Fort Wayne news

• Manchester magic! Squires hold off University for 2A state title

  29-03-2025 22:30 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (WANE) - For the first time in school history, Manchester boys basketball is marching back to Wabash Co. with a state title.
  The Squires survived a 59-54 battle with University to win the IHSAA's 2A state title at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Saturday.Manchester and University were neck-and-neck all afternoon, with the game including 11 lead changes and 10 ties. Gavin Betten and Ethan Hendrix led the Squires with 21 points apiece, with Betten adding 10 rebounds. Blake Gray led Universit
  
  Read more

• Showers tonight before severe weather Sunday

  29-03-2025 22:00 via wane.com
  
  Rain showers have moved into northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio to begin the weekend. Make sure you take the umbrella with you if you have plans through the rest of the day today.Rain showers will persist into tonight, with temperatures being very mild by March's standards. We'll only drop into the upper 50s, with the showers scattering out by the time we get to daybreak Sunday.Rain showers persist this evening.Showers last into the overnight hours.Rain will scatter out by daybreak Sunday, wit
  
  Read more

• Myanmar's earthquake death toll jumps to 1,644 as more bodies are recovered from the rubble

  29-03-2025 18:54 via wane.com
  
  BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s ruling military said Saturday on state television that the confirmed death toll from a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake rose to 1,644, as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the scores of buildings that collapsed when it struck near the country’s second-largest city.The new total is a sharp rise compared to the 1,002 total announced just hours earlier, underlining the difficulty of confirming casualties over a widespread region and
  
  Read more

• Fort Wayne Coca-Cola employees reach deal after weeks long strike

  29-03-2025 18:19 via wane.com
  
  Video above shows previous coverage of the strike from March 10.FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Coca-Cola employees will now return to work after a three-week strike led by the Teamsters Local 414.According to an article from our CBS sister station, WTOL 11 in Toledo, Teamsters Local 414 at the Coca-Cola facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana, went on strike after they said the company proposed increasing health insurance costs, but refused to provide workers with information about the increased cost. 
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Power restored to over 1,600 customers in Northeast Fort Wayne

  29-03-2025 15:37 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Over 1,600 customers were without power on Fort Wayne's northeast side Saturday morning.According to Indiana Michigan Power's Outage Map, 1,643 customers were without power in the neighborhoods off of St. Joe Center Road and St Joe Road. Some customers were also affected in the neighborhood off Trier Road.As of 10:51 a.m., the outage had been fixed. The cause of the outage is still unknown.Photo of I&M Outage Map as of 10:36 a.m.
  
  Read more

• Over 1,600 customers without power in Northeast Fort Wayne

  29-03-2025 15:37 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Over 1,600 customers are without power on Fort Wayne's northeast side Saturday morning.
  According to Indiana Michigan Power's Outage Map, 1,643 customers are without power in the neighborhoods off of St. Joe Center Road and St Joe Road. Some customers were also affected in the neighborhood off Trier Road.
  Photo of I&M Outage Map as of 10:36 a.m.According to the map, the estimated time of restoration is unknown at this time.
  WANE 15 is working to find out more.
  
  Read more

• 'Defunding this death organization': Students for Life of America hosts anti-abortion gathering

  29-03-2025 14:19 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind (WANE) -- Students for Life of America hosts an event at a Planned Parenthood location in hopes to stand up against Planned Parenthood, "gruesome abortion business."As a part of a nationwide initiative, Defund Planned Parenthood Across America, starting Thursday, groups have gathered at Congressional Offices, on college and university campuses, as well as near Planned Parenthood facilities, displaying 1,076 pink crosses. Each pink cross represents "one for every innocen
  
  Read more

• Spring season boasts grand openings around Fort Wayne

  29-03-2025 13:10 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Throughout the weekend, new places to find good eats, gifts and even building supplies are hosting grand openings in Fort Wayne.
  Saturday kicked off with the grand opening of Hoosier Hardwood Supply, a new local hardwood shop. At the open house, hosted Saturday, attendees get the chance to learn about the products, participate in discount drawings, connect with other woodworkers and enjoy BBQ and refreshments. The store opened its doors at 8 a.m. and will stay open unt
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Good Bread hosts grand opening closing out the weekend full of new businesses

  29-03-2025 13:10 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Throughout the weekend, new places to find good eats, gifts and even building supplies are hosting grand openings in Fort Wayne.
  Saturday kicked off with the grand opening of Hoosier Hardwood Supply, a new local hardwood shop. At the open house, hosted Saturday, attendees get the chance to learn about the products, participate in discount drawings, connect with other woodworkers and enjoy BBQ and refreshments. The store opened its doors at 8 a.m. and will stay open unt
  
  Read more

• A new flower shop is creating joy in Fort Wayne with sola wood arrangements

  29-03-2025 12:05 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)—A new flower shop is opening in Summit City. Create Joy is unlike most flower shops; the arrangements are made from sola wood. Sola wood is a sustainable and durable alternative to real flowers. Its paper-thin structure makes sola wood flowers easily customizable, and the bouquets are long-lasting past the event for which they were created.Create Joy is hosting a grand opening on Saturday, March 29 from 9 a.m.- 8 p.m. Create Joy's new location is at 1516 N. Wel
  
  Read more

• A warm but rain, storm filled weekend

  29-03-2025 11:16 via wane.com
  
  Skies are clear to kick off the weekend. Unfortunately, the clearing is only a mirage, as more clouds return this morning, along with more opportunities for rain. In fact, multiple rain chances and even storms will plague this warm weekend.This morning, temperatures have only fallen into the 50s, with some of our southern communities still in the 60s! This is thanks to southerly winds continuing to feed in this warmth. These temperatures will surge back through the 60s this morning.Clouds increa
  
  Read more

• A warm, but rain & storm filled weekend

  29-03-2025 11:16 via wane.com
  
  This morning, temperatures have only fallen into the 50s, with some of our southern communities still in the 60s! This is thanks to southerly winds continuing to feed in this warmth. These temperatures will surge back through the 60s this morning.Clouds increase through our Saturday morning, and rain chances reappear, and will last throughout the day. There may be a few rumbles of thunder, but certainly nothing severe. Have the umbrella handy if you're heading outside today!Clouds return after s
  
  Read more

• Warm weekend weather, more rain/storms

  29-03-2025 03:51 via wane.com
  
  While there's a lull in rainfall through early morning, you need to know, there's more rain coming. Periods of rain and storms are in the forecast off-and-on through the weekend.At our coolest point in the early AM, we're not very cool for a late March morning. Lows will only be in the mid-to-upper 50s, which is slightly above our current average high temperature for this time of the year.Morning low temps only drop as low as the mid-to-upper 50s as Saturday gets going.The sky becomes partly clo
  
  Read more

• 26 lbs of Marijuana, mushrooms and more found in Decatur drug bust

  29-03-2025 02:59 via wane.com
  
  DECATUR, Ind. (WANE) -- A man was arrested Friday after officers with the Adams County Sheriff's Department found 26 pounds of marijuana, 120 grams of mushrooms and various THC products during the execution of a search warrant.Photo of 27 year old Taylor J Braun, provided by Adams County Sheriff's Department,
  Friday, Adams County Sheriff's Department, took into custody, 27-year-old Taylor Braun for preliminary charges of;
  Possession of MarijuanaDealing MarijuanaPossession and Dealing in a Contro
  
  Read more

• Cat and owner reunite after two years, thanks to a microchip

  29-03-2025 02:21 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — After two years of Sulley the cat being missing from home, he was finally reunited with his owner.
  Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control (FWACC) took in Sulley on Saturday from an owner who could no longer care for him. They were able to scan him for a microchip, which provided the information needed to find his rightful owner.After they contacted his original owner, she explained that she hadn't seen him for two years, and FWACC says she was so happy he was found.Th
  
  Read more

• Lutheran basketball tournament brings economic growth to Fort Wayne

  29-03-2025 02:11 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Lutheran Basketball Association of American (LBAA) returns to Fort Wayne for the fourth year in a row. It marks the 77th annual national tournament.
  32 boys' teams and 25 girls' teams arrived Thursday in the summit city to participate in the opening ceremony with hopes of bringing home the Lutheran National Basketball trophy home Sunday. The tournament is being held at Turnstone. Teams from schools as far as California, Iowa, Florida, Texas, Kansas, Missouri, and al
  
  Read more

• Texas reaches 400 measles cases as US deals with outbreaks in 5 states

  29-03-2025 01:50 via wane.com
  
  (AP) – At least five states have active measles outbreaks as of Friday, and Texas' is the largest with 400 cases.Already, the U.S. has more measles cases this year than in all of 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said. Other states with outbreaks — defined as three or more cases — include New Mexico, Kansas, Ohio and Oklahoma. Since February, two unvaccinated people have died from measles-related causes.The new outb
  
  Read more

• Mayor's daughter reflects on the Henry legacy

  29-03-2025 00:53 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Many in the city of Fort Wayne paused on Friday to remember and honor former Mayor Tom Henry. March 28 marked one year since his passing.City of Fort Wayne remembers late Mayor Tom Henry on one-year anniversary of his passingA big part of Mayor Henry's life was his wife, Cindy. She owned the Green Frog Inn for two decades and was always by the mayor's side through his political career.Cindy died in January last year after a battle with pancreatic cancer. It was just two
  
  Read more

Follow @Fort_Wayne_News on Twitter!