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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The Bishop Luers defense held Knox standout Myles McLaughlin to 78 yards rushing and shut out the Redskins 35-0 to earn Peter Franklin Jewelers “Gem of the Night” honors as Luers advanced to the 3A state title game next Friday in Indianapolis.

The guilty verdict stems from a shooting that occurred in March of 2021, when 19-year-old John Peterson was killed in the area of the 4600 block of Willard Drive.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO) – The Allen County Coroner’s Office has identified the woman struck and killed along Coliseum Boulevard near Columbia Avenue as 44-year-old Shannon Joy Lamb of Fort Wayne. Investigators say Lamb died at the scene from multiple blunt-force injuries after she was hit by a vehicle around 8:19...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WPTA) - The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office shares that a man was hospitalized after a single-vehicle crash early Saturday morning. The crash happened around 5:15 a.m. in the 3900 block of County Road 7. According to the department, a sedan was heading south on CR 7...

Beef A Roo has opened a new location in Auburn, Indiana, at 705 W. Seventh Street. The restaurant is located at the former Penguin Point site. It began serving customers on Friday, November 21, 2025.

A head-on crash between two cars resulted in one death; the other driver fled the scene and is still at large.

Dawn Marie Tietje Zachrich age 64, of Napoleon, died Thursday afternoon, November 20, 2025 at Parkview Memorial in Fort Wayne. She was born May 15, 1961, to Janice (Pimienta) and Terry Williams and her adoptive father George Tietje. Dawn was a 1980 graduate of Patrick Henry High School. Over the years, she was...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Fort Wayne, IN – The US National Weather Service Northern Indiana is warning residents to take extra caution as icy sidewalks could lead to serious injuries this week, particularly for older adults....

A police pursuit through a busy north-side shopping center took an unexpected turn when a bystander — uninvolved in the chase — allegedly stepped outside a pet store, put his family into their truck, and opened fire at the fleeing suspect’s vehicle, according to newly filed court documents.

His accomplice was found guilty of murder earlier this month.