Allen County News

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Authorities say a worker died after he suffered an electrical shock while repairing a machine at a Fort Wayne bakery plant.

People using cellular telephones to reach Fort Wayne or Allen County Communications' 911 service need to use an alternate number until further notice, police said shortly after 5:20 p.m. Wednesday.

A 22-hour stretch Saturday morning to Sunday morning saw one person gunned down, another stabbed to death and another critically injured from gunfire.

Two people killed in a motorcycle accident Sunday in Fort Wayne have been identified: Dominique S. Simpson, 25, of Fort Wayne.

Fort Wayne police investigate Sunday a stabbing in which a 48-year-old woman died at 334 Dalgren Ave.

When Mayor Tom Henry announced his intention to move most city offices out of the City-County Building earlier this week, the Allen County Commissioners said they would work to fill the vacated space and "continue looking for ways in which the city and county can collaborate." The gloves came off Friday.

" Fort Wayne officials say a move out of the City-County building will save taxpayers money but Allen County Commissioners say not so fast.

" On Tuesday Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry proposed the purchase of the Renaissance Square building as the new location for city hall.

A Fort Wayne pastor was arrested over the weekend after allegations made to police that he sold drugs - sometimes to members of his congregation.

Indiana's girls' basketball championships will be decided in Ft. Wayne next year.

Fort Wayne and Allen County officials are looking into the death this morning of an infant girl.

In the past two years, 11 children in Allen County have died due to unsafe sleeping conditions, according to data from the Allen County Child Fatality Review Team.

Unemployment jumped in all but one northeast Indiana county during May, according to numbers the Indiana Department of Workforce Development released Friday.

Local GM officials want to expand the plant's capabilities so it can make heavy-duty, extended-cab Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks.

The porch and side of a Woodburn home were damaged Wednesday night when a pickup truck crashed into it and caught fire.

Police said three children were found safe Monday after they were abducted by their father in Detroit.

Joy and relief took over five month old Cortez Rose's relatives when they found out police found him safe Tuesday evening.

An Allen County school district is turning to a private, faith-based school to help troubled students who have been incarcerated, expelled or dropped out of school.

Best bang for the buck; not the buddy system. When the city's Board of Public Works wanted to remove 5,000 tons of earthen dams left over from the March flood, it asked interested companies to submit sealed bids.

Accused of killing his mother and young daughter in Michigan on May 1, 41-year-old Johan Anton VanNiekerk is now charged with sexually assaulting his estranged wife.