Fort Wayne IN

CareSource employees raised more than $56,000 for Firefly Children and Family Alliance to help launch a new emergency aid fund for families across Indiana, including Fort Wayne. More than 250 employees donated part of their paychecks in 2025. The funding will also support Firefly's Twenty-One Flats housing initiative...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - There will be a lot of dry time today, and through the weekend, but rain and storms are still possible in 21Country through Saturday. First Alert Meteorologist Caleb Saylor has an updated look at your First Alert Forecast.

According to a letter from the West and East Hamlets Homeowners Associations, the Heritage Group is under agreement to acquire roughly 1,600 acres south of U.S. 24.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - Update 10:25pm: This Watch has now expired: A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wabash, and Whitley Counties until 11pm. Fort Wayne shattered a 40-year-old temperature record Friday afternoon as unseasonably warm air surged across the region,...

Today, we are joined by Alfred "Chip" Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) of the US Drug Enforcement Administration's Merrillville District Office for the special two part series Inside the Fentanyl Crisis in Northwest Indiana. A 21-year veteran of the DEA with a distinguished career in dismantling...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) — Clocks spring forward from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. Sunday morning as Daylight Saving Time begins March 8. Aaron Roberts, a sleep medicine physician at Parkview, says the time change can take a toll on the body. "It's really that lack of sleep and...

These charges stem from the September 2023 fatal shooting of Ayvion Parker, who was found at the scene with multiple gunshot wounds, with his younger brother next to him, who had been shot in the leg.

DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. — Officials in northeast Indiana are alerting residents to a data breach that may have compromised personal information. The DeKalb County Board of County Commissioners announced Friday that they were made aware of unusual activity on their network last September. Further investigation determined...

ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WPTA) - After years as a K-9 deputy, Cato is retiring — leaving behind a career that took him from the streets of New Haven to the hallways of Leo Junior Senior High School. The Allen County Sheriff’s Department currently has nine K-9 officers trained in...

Lutheran Health Network is working to fight hunger in the community by collecting peanut butter to donate to six area food banks. The fourth annual Jars of Love Peanut Butter Drive starts March 2nd, 2026 and continues through March 30th, 2026. Lutheran Health Network collects peanut butter because it is one of the...