Haverhill Elementary students are enjoying a new room this year full of comfortable chairs, pillows and sofas. It's just the kind of place a kid might want to curl up and read a book. And they do, by the dozens.
DUNTON ROAD Closed between Gump and Hathaway roads through Feb. 8. DAWKINS ROAD Bridge over the Litzenburg ditch (between Moore Road and the Indiana-Ohio state line) closed until June 1. ST. JOE CENTER ROAD
The Allen County Coroner's Office has identified a 21-year-old man who was fatally shot Friday night in Fort Wayne. Kyree Deqewane Ellis was near the intersection of East Paulding Road and Lafayette Street when he was shot, the coroner's office said.
As Gordie Allen strolls through the hallways of New Haven High School, teens call out to him and several stop to chat. Minutes later, as the hallway clears, one young man is still struggling with his locker.
With construction of The Harrison six weeks under way, the project's developers said they will begin working diligently to fill the building with retail businesses and renters. The better they do in securing tenants, the less likely the city will have to provide money to keep the project solvent.
A collision between a car and a tractor-trailer rig Saturday shut down Indiana 8 near the Noble-DeKalb county line for more than two hours, state police said.
The following people were recently booked into the Allen County Lockup on felony charges - either on preliminary charges after arrest or after being transported from another facility - or were formally charged with a felony in Allen County. Misdemeanor charges are also listed if the person is charged with a felony.
School: Lafayette Meadows Elementary Grade/subject teaching: Fifth grade Education: Indiana University; working on my master's with Indiana Wesleyan Years teaching: 21 City Born: Anderson City Raised: Anderson, Pendleton, Fort Wayne, Coram, N.Y.
DUNTON ROAD Closed between Gump and Hathaway roads through Feb. 8. DAWKINS ROAD Bridge over the Litzenburg ditch (between Moore Road and the Indiana-Ohio state line) closed until June 1. ST. JOE CENTER ROAD
Indiana 8 between Noble County Road 1150 East and DeKalb County Road 3 reopened just before 11 a.m. Saturday, after a two-vehicle accident forced police to close it, Indiana State Police said.
Fort Wayne's Air National Guard base would lose its nearly 20-plane fighter squadron but gain half as many manned surveillance aircraft under plans announced Friday.
Fort Wayne computer specialist Raul Rubalcada remembers the last time he lived just outside a Super Bowl city; it was 2008 in Arizona when the New York Giants were facing the New England Patriots.
A group of Fort Wayne Community Schools students had cause to celebrate in Indianapolis on Friday - and it wasn't because they were heading to the Super Bowl.
The Franciscan Center, which serves Fort Wayne's poor with a food and medicine pantry and a lunch delivery program on Saturdays, is moving - though not very far.
Some of the men wore black and some of the women wore veils. Some donned masks, some sunglasses. Some held flowers as they gathered around a casket and even a tombstone. And there were bagpipes playing "Amazing Grace" from a stereo, some somber words of remembrance from a man with a bullhorn and very nearly a cremation.
A man told police he "snapped" before hitting another man in the face with a hammer and seriously injuring him Thursday in New Haven, according to court papers. Steven G. Sanders, 32, was preliminarily charged Friday with three felonies: aggravated battery, battery and criminal recklessness.
A crash between two tractor-trailer rigs closed westbound traffic on U.S. 30 near the Allen-Whitley county line for about 3 1/2 hours Friday, authorities said.
LAS VEGAS - Mitt Romney expects Nevada's caucuses to kick off a month of primary and caucus contests to keep momentum on his side in the race for the GOP presidential nomination.
A Warsaw man has been arrested on suspicion of exposing himself to children at a school southeast of Nappanee, according to the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department. Darrin Ray Gibbs, 46, is preliminarily charged with two felonies: indecent exposure and vicarious sexual gratification.
Worried that methamphetamine was being made near her home, a woman alerted authorities who ended up finding an active lab in an outbuilding on her property, the Steuben County Sheriff's Department said.
Three people were arrested Wednesday night on numerous charges after narcotics officers raided a home on Fort Wayne's north side, according to a city police report.
A federal rule requiring religious organizations to pay the full cost of birth control, possible abortion-causing drugs and sterilization under their employees' health plans has aroused local ire, including the local Catholic church's refusal to comply.
A rural Steuben County woman called the sheriff's department Thursday night because she found items on and around her property that are commonly used to make meth.
It was also discovered during the investigation that Gibbs has two previous convictions of indecent exposure in Michigan in 1989 and 1991, the statement said.
Brooks Construction of Fort Wayne will build the new interchange on Interstate 69 at Union Chapel Road, the Indiana Department of Transportation said today.
Though an earlier attempt to convict her ended in a mistrial, a 29-year-old former teacher pleaded guilty Thursday, admitting to having sex with a neighbor boy.
Fearing for his life Wednesday night, a Fort Wayne police sergeant fired a shot from his squad car at another driver who was blocking him in, according to a report.
In October, Odis L. Moore was charged with kidnapping, criminal confinement and other crimes after he allegedly abducted his ex-girlfriend while armed with a handgun.
A narcotics officer's nose helped authorities find a methamphetamine lab Wednesday night in a Winona Lake home, according to the Kosciusko County Drug Task Force.
The former president of the Maysville Sewer and Water District was sentenced Thursday to probation after he pleaded guilty in December to corrupt business influence.
Local organizations are ready to battle on behalf of the Fort Wayne Air National Guard base if the Pentagon recommends eliminating its squadron of fighter jets.
Allen County prosecutors added a new charge to the list of charges against Michael A. Combs, the 26-year-old man accused of physically abusing his children in the home where he lived.
INDIANAPOLIS - NFL and federal officials gathered Thursday to warn Hoosiers about counterfeit merchandise and tickets - starting with footage of a Fort Wayne raid that seized about 200 items, mostly jerseys and shirts.
A Fort Wayne firefighter was in good condition after being injured Thursday morning at a fire north of downtown, the fire department said. Firefighters were called to a residential fire at 2011 Andrew St. about 8:40 a.m.
As Luis Deveyra was bicycling home from work Tuesday afternoon, he came across something out of place in the scenery of the Towpath Trail. About 10 one-liter plastic bottles had been dumped in the grass by the path near the 4000 block of Covington Road, said Deveyra, a 57-year-old machinist.
Three children, ages 11, 3 and an infant, were found alone in the home, where officers found cocaine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia, the police report said.
A former nursing home employee has admitted to stealing prescription drugs that were meant for her grandmother, a resident of the same nursing home, according to court documents.
A Fort Wayne mother admitted to leaving her 5-year-old and 6-month-old daughters alone in her apartment for about an hour, according to court records. Lasharika S. Henderson, 20, of the 1400 block of Greene Street, was charged Tuesday with neglect of a dependent.
A young woman accused of being part of a marijuana distribution ring pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court this week, admitting she was a minor player in the scheme.
Fort Wayne City Utilities staff will travel the city during the next month to help inform residents about the need to increase water rates. The city last month announced its plans to raise rates 40 percent over the next two years.
Wells Fargo on Wednesday presented Mayor Tom Henry with an $18,750 grant to help enhance the city's rain garden program. The grant will pay for signs to be placed at the city's 20 demonstration rain garden sites. Many of the signs will include large displays to help teach residents how the gardens work and keep stormwater out of the city's sewers.
Local organizations are ready to battle on behalf of the Fort Wayne Air National Guard base if the Pentagon recommends eliminating its squadron of fighter jets.
Fearing for his life Wednesday night, a Fort Wayne police sergeant fired a shot from his squad car at another driver who was blocking him in, according to a report.
Though an earlier attempt to convict her ended in a mistrial, a 29-year-old former teacher pleaded guilty Thursday in Allen Superior Court, admitting to having sex with a neighbor boy.
Through this mad blizzard of confetti, we can see the truth now. The confetti gushes from the blowers, whirling up into the high iron of the house Eli Manning's brother built, red-and-blue Giants snow shimmering almost pinkish in the lights. But you know what.
Notre Dame was nearly perfect on offense for a 16-minute stretch against DePaul. Yet after the game, coach Muffet McGraw was more concerned about the team's defense in the second-ranked Irish's 90-70 win over the Blue Demons on Sunday.
Kyle Stanley rebounded from a devastating loss to win the Phoenix Open, overcoming an eight-stroke deficit Sunday in a comeback as unlikely as his collapse last week at Torrey Pines.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said he is disappointed in the quality of last week's Pro Bowl and changes must be considered, perhaps even dropping the game altogether.
Tom Brady's two long incompletions in the final minutes, and several missed chances throughout the game cost the New England Patriots a chance at another Super Bowl victory. It also resulted in their second loss to the New York Giants in the big game in four years, 21-17 on Sunday.
The suspense ended the moment Rob Gronkowski trotted onto the field with the rest of the New England Patriots in Sunday's 21-17 loss to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI.
There were a couple of words spoken more than any others during the Komets' practices last week: battle and defense. So it's not surprising that the Komets' 3-1 victory Saturday over Dayton in front of 8,123 fans at Memorial Coliseum was marked by their grit and stingy defense.
At last the kid has squirmed his way to the front of the scrum, here on Media Day at Super Bowl XLVI. And now Tom Brady - Tom Terrific, Tom the Conqueror, Tom Your-Table-Is-Waiting-In-Canton - locks eyes with him, and there is only the New England Patriots quarterback and the kid, right here in the middle of this immense clot of media folk.
Even now, when NFL Films' footage makes it look so much worse than it felt back then, Archie Manning doesn't complain about the terrible protection he had playing for the lowly New Orleans Saints in the 1970s and '80s.
Snider senior Mason Meling sat wearily against the wall of the Carroll gymnasium; his feet out and head back. Although his left eye was blackened from a previous close encounter, his pride and his record remained spotless. By winning the championship among a field of eight 126-pounders, he was the only undefeated survivor of the Carroll wrestling regional Saturday.
Homestead cashed in at the free-throw line and remained undefeated with a 73-69 home win over New Haven on Saturday. The Spartans ran their record to 17-0 by hitting 30 of 38 free throws.
They were shouting her name from the nosebleeds, as Carroll's Ciana Heaston climbed out of the pool Saturday afternoon. "Nice, Ciana, nice!" hollered the Carroll rooters - some of whom, inexplicably, were dressed in togas.
Stephen Thomas' three-pointer with 24 seconds left Saturday gave IUPUI a 66-63 come-from-behind win over IPFW. Alex Young scored 21 to lead IUPUI. IPFW led 55-45 before the Jaguars (10-15, 4-9 Summit) began their comeback.
Fishing and hunting are enjoyed by young and old, male and female. As proof, readers of The Journal Gazette have been showing off their catches on the weekly Recreation page. The Journal Gazette publishes an Outdoors Experience page once a month, lending a forum for readers to share their love of the outdoors with their neighbors.
Indiana University senior and former Leo standout Andy Bayer ran an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 7:50.23 for the 3,000 meters at the Meyo Invitational on Saturday in South Bend.
Stefanie Dolson scored 16 points, Tiffany Hayes had 14 and No. 3 Connecticut beat 13th-ranked Rutgers 66-34 on Saturday night for its 98th consecutive home victory.
Notre Dame coach Mike Brey thought his team took big strides in its development Saturday. Freshman Pat Connaughton had 23 points and 11 rebounds as Notre Dame made 11 three-pointers and beat No. 15 Marquette 76-59.
Jared Sullinger wore out Wisconsin. Then William Buford put the Badgers away. No. 3 Ohio State wasn't going to give No. 19 Wisconsin a shot at another comeback.
Spencer Levin remained in control in the Phoenix Open in front of the largest crowd in tournament history, shooting a 3-under 68 on Saturday to take a six-stroke lead into the final round.
The best quarterbacks bring fans out of their seats. Aaron Rodgers and Peyton Manning did exactly that Saturday night when the NFL Most Valuable Player accepted the trophy from the only four-time winner of the award.
Marc Andre-Fleury hardly looked like a goalie who had just finished a highly intense third period. Fleury, back in net after getting a night off, made 28 saves and Evgeni Malkin scored a power-play goal that lifted the Pittsburgh Penguins over the Boston Bruins 2-1 Saturday for their ninth win in 10 games.
Komets broadcaster Bob Chase, who is ill, will miss a second straight game tonight when the Komets play host to the Dayton Gems at Memorial Coliseum. There was no local radio coverage of Friday's game at Moline, Ill. Tonight's game will be called on WOWO, 1190 AM, by Jim Shovlin.
Back-to-back SAC titles didn't come easily for the Bishop Luers boys basketball team. First the Knights had to rally, then they had to hold on for an 87-81 win over Snider on Friday.
It wasn't exactly the Gettysburg Address. In fact, Josh Eggold's message to his Concordia Cadets, as they prepared to head out for overtime Friday night, consisted of about eight starkly unvarnished words. "I told them, 'We're both tired and this is our home court,' " he said.
Groundhog Day was Thursday. But in keeping with the theme of the popular Bill Murray film, when each day in Punxsutawney, Pa., was the same, Friday's NBA D-League game at Memorial Coliseum was nearly identical as the night before.
Logan Irwin went over the career 2,000-point mark in Whitko's 85-62 victory over North Miami in a boys basketball game on Friday. Irwin, a senior, scored 27 points. He entered the game 12 points shy of reaching 2,000.
Five additional Thursday night games will air on NFL Network in 2012, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced Friday during his annual Super Bowl news conference.
Rob Ninkovich's gaze drifts higher, higher, ever higher, until he's looking at something every visitor to Lucas Oil Stadium no doubt has noticed, but not quite in the context Ninkovich notices it.
New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin and New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick had one thing in common when they met the media for the final time Friday before kickoff of Super Bowl XLVI. They are having no trouble sleeping at night despite Sunday's big game.
He's a lock for the Hall of Fame, with three Super Bowl wins as a head coach and five appearances in the big game. So of course it was time to bring up the R-word - retirement - to Bill Belichick on Friday.
Paul George hit seven three-pointers and finished with a career-high 30 points, and the Indiana Pacers won in Dallas for the first time in eight years, beating the Mavericks 98-87 Friday night.
Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun, who missed three games this season because of NCAA sanctions, is taking an indefinite medical leave of absence because of back problems.
LOS ANGELES ? Federal prosecutors said they are closing a criminal investigation of Lance Armstrong and will not charge him about allegations the seven-time Tour de France winner used performance-enhancing drugs.
STORRS, Conn. ? University of Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun, who missed three games earlier this season because of NCAA sanctions, is taking an indefinite medical leave of absence because of back problems.
Someday his face will be on football's Mount Rushmore, the Hoodie taking its place alongside the Grin (Lombardi), the Jaw (Shula), the Jaw II (Noll), the Sweater (Bill Walsh) and the Fedora (Landry). And when it does, art will fuse with life.
This is what everyone seems to know about New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin: He believes that if you're five minutes early, you're on time; and if you're four minutes early, you're late. Everything is regimented. No one is cut any slack. Football is a job. It's not a game.
Perfection. It's something that is sought after and rarely ever achieved, especially by high school gymnasts. But for Angola sophomore Alex Nickel, a perfect score was obtained last week in a meet against Sturgis, Mich., when she scored a 10 in the floor exercise.
The Komets might be only two points out of first place in the Turner Conference - they are 25-13-2 and behind Evansville - but the feeling right now isn't one of supreme confidence.
He's on the biggest stage in football this week, so New England Patriots' offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien won't insult anyone's intelligence by saying his mind is elsewhere these days.
Cam Ward made 47 saves - 22 in the first period and 20 in the third - Brandon Sutter had a goal and an assist, and the Carolina Hurricanes finished their first season-sweep of the Boston Bruins with a 3-0 victory on Thursday night.
Ryan Palmer parred his final hole at dusk for a 7-under 64 and the lead Thursday in the suspended first round of the Phoenix Open. The start of the round was delayed an hour because of frost, and play was suspended because of darkness at 6:05 p.m. with 42 players unable to finish.
IPFW got behind in the first half and never could catch up in a 62-52 road loss to Western Illinois on Thursday in Macomb, Ill. The Mastodons (10-12, 4-9 Summit League) trailed the Fighting Leathernecks (13-8, 7-5) 34-24 at halftime.
East Noble came up clutch late to get past host Garrett 45-39 in boys basketball Thursday. The Knights outscored the Railroaders 16-10 in the fourth quarter to pull away in a tie game.
Austin Rivers scored 18 points, Ryan Kelly had 15, and No. 7 Duke used a late first-half run to open a double-digit lead it never relinquished in a 75-60 victory against Virginia Tech on Thursday night.
Coach Sherwood Haydock's first football players recruited from Woodlan to play college ball will include a pair of running backs, one of them his son. The Warriors' Zac Haydock (Saint Francis) and Brad Nelson (Kentucky Christian) both signed letters of intent Wednesday at the school.
Next month's mortgage is gone, sacrificed for a seat in oxygen-mask country. Four hundred a night more fled for a room at the Walls O' Cheesecloth Inn. Even breakfast put a hurtin' on you. So of course you think no one's sacrificed more to be here this week. Right.
Not to say BenJarvus Green-Ellis was a less-than-outstanding player at Indiana - he led the team in rushing for two seasons - but did anyone think it would turn out this way.
New York Giants defensive coordinator Perry Fewell has the unenviable task of trying to figure out how to stop the New England Patriots offense, which ranked second in the regular season with 428 yards per game.
Angelo Dundee, the brilliant motivator who worked the corner for Muhammad Ali in his greatest fights and willed Sugar Ray Leonard to victory in his biggest bout, died Wednesday in Tampa, Fla. He was 90.
Danny Granger scored 29 of his 36 points in the second half to help the Indiana Pacers blow by the Minnesota Timberwolves, 109-99, on Wednesday night. Kevin Love had 21 points and 17 rebounds for the Timberwolves.
