(Compiled by Garth Snow. Please submit items to gsnow@kpcmedia.com.) About Civil War The Civil War Round Table of North East Indiana will meet at 6:30 p.m. May 8 at the Allen County Public Library Main Branch in downtown For Wayne. The public is welcome. The group will meet in the theater ...
By EMELINE HAWKINS For the Northwest News Only George Takei can greet an audience with the Vulcan sign from “Star Trek” and pull it off effortlessly. Takei, who celebrated his 86th birthday only days earlier, finished off Purdue Fort Wayne’s annual Omnibus Series on Tuesday. A ...
By GARTH SNOW gsnow@kpcmedia.com Madilyn Malcolm will see the Allen County Fairgrounds from a new perspective this year. The Garrett High School graduate and Purdue Fort Wayne elementary education major will wear the tiara of Miss Allen County. Malcolm, 20, was awarded the honor from a field ...
By GARTH SNOW For the Northwest News Earth Day Fort Wayne brought more than 1,000 visitors to a chilly Eagle Marsh on April 23, as Little River Wetlands Project celebrated the local environment and conservation work. Busy Engle Road was closed for the 4-hour festival, making way for two rows ...
By ROD KING For the Northwest News Habitat for Humanity of Greater Fort Wayne began its 2023-24 build season April 19 on Smith Street in southeast Fort Wayne. CEO Jeremy McClish announced plans for a 20-home year, the most ever to be built in a season by the organization. He pointed out ...
By MARY ANNE GATES For the Northwest News Through grants, fundraisers and fees to play pickleball, the H-TOWN Pickleball players have raised over $130,000 for the installation of six H-TOWN pickleball courts at the Huntertown Family Park at the corner of Woods Road and Old Lima Road in ...
From staff reports The Fort Wayne Police Department on Monday expressed condolences to the family of a man who died after being hit by a police car Wednesday evening. In a Facebook post Sunday, Barrett McNagny LLC law firm said, "Our Barrett family is simply devastated by the passing of our ...
By Louisa Danielson For the Northwest News Twenty-nine dancers from the Fort Wayne Ballet will present "Carnival of the Animals" on Saturday, April 29, at the Auer Center for Arts and Culture, 300 E. Main St., Fort Wayne. Presenters will include preprofessional dancers, trainees and members ...
From staff reports Three Rivers Festival's board says the 54th summer celebration is on a path to success. The assertion came April 14, as the board announced the theme for the July 7-15 Fort Wayne festival and opened registration for 3RF staples the parade and bed race. The 2023 Three Rivers ...
By ROD KING For the Northwest News That lovable musical con man Harold Hill will be at the top of his game at Bishop Dwenger High School for three performances, peddling musical instruments and band uniforms in the ever-popular musical "The Music Man." The show will be performed Friday, ...