Fort Wayne, Indiana

• 19-year-old charged with murder in womana s death
  

  FORT WAYNE A 19-year-old Fort Wayne man has been charged with murder, accused of killing a woman south of McCulloch Park.

• 19-year-old charged with murder in womana s death
  

  FORT WAYNE A 19-year-old Fort Wayne man has been charged with murder, accused of killing a woman south of McCulloch Park.

• 2 hurt in apartment-complex shooting
  

  A double-shooting at a northeast-side apartment complex Thursday afternoon left a man in serious condition and a woman with a graze wound.

• Verbatim: Probable West Nile case reported in Allen County
  

  FORT WAYNE, Ind. . Allen County health officials announced today the first probable human case of West Nile virus this season.

• Tour is highlight for ACD drivers
  

  Just before noon, they began lining the street. Vintage Duesenbergs of all colors filled with people stopped in the 1600 block of Wayne Street, ending a ride that began in rainy Garrett and concluded at the same spot it does every year - the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum.

• A painter's lens
  

  Charles Shepard, executive director of the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, says he and his staff 'really pulled out all the stops' for this year's Contemporary Realism Biennial.

• Ex-con arrested in April slaying
  

  A Fort Wayne man recently released from prison after serving time for shooting a woman nine times was arrested Thursday night, accused this time of shooting a man to death in April.

• text alerts
  

  The 44th annual MDA Telethon takes place on Sunday, September 5 and Monday, September 6. WANE-TV will broadcast the telethon live starting at 9 p.m. In 2009, the MDA toteboard totalled $542,765 thanks to the generosity of people in northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio.

• McCloughen retires after 30 years
  

  After 30 years with the department, one Goshen police officer is ready to take it easy.

• Nursing home plans $33M expansion to north side
  

  A $33 million northward expansion by a longtime south-side nursing and residential facility could create about 160 jobs.

• Design work completed for Eddie Merlot's
  

  This photo shows the dining room of the Eddie Merlot's restaurant in Columbus, Ohio.

• Ind. trooper charged with groping resigns
  

  State police say a trooper assigned to patrol the Indiana Toll Road has resigned and been charged with official misconduct and battery.

• Armed robber takes cash from Azar's in Waynedale
  

  Fort Wayne police investigated an armed robbery early Tuesday at a Waynedale restaurant.

• Announcement set on retaining Navistar employees
  

  Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry and Kathleen Randolph from WorkOne Northeast have scheduled a news conference today to announce "new developments' in efforts to retain Navistar employees and promote economic growth.

• Courtyard by Marriott opens downtown
  

  Fort Wayne's newest downtown destination opened amid much fanfare Wednesday. Though the Courtyard by Marriott will provide guests a new place to stay and residents a new place to drink and dine, officials said the project shows the vibrancy of the downtown.

• Verbatim: Local principals earn 'Distinguished' honor
  

  The Indiana State Board of Education recognized Indiana's "Title 1 Distinguished Principals" at this morning's monthly meeting.

• 6 indicted in northeast Indiana meth ring probe
  

  Six people have been arrested in connection with a yearlong federal investigation into a methamphetamine distribution ring operating in northeast Indiana.

• Reducing medical errors
  

  "What gets measured gets done," the saying goes. It's a fitting one for the state's new practice of tracking preventable medical errors.

• 19-year-old collapses at lake party, dies
  

  The LaGrange County Sheriff's Department is investigating the death of a 19-year-old who had been at a party on a Big Turkey Lake island.

City Description

Fort Wayne is a city in the U.S. state of Indiana and the county seat of Allen County. As of 2009, the city had an estimated population of 255,890, ranking it the 72 largest city in the nation. It is the second largest city in Indiana, after Indianapolis. The municipality is located in northeastern Indiana, approximately 18 miles (29 km) west of the Ohio border and 50 miles (80 km) south of the Michigan border. Fort Wayne is the principal city of the Fort Wayne Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan area that encompasses Allen, Wells, and Whitley counties, for an estimated population of 414,315. In addition to those three counties, the Fort Wayne–Huntington–Auburn CSA, a combined statistical area, includes Adams, DeKalb, Huntington, and Noble counties, for a population of 610,015. Under the direction of American Revolutionary War statesman General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, the United States Army built Fort Wayne last in a series of forts near the Miami Indian village of Kekionga in 1794. Named in Wayne's honor, Fort Wayne established itself at the confluence of the St. Joseph River, St. Marys River, and Maumee River as a trading post for European settlers. The village was platted

City Contained By:

• Allen County
• Indiana
• United States of America

City Contains:

• Vihara Mon Buddhist
• Fort Wayne Old City Hall Building
• Memorial Stadium
• University of Saint Francis
• Fort Wayne Children's Zoo
• Williams-Woodland Park Historic District
• Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
• Chestnut Hills Golf Club
• Piere's
• Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
• Parkview Field
• John and Dorothy Haynes House
• Chief Jean-Baptiste de Richardville House
• Smith Field
• Embassy Theater and Indiana Hotel
• Trinity Episcopal Church
• Wells Street Bridge
• Alexander Taylor Rankin House
• Forest Park Boulevard Historic District
• McCulloch Park
• Allen County Courthouse
• Wayne High School
• Embassy Theatre
• Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Fort Wayne
• Smith Field
• Richardville House
• Indiana Institute of Technology
• Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
• Brown Mackie College - Fort Wayne
• Taylor University Fort Wayne
• Ivy Tech Community College-Northeast
• Masters of Cosmetology College
• ITT Technical Institute-Fort Wayne
• Ravenscroft Beauty College
• Trine University-Fort Wayne Regional Campus
• Rudae's School of Beauty Culture
• Concordia Theological Seminary
• International Business College Fort Wayne, IN
• Harrison College, Fort Wayne
• Concordia Senior College

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 204.91985929 km squared

Sports Teams:

• Fort Wayne Komets

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