Fort Wayne news

• Man charged in downtown Fort Wayne attack, police searching for more suspects

  25-02-2025 23:50 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A woman said she was brutally attacked outside Downtown Bar in Fort Wayne late Saturday night, leaving her lip split open and a deep laceration on her cheek that required surgery. While police have arrested one man in connection with the assault, they believe more people may have been involved.Darrell Strozier II has been charged with a Level 3 felony count of aggravated battery causing serious and permanent disfigurement. If convicted, he faces between three and
  
  Read more

• Michigan veterinarian faces theft charge after refusing to return homeless man's dog

  25-02-2025 22:56 via wane.com
  
  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan veterinarian who said she rescued a distressed dog that was tied to a truck is facing a theft charge after failing to return him to a homeless man.Amanda Hergenreder took the dog on a two-hour drive to her clinic, where she performed procedures to relieve a severe urinary tract infection and remove a rotten tooth. She named him Biggby and says the 16-year-old pit bull mix is thriving nearly four months later.But the Kent County prosecutor said Biggby b
  
  Read more

• 2 Fort Wayne women accused of sex trafficking 17-year-old

  25-02-2025 22:31 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Two Fort Wayne women are accused of recruiting a 17-year-old girlfor sex trafficking, according to Allen Superior Court documents.According to court documents, the 17-year-old had communicated with someone on Instagram about how she wanted to leave home and was looking for someone to take her in, which is how she eventually connected with the two suspects: 20-year-old Harley Rose Cooley and 21-year-old Leticia Monique Granados.On Dec. 5, the two suspects picked up the
  
  Read more

• Rain on the way, temps continue above average

  25-02-2025 22:14 via wane.com
  
  Our evening is starting off warm for late February, with temps in the mid-50s, with these temperatures falling into the 40s this evening.Overnight, temps drop all the way to the upper 20s, putting a chill in the air to start off the day.Another wave of low pressure brings periods of rain throughout the day tomorrow, starting a little after sunrise. Afternoon conditions will, again, be warmer than our average 40° high with highs reaching the low 50s. Some t-storms are possible during the day,
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• WATCH: Southwest plane, jet narrowly avoid collision at Chicago's Midway Airport

  25-02-2025 21:09 via wane.com
  
  CHICAGO (WGN) — A Southwest Airlines plane and a jet experienced a near-miss that was caught on camera at Chicago's Midway International Airport Tuesday.The incident happened around 8:50 a.m. local time and was captured on video by StreamTimeLive. Airport webcam video shared on social media shows the Southwest flight briefly touching down before pulling up to pass above a jet taxiing across the runway.The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released the following statement rega
  
  Read more

• New 'wooly devil' plant species discovered in Texas national park

  25-02-2025 18:54 via wane.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Texas is big — so big, it seems, that there are still things to be discovered in the state.Staffers at Big Bend National Park, located in Western Texas, found that to be true after discovering a new plant species "previously unknown to science," the National Park Service confirmed Monday.Last March, a Big Bend National Park botany program volunteer and a supervisory interpretive park ranger found some small plants growing among the desert rocks within a northern porti
  
  Read more

• Allen County Sheriff's Department still looking for driver in fatal high-speed crash

  25-02-2025 17:02 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Police are asking for tips to help them track down the suspect in a high-speed crash that killed a man and severely injured a teenager last year.The Allen County Sheriff's Department made a Facebook post Tuesday asking the public for information on Alejandro Reyes Villagomez, a 26-year-old accused of being intoxicated and driving over 100 mph when he ran a red light and crashed into an SUV in May 2024. The crash on Lima Road at the intersection with Till Road killed a 4
  
  Read more

• US consumer confidence plummets in February, biggest monthly decline since 2021

  25-02-2025 16:19 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence plummeted in February, the biggest monthly decline in more than four years, a business research group said Tuesday.The Conference Board reported that its consumer confidence index sank this month to 98.3 from 105.3 in January. That's far below the expectations of economists, who projected a reading of 103, according to a survey by FactSet.The seven-point drop was the biggest month-to-month decline since August of 2021.Markets on Wall Street immedi
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Man caught wearing wig hiding $10,000 worth of cocaine, say police

  25-02-2025 14:02 via wane.com
  
  (CBS) Colombian police say a 40-year-old man was arrested after being caught trying to board a flight from Cartagena, Colombia, to Amsterdam, Netherlands, while wearing a wig hiding cocaine worth more than $10,470.The suspect, a Colombian national originally from Pereira, was arrested at Rafael Nunez International Airport after an officer from the Anti-Narcotics Unit of the National Colombian Police found, through a scanner, that he was wearing “a wig that contained more than 220 grams (7.
  
  Read more

• Domestic disturbance in Hicksville leads to arrest of fugitive from Texas

  25-02-2025 13:26 via wane.com
  
  HICKSVILLE, Ohio (WANE) A man wanted by authorities in Texas for several violent crimes is being held in Ohio following his arrest by police in Hicksville.
  Adrian San Juan, 19, is being held in the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio. He was taken into custody late Monday after police found him at the Hicksville Park.
  Earlier in the day, police had been sent to a home in Hicksville where San Juan had been staying with the mother of his child on a report of a domestic disturbance. San Juan left
  
  Read more

• Warmer wet pattern continues this week

  25-02-2025 09:08 via wane.com
  
  What a change this week with temperatures in the 50s and rain instead of snow. The warmer pattern continues for the rest of this week.
  high temperatures will be in the 50s todayTake an umbrella along with you today with scattered showers possible this morning with temperatures moving into the upper 40s by lunchtime.
  It will be another mild afternoon and breezy with west winds up to 15 mph. We can't rule out an isolated shower. High temperatures will be in the 50s.
  It will be cold tonight with mo
  
  Read more

• All planets visible this week...with help and luck

  25-02-2025 05:25 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Attention astronomy fans! This week you have the opportunity to see all of the planets in the night sky…but you'll have to be lucky and have some special equipment…The reason we have the chance to see all the planets is that they are lining up on the same side of the sun in their orbits around it.
  Some planets though are likely to be too low in the night sky for you to see them. Saturn and Mercury will be just above the horizon, but trees and houses will l
  
  Read more

• Early discussion of NACS operating referendum, comparison to other districts

  25-02-2025 04:05 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Northwest Allen County Schools Board (NACS) met Monday night to present a timeline for an operating referendum in November. Members of the board also discussed the district's funding comparison to other districts in the area and state.
  An operating referendum is a local ballot measure that allows a school district to raise additional property tax revenue beyond the state-imposed limits to support operating expenses, such as teacher salaries, academic programs, trans
  
  Read more

• Ohio college, Muskingum University, orders students to shelter in place due to possible shooting on campus

  25-02-2025 02:52 via wane.com
  
  NEW CONCORD, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio college has ordered students to shelter in place as police respond to a report of a possible shooting on campus Monday.Muskingum University in New Concord, Ohio, said on its website that a possible shooting had been reported and that everyone on campus should shelter in place until further notice.“We will update the campus as soon as we know more,” the school said.The Muskingum County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook that law enforcemen
  
  Read more

• Officials investigating a possible shooting at Ohio college say there was no shooting

  25-02-2025 02:52 via wane.com
  
  NEW CONCORD, Ohio (AP) — A sheriff’s office investigating a report of a possible shooting that prompted a lockdown at Ohio’s Muskingum University determined Monday that no shooting occurred.The Muskingum County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook that many law enforcement officials were still on campus investigating.“We ask that the public still stay away from the area at this time,” the sheriff's office said.Muskingum University in New Concord, Ohio, had post
  
  Read more

• COURT DOCS: Driver hit 114 MPH before crashing and killing couple on US 27

  25-02-2025 01:28 via wane.com
  
  Video shows previous coverage of the story.
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A man is facing charges after hitting 114 MPH just before crashing into a couple and killing them on US 27.A warrant was issued for Jose Perez Santos's arrest Saturday, in connection to a July 2024 crash on US 27 that left a couple dead. Perez Santos is facing preliminary charges of;
  OWI Causing Serious Bodily Injury, a Level 4 FelonyTwo counts of OWI Causing Death, a Level 4 FelonyOperating while intoxicated, a Level 6 Felon
  
  Read more

• Leveling up: Fort Wayne FC brings professional soccer to Northeast Indiana

  25-02-2025 01:13 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) –Soccer will join baseball and hockey as the city's local professional sports plan to grow in 2026.
  The Fort Wayne Football Club and the United Soccer League announced on Monday the team would join USL League One after six years of playing on League Two.Justin Papadakis, USL Deputy CEO and Chief Real Estate Officer, said discussions started five years ago. He credits Director of Football Operations DaMarcus Beasley as a "driving force" towards FWFC going pro.Born an
  
  Read more

Follow @Fort_Wayne_News on Twitter!