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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO) The Downtown Fort Wayne economic improvement district is expanding by nearly 40 percent as it enters a new ten-year term of operation. The expansion follows a successful reauthorization process that required approval from a majority of property owners within the district. The updated...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Fort Wayne, IN – With students back in classrooms, Fort Wayne police are urging drivers to slow down and strictly follow crossing guard instructions in school zones, warning that even brief lapses can lead...

P.J. Smith joined the FWPD in 1983, rising in the ranks to sergeant, captain and deputy chief before being promoted to chief.

STEUBEN COUNTY, Ind. (WOWO) — A multi-agency police pursuit that began in Fremont ended with the arrest of a 19-year-old Indianapolis man Sunday night after the vehicle he was driving was stopped in DeKalb County. According to the Steuben County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded just before 8 p.m. on...

DEFIANCE COUNTY, Ohio (WPTA) - The Hicksville Police Department says a 13-year-old was taken into custody Monday morning after another student was hospitalized following an altercation. Police say they got a call around 11:27 a.m. from someone at Hicksville Exempted Village Schools who reported that a student was...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO) – A man has been found guilty of felony murder after a fatal 2024 shooting. 28-year-old Dana Minies Jr. was charged with murder, felony murder and robbery resulting in serious bodily harm. He was found not guilty of the murder charge, but was found guilty...

He said he does plan to continue his work on Allen County Council and Crime Stoppers despite the health issues.

LARWILL – A Larwill man was arrested for allegedly using a belt to batter a young child. Trey A. Seban, 29, 1235 N. SR 5, Larwill, is charged with two counts of battery resulting in bodily injury to a person under the age of 14, both level 5 felonies.

I spent my time in college working underneath the shadow of a giant bowling pin at Fort Wayne’s Gateway Plaza. Because of that, or maybe in spite of it, I harbor an unlikely appreciation and affinity for supersized sporting goods. Fortunately, Muncie’s home to another giant pin above Clancy’s Village Bowl.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO) — A new bill introduced by Indiana State Rep. Bob Morris is reigniting debate at the Statehouse over the future of the death penalty and how executions are carried out in Indiana. Morris discussed the proposal during an appearance on Fort Wayne’s Morning News with...