Jonathan Shelley

Storms packing hurricane-force winds pummeled northeastern Indiana, knocking out power to tens of thousands of customers and causing substantial damage.

After a five week suspension, jury trials will resume at the Allen County Courthouse.

By unanimous vote, the Northwest Allen County Schools Board on Monday passed a resolution that will end COVID-19 contact tracing and close-contact quarantines.

The battle of the Allen County high school graduates has set the stage for a friendly Super Bowl wager.

A major winter storm system moving across the region on Wednesday is expected to disrupt air travel for the remainder of the week.

A leader in the local business community and major supporter of the Turnstone organization has passed away. Family members are remembering Ronald Plassman as a man with a legacy of service to the Fort Wayne community, and especially to those with disabilities.

A little more than 100 students participated in an offering of COVID-19 vaccination at several Fort Wayne Community Schools sites this week, officials said.

City officials believe someone is making calls to residents, claiming -- fraudulently -- that he represents the Fort Wayne 311 call center and is contacting them regarding “garbage collection concerns.”

Mayor Tom Henry and members of the Fort Wayne City Council are getting together to press for change in the bidding process for solid waste contracts.

Area schools are trying to stem a surge of hoax threats and social media rumors that have followed last month’s deadly shooting on a campus in Michigan.

Anyone entering campus buildings at Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW) will be required to wear a mask through at least the end of January.

Representatives of IU Health will answer questions this week regarding plans for a new medical facility on Ernst Road in southwest Allen County.

The man accused of killing a toddler in May is set to appear in court on Friday.

A Fort Wayne man accused of killing a toddler will get six additional months to prepare his case before going to trial.

An Indiana senator believes a US Supreme Court ruling allowing individual states to largely manage matters like abortion rights would be a key step toward eliminating “a lot of the contention” seen in the country.

Local lawmakers are taking aim at Indiana businesses that enact vaccination mandates and the statewide public health emergency that has been in effect since March 2020.

Fort Wayne police are investigating a late afternoon shooting that sent one person to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Tuesday is the first of six “free skate days” at the Headwaters Park ice rink.

Volunteers at the St. Mary’s Soup Kitchen in Fort Wayne were putting the finishing touches Monday afternoon on Thanksgiving meals for as many as 1,000 people.

Thanks to an agreement between state regulators and Indiana Michigan Power, base rates for residential customers will be lowered by about 5 percent. The decrease will be phased in over the next 14 months, officials say.

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb on Friday signed an Executive Order that will lift certain restrictions on truck drivers to step-up the delivery of propane gas across the state.

COVID-19 cases have caused the Purdue Fort Wayne women’s basketball game against Ball State University to be called off.

The 2021 “Coats for Kids” drive shifted into high gear on Wednesday with the official launch event at MLK Montessori.

A widespread internet service disruption is affecting 21Country -- and other parts of the country, too.

The Northwest Allen County School (NACS) Board on Monday night passed a resolution that clears the way for a “mandatory mask” rule to expire before the holiday break.

Rep. Jim Banks (R-Columbia City) is free to Tweet on his official account once again.

A coffee shop, cider company and a restaurant that closed its doors during the pandemic are among the merchants who will help launch the Union Street Market at Electric Works.

Gov. Eric Holcomb is directing Indiana officials to take legal action that challenges the Biden Administration’s federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

A lawsuit targeting Gov. Eric Holcomb, the State of Indiana and the Wells County Health Department over pandemic mask rules at restaurants was dismissed Monday afternoon.

The official Twitter account of Rep. Jim Banks was frozen on Saturday after Twitter flagged a recent post as violating its terms of service.