Fort Wayne IN

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) — Police are investigating the death of a woman found unresponsive on the 500 block of East Jefferson Boulevard early Wednesday, December 31. Officers arrived at the scene around 6:30 a.m. and discovered the woman deceased on the ground near a BP gas station. Fort...

On June 5, 1963, an interracial crowd overflowed what is now the University of Saint Francis Performing Arts Center in downtown Fort Wayne, and waited anxiously for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to take the podium. His visit to our city was faced with plenty of adversity, as were many other facets of the Civil Rights...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Fort Wayne, IN – As holiday package deliveries increase across Fort Wayne this week, police are warning residents to take extra steps to protect their deliveries from so-called “porch pirates.” According to...

Bruce and Shellie Weidenhamer recently made two donations to the Paulding Veterans Memorial. The first donation was from the employees of their Defiance-based, veteran-owned company, RayleCom Communications LLC, and the second donation was from their family. The Paulding Veterans Memorial project is focused on...

Indiana wide receiver Omar Cooper Jr. comes from a family of Division I athletes. Both Vnemina and Omar Cooper Sr. shined in Fort Wayne during their days at South Side High School.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) — Officials in Fort Wayne are moving forward with plans to start building a pedestrian bridge over Coliseum Boulevard in 2026, designed to carry the Pufferbelly Trail across one of the northeast Indiana's busiest roads. The bridge, named the Vann Family Crossing, is slated for...

A 45-year-old Indiana mother took a plea deal and was sentenced to 2½ years in Allen County Community Corrections Residential Services for felony intimidation and misdemeanor false informing after allegedly locking her son in a closet, forcing him to use a Pringles can as a toilet, and giving him pills that made him...

Several reappointments were made and two titles were changed as Decatur City Council wrapped up 2025 with its final meeting of the year. The mayor named Ron Storey, John Summers and Jeremy Friedt to new one-year terms on the city’s redevelopment commission. Another mayoral reappointment saw Josh Zimmerman gain...

The group said a referendum is necessary to ensure organizations such as Save Fort Wayne and the Coalition for a Better Allen County, as well as individual residents

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — A longtime downtown favorite is closing its doors. 816 Pint & Slice, located on Calhoun Street, will serve its final slices Wednesday after 18 years in business. Pint & Slice opened in 2007 and quickly became known for its pizza, craft beer, and welcoming atmosphere. Over the years, the...