Fort Wayne IN

The city of Decatur hosted its first ever Pride Festival on Saturday, welcoming an estimated one thousand people from around the area to the event, which offered food, vendors and a family-friendly drag show from local performers. Despite a unanimous vote from the city council, excluding one abstention from a...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - The region’s largest healthcare provider is continuing contract negotiations with Anthem as its July 31 deadline approaches. Anthem’s current contract with Parkview Health expires on August 1, and Anthem’s website reads that its leaders are in good faith negotiations to keep Parkview in...

Officers arrived at a home in the 1500 block of Franklin Avenue in response to an initial report of a mental health crisis.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – For 60 years, the Fort Wayne Zoo’s been bringing animals and children together. With 69 habitats, 188 species and 1,500 animals over 47 acres, the zoo’s grown a lot since it first started in 1965. Opening day attendance in 1965 was 6,000 people. Back then, it was around five acres […]

Powers Hamburgers, 1402 S. Harrison St., is pulling out the griddle for its 85th anniversary celebration: Powers Fest, running July 10–16. The weeklong event honors the downtown institution’s legacy with themed activities, giveaways, and plenty of sliders. The highlight will be the Powers Slider Eating Contest on...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - A bill recently signed into law by Governor Mike Braun, aimed at improving the distribution of funds for road maintenance, also facilitates the addition of tolls to interstate roads. House Bill 1461 addressed a problem many states are currently dealing with - the loss of...

The La Porte County Sheriff’s Office has announced the arrests and criminal charges of Deondra L. Moore and Felisha A. Stout in connection with a June 27th fatality crash that occurred on County Road 400 North, south of Waterford. Shortly after 1:00 PM, 29-year-old Moore of Fort Wayne and...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - The Fort Wayne Public Works Department says the traffic configuration is set to change along the Bluffton Road Bridge next week as reconstruction work continues. On Monday, July 7, the department says drivers will begin using the new south section of the bridge. Those driving...

The North River site is bounded by Clinton, Harrison and Fourth streets and sits just north of downtown Fort Wayne near riverfront property.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - A’Shaun Parker and his best friend were hanging out in his room on Sunday evening. Around 7 p.m., they heard fireworks from a neighbor’s house. “They just became repetitive,” Parker said. “There was no breaking in between fireworks.”. The pair went...