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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - Wind chills stayed around the double digits below zero for most of the day, and that is expected to remain the case tonight as actual air temperatures sink a few degrees below zero!. Our First Alert Weather Day remains in effect Saturday due to the...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - A 20-year-old Fort Wayne man took a deal Friday in connection with a deadly 2024 shooting. BACKGROUND: FWPD investigates fatal shooting on Fort Wayne’s southeast side | 18-year-old Fort Wayne man second to be charged in fatal August shooting on Winter Street. Donavon Gonzalez...

John Paulding VFW Post#587 donated $4,000 to the Paulding County Sheriff’s Department that will be used for the purchase of four PepperBall launchers. This new equipment provides officers with an additional, versatile less-lethal option designed to safely de-escalate volatile situations and ensure compliance while...

INDIANA — A Fort Wayne man is facing a felony drug charge after authorities say he was found transporting more than 18 pounds of marijuana while traveling home from Michigan earlier this week. According to court documents filed in Allen Superior Court, Iran Cooper, 33, was pulled over Wednesday...

COLUMBIA CITY – Northeastern REMC has announced that two employees, Aaron Wilcoxson and Trevor Fries, have graduated from Indiana Electric Cooperatives’ Rural Electric Apprenticeship Program and are now journeyman line workers. REAP is a comprehensive, four-year program that provides professional training for...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - The cold weather will continue through the weekend, but the wind chills won’t be quite as bad on Sunday. We’re continuing to track a winter storm on Sunday that could bring impactful snow to 21Country. First Alert Meteorologist Caleb Saylor has an updated look at the forecast.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - Fort Wayne City Utilities says a section of Broadway is closed Friday morning as crews work to repair a water main break during bitter cold conditions. The department says crews are repairing a water main on Broadway, between Cottage and Home Avenues, north of Bluffton...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Sweetcars, which opened in late 2011 at 2404 West Jefferson Blvd., technically wouldn’t be old enough to get a driver’s license yet. But the Surack Enterprises dealership is growing like a teenager, transforming 11,000 square feet of its facility into a state-of-the-art hub for automotive...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - A 38-year-old Fort Wayne woman was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for a deadly double shooting in 2025. Quenecia Gaylor took a plea deal in the deadly shooting of 39-year-old Anisha Denise Jackson and 28-year-old Tornor Dejuan Doby, who were killed in June.

Indiana Michigan Power announced Friday, Jan. 23 that it would temporarily suspend disconnecting power while the region experiences extreme cold. The utility company, which serves 129,000 people across Southwest Michigan issued a news release Friday evening. Company officials stated in the release that disconnects...