By LOUISA DANIELON For the Northwest News Fire and Light Productions will present "Beauty and the Beast Junior" at the University of Saint Francis Robert Goldstine Performing Arts Center, 431 W. Berry St., Fort Wayne, in four performances March 23-25. Shows are 7 p.m. Thursday, 7 p.m. Friday, ...
From staff reports Contestants face a March 31 deadline for the 2023 Miss Allen County Queen Scholarship Pageant. The pageant begins at 5 p.m. April 23 in the Exhibit Building at the Allen County Fairgrounds, 2726 Carroll Road, Fort Wayne. Admission is $5. Ages 5 and under are admitted ...
By EMELINE HAWKINS For the Northwest News Northwest Allen County Schools will host this year’s 133rd annual Meeting of the Northern Indiana Superintendents Club. The event, planned Oct. 4-5, will have nearly 35 active superintendents as well as a number of retired superintendents. No funds ...
By KATHRYN BASSETT kbassett@kpcmedia.com GARRETT — Hundreds gathered to honor fallen Indiana State Police Master Trooper James Bailey during funeral services at the Paul Bateman Gymnasium at Garrett High School on March 11. Bailey was killed in a vehicle crash incident March 3 on ...
From staff reports The Indiana State Police Fort Wayne Post has shared the procession route following the funeral for Master Trooper James Bailey. Trooper Bailey, of Auburn, was struck and killed in a vehicle crash incident Friday afternoon on Interstate 69 just north of the C.R. 11A ...
By EMELINE HAWKINS For the Northwest News HUNTERTOWN — When your school district is busting at the seams, a decision has to be made to make sure there’s enough room for future student enrollment. That’s what happened Feb. 27 at the Northwest Allen County Schools board meeting, when ...
FROM STAFF REPORTS Abel’s Offering, a program of Associated Churches of Fort Wayne and Allen County, is dedicated to improving food security in Northeast Indiana through community gardening. The gardens create opportunities for recreation, exercise, spiritual growth, and personal development ...
By GARTH SNOW gsnow@kpcmedia.com HUNTERTOWN — Eleven shiny shovels lifted loosened dirt Feb. 21 to mark the formal beginning of construction on a 4.3-mile segment of the Pufferbelly Trail. Allen County, Huntertown and Fort Wayne Trails officials and other partners and supporters shared in ...
By GARTH SNOW gsnow@kpcmedia.com Fort Wayne's Farmers Market will open its summer season May 20 in its new location outside Electric Works. The market, which first opened in the fall of 2012, has operated from Parkview Field, 285 W. Douglas Ave., in the winter months. In recent years, summer ...
From staff reports The 2023 Allen County 4-H Fling promises a chicken dinner, live and silent auctions and more. The Feb. 25 fundraiser for 4-H youth programs will be in the Home & Family Arts Building at the Allen County Fairgrounds, 2726 Carroll Road, Fort Wayne. Serving begins at 5 ...