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A 20-year-old Fort Wayne man was killed after shots rang out in a south-side neighborhood Thursday.

WINCHESTER, Ind. - When Natasha Pelser moved from South Africa to Winchester, she knew little English and had to motion to her teachers so they'd understand her.

The Fort Wayne Police Department is asking the public for help in finding two men that are believed to be involved the the hit and run accident that killed Kimberly Swickard Wednesday morning.

Strong storms swept through north-central Indiana on Friday, lashing several counties with torrential rains and damaging winds and spawning reports of tornadoes.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Police are searching for two men thought to have been in a rental car that ran a flashing red light and struck another vehicle, killing a woman on her way to work at Fort Wayne's Parkview ...

"Sultana" was easy. Just like "serf" and "lieu." In fact, if the words in the written test had been as unchallenging as the words in the oral round, Serene Macaraig would have been on the stage in the ...

Dentist Mark Stetzel, newly elected president of the Indiana Dental Association, works on patient Jeremiah Jauch's chipped tooth.

The Fort Wayne Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating two people they believe were in a car that killed Kimberly A. Swickard early Wednesday: Antwon Jamarl Davis, 27.

An investigation that began in Texas led to the seizure of about 3,000 pounds of marijuana worth $4.5 million and the arrest of one person in Ligonier on Wednesday.

A hit-and-run car accident at the intersection of Berry and Clay streets left a woman dead this morning.

The University of St. Francis plans to build a seven million dollar dormitory on its Fort Wayne campus.

A northeastern Indiana furniture manufacturer has shut its doors after telling employees they would be temporarily out of a job for two weeks.

Fort Wayne and New Haven police are investigating the shooting of a man who said he may have been "set up" at the Travelers Inn on East Washington Boulevard.

He is being held without bond. * Madison County sheriff's deputies arrested Glen L. Phifer, 40, of the 100 block of Second Street, Tipton, at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday near the intersection of Indiana 28 and 1700 East ...

The city is considering at how to raise $2 million to repair concrete surfaces on a St.

Fort Wayne- Indiana's emergency management officials are assessing the state's tornado sirens to make sure they're adequate for alerting residents about dangerous weather.

At least 46 headstones were vandalized in a rural Allen County cemetery over the Memorial Day weekend.

It's hard to find school officials who do not believe their districts need more money to provide the best education for children.

Fort Wayne Housing Authority, which has a waiting list for help paying rent with more than 2,000 families on it, had millions of dollars it failed to spend on the program, a new audit shows.

A 10,000-square-foot wing will be added to the museum. Courtesy of Fort Wayne Museum of Art The Fort Wayne Museum of Art will undergo a $5.5 million expansion and modernization beginning in July, museum ...

A woman accused of helping her boyfriend hide their 18-month-old son's body, which was found last December in Indiana, has pleaded guilty to three felony charges in Michigan.

Kevin McGloughlin, left, and William Hoisington install energy-efficient bulbs in homes.

Bond is $5,000. * Anderson police arrested Anthony L. Hopgood, 21, of the 1300 block of Nichol Avenue, Anderson, at 4:05 a.m. Friday in the 1600 block of Lockerbie Court on suspicion of invasion of privacy, a ...

You've heard of cabin fever. Gardeners, eager to plant flowers, may still be experiencing it, given the unseasonably cool May we are having.

Fourteen cats and one dog were euthanized after being discovered Thursday inside a north-central Fort Wayne home that was later condemned.

Tonight's Class 4A Pendleton Heights Sectional championship softball game between the host Arabians and Highland has been postponed to Saturday because of the weather.

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City Manager Ken Collard is expected to tap the new police chief in Kalamazoo Friday, following an unexpected endorsement for one of the candidates.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. Prosecutors will not file charges in the police shooting that left a man in Fort Wayne dead last December.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. The Fort Wayne Fire Department responded to two fires early this morning on the same street, two hours apart.

EATON - Starting Tuesday, Norfolk Southern will raise its track speed to 50 miles an hour to expedite as many as 30 trains through town a day.

The Harrison Square condominium project will go forward - regardless of units sold or financing received - the developers told the Fort Wayne City Council on Tuesday.

A former Fort Wayne Republican mayoral candidate who faces trial on felony charges is selling his home to help pay his legal expenses.

Gov. Mitch Daniels finished up a short, hot trip to Iraq on Tuesday after visiting hundreds of Indiana soldiers and reporting that security in the area is much improved from his last trip in 2006.

The city is expected to pay more than $400,000 more on fuel this year, John Connell, fleet manager at the city garage, reported to the Board of Public Works on Monday.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. A new traffic signal is scheduled to be activated on Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 9:00 A.M. at the intersection of Illinois Road and Reckeweg Road/Lagro Drive Lagro Drive has recently been ...

A fight between two men ended with one of them stabbed early Saturday morning, leaving him in serious condition. via WANE-TV Fort Wayne

“It is so far away from the vision”

The resignation of the director and half the board from the Public Safety Academy of Northeast Indiana has sparked concerns whether an idea with so much promise might be doomed. via Fort Wayne News Sentinel

“I don't like suing people who are in charge of approving your budget next year. That's not normally a good plan”

As Fort Wayne residents ask for more routes and more frequent service, Citilink is forced to consider raising fares and cutting back its service. via Fort Wayne News Sentinel

“I assume we're open to just about anything”

A proposal to increase local taxes on cars and other vehicles to maintain about 330 bridges in Allen County appears on its way to approval - with a vote by County Council coming as soon as next month. via Fort Wayne News Sentinel

Fort Wayne, Ind. - A state grant will allow the Allen County Sheriff's Department to run extra patrols along the Interstate 69 corridor this summer to target drug traffickers. via WTHR-TV Indianapolis

“I don't think with this kind of a shortfall we can afford to let $518,000 slide”

By July, Citilink bus riders could be paying more money for reduced service. The Fort Wayne Public Transportation Corp. via Fort Wayne News-Sentinel

“The intent isn't to attach additional punishment”

Attorneys for two convicted child molesters argued before the Indiana Supreme Court on Thursday that legislators violated the Indiana Constitution when they retroactively broadened a law regarding sex ... via Fort Wayne News-Sentinel

The town of Orland will pay $5,000 to settle a lawsuit that claimed a deputy town marshal illegally held a couple as they tried to retrieve personal belongings from their van at a tow yard. via WISH-TV Indianapolis

One of two Fort Wayne women accused of tying up a man in their basement has pleaded guilty to a charge of criminal confinement. via WISH-TV8 Indianapolis

The following information was provided by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources: A 6 year male juvenile from Markle, Indiana was pronounced dead at 9:22 pm on 5-13-08 at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, ... via WANE-TV Fort Wayne

If you want to beef up your cooking skills before summer arrives, head to Joseph Decuis. via Fort Wayne News-Sentinel

“I don't know. Something's got to change.”

Gasoline prices flirting with $4 a gallon meant Tuesday's walk in the park was anything but for Danielle Crawford. via Journal Gazette

“Each of these three individuals presented personal strengths that were of the highest interest relative to current needs in the areas of community policing and working relationships with the community.”

The list of potential people to become the new Chief of the Kalamazoo Public Safety Department is narrowed to three. via WOOD-TV Grand Rapids

“We don't have money in the bank in the (district) to handle this project”

A change in state law has jeopardized the full financing of the long-awaited Ardmore Avenue expansion. via Journal Gazette

“I've only been here for a week and a half!”

Michael Andreola recently moved to Fort Wayne from the east coast. "I just moved here," said Andreola. via WANE-TV Fort Wayne

“Actually, we kind of knew it'd be a good day to be out here”

Carrying a hardy plastic container, Karen Nau sought the perfect plant at the Mother's Day Plant Sale at Foellinger Theatre on Sunday. via Journal Gazette

It will be up to a jury to decide whether Fort Wayne police officers used excessive force when they fired tear gas into and stormed an apartment where a suicidal man was holed up with a gun. via WTHI-TV Terre Haute

Fort Wayne Police responded to a call late Friday night that resulted in a car chase and an attempted suicide. via WPTA

“They had to have known they hit the child”

Police were searching for the driver of a sport utility vehicle after it struck a 2-year-old boy on Winter Street on Friday night, killing him. via Journal Gazette

“Hit him so hard that it knocked him in the air and he fell back on the car. Knocked him out of his gym shoes and left him laying on the ground”

Police in Fort Wayne are looking for the driver that hit and killed a toddler and then drove off. via WISH-TV Indianapolis

It was the deadliest week on record for the Fort Wayne Police Department: nine murders in seven days. via WPTA

Many residents are still trying to get their lives back in order three months after winter floodwaters inundated homes across a large swath of northern Indiana. via WTHI-TV Terre Haute

A man shot himself in the head in front of his near-northeast side home late Friday after tying up his wife, threatening to kill another man and leading officers on a chase, police said. via Fort Wayne News-Sentinel

The Journal Gazette Mayor Tom Henry announced Friday he has accepted the resignation of Deputy Mayor Mark Becker, effective May 31. via Journal Gazette

“We have to choose what way is good for the really troubled people.”

Ven Kuthala, abbot of the Jetavan Vihara Temple, is preparing a non-denominational vigil tonight for cyclone victims in Myanmar. via Fort Wayne News Sentinel

“These laws are confusing. People don't know how they're supposed to be applied”

Indiana's controversial photo identification rule may not have made a major dent in the state's high turnout, but it did frustrate a small group of voters more accustomed to divine law.

About 12 elderly Roman Catholic nuns were turned away Tuesday from a polling place because they didn't have state or federal identification bearing a photograph.

Sister Julie McGuire said she was forced to turn away her fellow members of Saint Mary's Convent in South Bend, even though they had been told earlier that they would need to get such an ID to vote. Read more

“I have a bachelor's degree from IPFW (Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne) in hospitality management.”

Bread Pudding 2 cups milk 1/4 cup butter 2/3 cup sugar 3 eggs 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3 cups bread, torn into small pieces 1/2 cup dried fruit 1. In medium ... via Journal Gazette

“Did y'all learn anything from this?”

The results of the Indiana primary piling up Tuesday night felt like the credits rolling at the end of a "Dr. Phil" episode. via Tribune-Star

A state senator says too much local control could jeopardize funding for a regional training center for police and firefighters in northeast Indiana. via WFIE-TV Evansville

“I want to thank all of you for sticking around for this party that I think is going to be a victory celebration”

Both Democratic gubernatorial candidates told supporters Tuesday that they expected to win their party's nomination while they awaited late results in a contest that was nearly a dead heat. via Tribune/Sunday Ledger Tribune

“My office has had discussions with almost all of Indiana's counties today, and reports from the counties indicate a high voter turnout that has been steady throughout the day”

Voter turnout was heavy Tuesday as Hoosiers flocked to the polls to take part in a historic Democratic presidential primary race. via Journal Gazette

State police in Beaver County say an Indiana trucker has reported being accosted by a gunman who posed like a motorist needing assistance. via WTHI-TV Terre Haute

“The greatest needs are going to be shelter and clean water first. Then food.”

Food, clean water and medical supplies could still be days away for victims of a cyclone that devastated Burma and may have killed more than 10,000 people. via USA Today

“Hot New Releases in Books.") The former Libertarian Party nominee has "no plans and no intentions”

As the Democratic presidential candidates held pre-primary rallies yesterday in Indiana and North Carolina, and presumptive Republican nominee John McCain spoke to the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, another ... via UnionLeader.com

Sens. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and Barack Obama, D-Ill., traded economic barbs on the campaign trail before the Indiana and North Carolina primaries. via RedOrbit

An unprecedented event in Fort Wayne took center stage today. With the pivotal Indiana primary just two days away, both democratic presidential candidates campaigned in the Summit City, just hours apart. via NBC 33 News

“She's very conscientious. She's creative. She's very bright”

Nidzara Sakinovic poses with her mentor, South Side High School Principal Thomas Smith, at Saint Francis. via Fort Wayne News Sentinel

The Home Depot is closing 15 of its namesake stores, affecting 1,300 employees. It is the first time the home improvement retailer has ever closed a flagship store for performance reasons. via WLBZ

An unprecedented political event will occur in Fort Wayne Sunday; both democratic presidential candidates will be in the Summit City at the same time making a final campaign push. via NBC 33 News

“This campus is going to be the future of Ivy Tech Community College”

Mark Keen, chancellor of Ivy Tech, speaks during the groundbreaking ceremony Friday. via Fort Wayne News Sentinel

A 12.6 mile section of Indiana 37 in Madison and Grant counties will be rebuilt starting with construction at the bridge over Big Duck Creek and replacement of drainage pipes and culverts along the route, ... via Anderson Herald-Bulletin

The world's largest home improvement retailer is closing some of it's doors. The Home Depot announced it's closing 15-stores nationwide, two in Indiana, one of those here in Fort Wayne. via WPTA

Silicone supplier to start in Fort Wayne via Journal Gazette

“The economy's bad, you've got these high gasoline prices ... (and) people are losing their houses.”

Globalization has been tough on unions, but at least one major group is seeing an increase in its numbers. via Fort Wayne News-Sentinel

“We are telling ministries: Run! We are going to actively fight against it”

A state rating system for child care centers began enrolling providers in 40 southern, western and north-central counties Thursday, but a critic is promoting a boycott because she believes the program has a ... via Chicago Tribune

“You will save lives on what has been known as the highway of death”

A $170 million road project that will boost the link between Fort Wayne and Toledo, Ohio, took another step forward when state leaders broke ground on the first Indiana section of the new U.S. 24. via Chicago Tribune

Nearly 7 1/2 months after its chief executive said there were no plans to cut the number of its core retail stores, The Home Depot Inc. via Fort Wayne News-Sentinel

Saturday will mark the 100th anniversary of one of the deadliest fires in Fort Wayne's history. via Journal Gazette