively identified a Mitchell teenager as the victim in a slaying this month that involved a body found in the trunk of a burned car.

The Army plans to prevent media from covering Sarah Palin's appearance at Fort Bragg, fearing the event will turn into political grandstanding against President Obama, officials said yesterday.

Accused murderer Anthony A. Parish could only watch as his former friend and apparent confidant told an Allen Superior Court jury Tuesday that Parish had matter-of-factly confessed to him to killing 30-year-old Antoine J. Woods last August for a silver chain and medallion.

Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry's statement on office space for city and county governments, as provided by the city: The dream of a joint solution to City of Fort Wayne and Allen County space needs through co-location just died today.

The Fort Wayne-Allen County Economic Development Alliance said Maxim will invest $1.6 million to begin operations at 12632 U.S. 33.

The new Roman Catholic bishop for the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend is going to be busier than originally thought.

He was appointed to the position three months ago and now his office sits vacant.

The Indiana General Assembly will gather at the Statehouse today for its first, largely ceremonial, meeting of the new session.

It's a burglary local police are calling unbelievable. Multimedia Police say around 11 p.m. Friday; robbers cut a hole in the back siding of the Sears store in Angola on North Wayne Street.

Vince Robinson has resigned as the city of Fort Wayne's public information director, the city said Monday afternoon in a written statement.

INDIANAPOLIS - More ceremony than substance will fill the agenda today when the state's 150 lawmakers return to the Statehouse for their annual Organization Day.

Former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin will return to Noblesville this week to promote her new book, 'Going Rogue.' Palin will sign copies of the book from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at Borders, 13145 Levinson Lane.

Roger VanCamp, of Fort Wayne, Ind., calls the BFA Swap Meet his most favorite to attend.

Mills Auto Parts has some Cash for Clunkers inventory on its lot on Adams Center Road.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Four dozen works from the Wyeth family will greet visitors when the remodeled Fort Wayne Museum of Art reopens next spring.

A Fort Wayne truck driver is the first player to hit it big on the Hoosier Lottery's 2009 holiday-themed scratch-off tickets, the lottery announced Friday.

They just had to say thank you. Thank you to the lobbyists who supplied the 50 members of the Indiana Senate with popcorn, milk, soft drinks, bottled water, candy and even a Wal-mart gift card throughout the General Assembly's 2009 regular session.

A 20-year-old man accused in the killing of a South Dakota teenager has been ordered held without bail.

Bishop John M. D'Arcy, a nationally recognized leader in efforts to eliminate sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, is stepping down as head of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend.

Indiana University - "Purdue University Fort Wayne is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual who called in a bomb threat to the university earlier this week.

The Indiana Department of Transportation wants to hear from the public on its draft Statewide Transportation Improvement Program.

Two former Fort Wayne residents have been charged in the death of a South Dakota teenager who disappeared earlier this week.

Officials at a Fort Wayne-based Christian Internet site that features uplifting songs and messages to teens is approaching potential large donors across the nation to keep the station operating after Jan.

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, Ind. a ' Just before 3 p.m. Thursday Kosciusko County Sergeant Jeffery B. Shaw was killed in the line of duty in a traffic crash that occurred on SR 14 just west of 100 East.

Last month, the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer finished a decadelong effort to donate $10 million to the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center.

They raise money to help bring children and adults from Haiti and from Ghana who have serious medical needs to Fort Wayne.

Bishop John M. D'Arcy today gave his blessing to the possible construction of a new St.

The Russian roulette-style shooting death of a 20-year-old city man early Saturday has been ruled a suicide by the Allen County Coroner's Office.

The bipartisan anger of "tea parties" nationwide set the tone. This month's near-victory by a previously obscure third-party conservative candidate in a New York congressional race set the stage.

Pregnant women can get the H1N1 flu vaccine until 7 p.m. today at the Carew Medical Park.

Vegetation blows in the wind at one of the two Towpath Trail bridges. Walkers, runners and cyclists can now travel from the Eagle Marsh wetlands to New Haven without leaving a trail.

Fort Wayne police said Monday they have no suspects in the weekend shooting death of a Fort Wayne man on the city's southeast side.

An Auburn mother faces an attempted-murder charge after police say she put her infant in a trash bag and threw her in a dumpster Sunday.

Police say it happened during an argument around 4 A.M. Sunday in the club's parking lot.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - A packaging company plans to close its Fort Wayne plant next year and eliminate 116 jobs.

Fort Wayne Police are investigating a fatal drive-by shooting at the intersection of Senate Avenue and Hanna Street.

Facing at least 15 years in a federal prison on child pornography charges, a 34-year-old Fort Wayne man now faces child molesting charges filed by the state based on statements he made in the federal investigation.

It appears indoor football will return to Fort Wayne this fall - with a new name, new owners and, they hope, a fresh start.

A 20-year-old man is dead after he was shot early Saturday morning in the 2600 block of Carver Court.

A Fort Wayne packaging company with a long history in the Summit City will close its doors in 2010.

FORT WAYNE, IN --- The president of Fort Wayne's Islamic Center says he does not fear the threat of violence against Muslims following the Fort Hood base shooting, though Tamir Rasheed concedes a backlash is not out of the question.

The body of a missing Fort Wayne man was located Thursday about 1.6 miles from where he was last seen.

Mayor Tom Henry saw so much success with the city's commercial facade grant program that Tuesday he expanded the program and designated $200,000 for another round of funding.

Geneva - A northeastern Indiana city where author Gene Stratton-Porter once lived is celebrating her life with a film festival featuring two movies adapted from her novels.

Indiana's NewsCenter has learned that former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will return to Fort Wayne.

The city wants to spend $2.3 million next year on three outside firms to help oversee a major peak in projects for a federally mandated decree to modernize and improve Fort Wayne's sewer system.

Fort Wayne will likely spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to protect the Lincoln Foundation Collection at the Allen County Public Library.

After Alvather declined Schmoll's offer to address the court before his sentencing, he ordered the 24-year-old mother to serve two years in prison, to be followed by four years of probation.

Julia Meek works on a mural of Fort Wayne on Wells Street in September. The mural was part of the first phase of grants.

A former adviser to Matt Kelty says the 2007 Fort Wayne mayoral candidate owes him $125,000 from a loan made back in 2006.A Fred Rost has filed a lawsuit in Allen County Superior Court in an attempt to collect the money he claims has never been paid to him.

The Fort Wayne/Allen County Convention and Visitors Bureau hopes to boost pride in the town and its sports by calling Fort Wayne a 'Title Town.' "A Title Town is sort of a name that is given to communities when they reach certain national championships," explains Visitors Bureau President Dan O'Connell. "It's a great sense of civic pride in our ...

Four Fort Wayne Police officers are targeted in a lawsuit filed Monday in Allen Superior Court by a city man who alleges they used excessive force and assaulted him during a December interview inside police headquarters.

The holidays downtown will have a different look this year, because Wells Fargo is replacing its Christmas tree over Calhoun Street with a light display.

A detached garage was destroyed by fire early this morning. Fort Wayne firefighters responded at 6:22 a.m. to a blaze at 2526 Curdes Ave.

Renowned hiphop artist Killah Priest of the legendary Wu Tang Clan is scheduled to be the featured performer for a very special concert at 8 p.m., Oct.