First Alert Forecast: Rain continues tonight, severe weather over
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - **9:45 pm update - Severe weather threat is over across the area, but pockets of intermittent, heavy rain continue. This could lead to localized flooding as many locations have already reported 1-2″ of rain since late in the afternoon! More rain is expected overnight into Wednesday, but will...
50+ applicants later, CTN still in need of drivers
WANE 15 first shared that CTN needed staffing last month when the company received a $100,000 donation from the Kathy Fitzgerald Trust, which launched a six-day route with two additional stops.
Utility (un)affordability meeting • New ordinance on homelessness • Free local produce in exchange...
Amidst data center growth and national policy changes, a statewide listening session is coming to Fort Wayne early next week, seeking to gather information from the public about energy affordability in Indiana. We share what to know in Above the Fold. In Briefs, we update you on a new city...
Fort Wayne Student Wins Regional Spelling Bee
Kinley Strahm, a 6th grade student at Blackhawk Christian School, is the champion of the Region 8 Education Service Center/NE Indiana regional spelling bee sponsored by: Grand Canyon University, Garmann Miller Architects & Engineers, Barton Coe & Vilamaa Architects, and The AME Group. Her winning word was...
Searching For Miss Allen County Queen
Young women across Allen County are invited to apply for the 2026 Miss Allen County Queen Scholarship Program, which will take place April 26 at 5:00 PM in the Exhibit Building at the Allen County Fairgrounds. Open to young women ages 17–21 who live or attend school in Allen County,...
City of Fort Wayne seeking volunteers for annual Great American Cleanup
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - The City of Fort Wayne is encouraging residents to volunteer to be a part of the annual Great American Cleanup this year. This year’s cleanup will begin on Saturday, May 2, between 8 and 9 a.m. Organizers say volunteers will be provided garbage bags,...
Bluffton bridge closes next week; work to last through May
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) — Bluffton bridge will close for three days next week for repaving work. The closure will run Tuesday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Construction crews will repave the bridge during those hours, according to City Engineer Patrick Zaharako. "The bridge will be...
Fort Wayne food truck owner impacted by higher gas prices
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - Amber Quinn-Elliott has run her ice cream truck “Sweets on the Street” for nine years. “We’ve gotten through Covid and that’s happened and we were okay we were hanging in there, and then the gas prices hit this year,” she said.
FWFD: No injuries in house fire southwest of downtown
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - The Fort Wayne Fire Department says there were no injuries in a house fire southwest of downtown Fort Wayne on Tuesday. Crews responded to the 800 block of West Creighton Avenue about 20 minutes before 1 p.m. The street was closed down one block east...
Powerball ticket worth $100,000 sold at Fort Wayne gas station
Someone who bought a Powerball ticket for Monday's drawing is $100,000 richer and they may not even know it.

















