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Every Amazon package within 55 miles of the Fort Wayne Amazon Fulfillment Center had come through it at one point.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - Two Allen County men are accused of kidnapping a man from his Fort Wayne apartment Sunday night and threatening to stab his wife and dog. Austin and Dustin Smith, both 38, are each charged with kidnapping and criminal confinement. They are being held at the Allen County Jail.

The Senate Public Policy Committee voted 8-0 Tuesday to allow the casino located in Ohio County to relocate to Allen County or Fort Wayne. Senate Bill 70, authored by Sen. Justin Busch, R-Fort Wayne, will be considered again by the Indiana House when it returns in January. There are a handful of casino bills filed […]

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - A bill in Indiana that would allow the Rising Star Casino to relocate from southern Indiana to Allen County has drawn support from Fort Wayne Mayor Sharon Tucker, who testified at a committee hearing Tuesday. The mayor said she and some other leaders believe “a...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) Two people were taken to a hospital after a crash on I-69 in Auburn early Tuesday morning. The crash took place just after 7 a.m. near mile marker 226 south of the State Road 8 interchange according to a news release from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department. Police determined that a […]

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) — The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC) is inviting public comments on Fort Wayne's proposed water rate increase through January 23, 2026. The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) will hold a public hearing on December 17, 2025, in Fort Wayne to gather public input.

Indiana State Police is investigating the deaths of two inmates who have died at the Miami Correctional Facility in the past two weeks. On Nov. 26, detectives with the Indiana State Police Investigations Division at the Peru Post were called to investigate the death of 36-year-old J. Trinidad Ramirez. He was...

Around 6 a.m. Monday, Wurster's car veered off Irving Road near Thimlar Road.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - The Fort Wayne man accused in a deadly double stabbing at Piere’s Entertainment Center over Thanksgiving weekend was caught on camera, according to newly filed court records. BACKGROUND: One dead, one hurt in stabbing at Piere’s Entertainment Center | Story continues below previous coverage...

ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WPTA) - A 25-year-old Berne woman has been identified as the person killed in a crash in Milan Township on Monday. Madelyn Brianne Wurster died at the scene. Her cause of death was multiple blunt force injuries and her manner of death was accidental, according to the...