Auburn's smallest car-auction company began the weekend by canceling its Saturday sale because of a lack of bidders. Sunday, it sold a Duesenberg for a million dollars.
BARKLEY ROAD Closed between Indiana 101 and Whittern Road for bridge repair Sept. 7 and Sept. 8. WINDWARD ROAD Closed between Southerly Point and Westerly Road Sept. 7 for pipe installation.
The cars were out for display, the concession stands were open and the chairs and stands were set. They had everything they needed for the auction, except buyers.
State-funded homestead credits will go away next year, and several tax experts predict that property tax bills will rise, especially for rural homeowners who are unlikely to benefit from recently enacted tax caps.
Six people escaped a house fire at 4333 Avondale Drive early Saturday after being alerted to the blaze by the home's smoke detector, according to the Fort Wayne Fire Department.
The New Haven-Adams Township Park and Recreation board will have a public input session on Werling Park at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the City Council chambers.
The deadline to register for New Haven's fall citizens' academy is Wednesday. The eight-session program will begin Sept. 13 and shows how city government works and introduce participants to local leaders and department heads.
The Allen County Solid Waste Management District's annual Tox-Away Day will be from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the International Truck and Engine parking lot, 2911 Meyer Road.
BARKLEY ROAD Closed between Indiana 101 and Whittern Road for bridge repair Sept. 7 and Sept. 8. WINDWARD ROAD Closed between Southerly Point and Westerly Road Sept. 7 for pipe installation.
Monday is Labor Day, and government offices are closed across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. ?Federal District and Bankruptcy courts are closed. ?There will be no mail delivery, except express mail, and post offices will be closed.
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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.
A Fort Wayne woman was shot, killed and abandoned by railroad tracks near McCulloch Park early Friday, leading to the arrest of a man police say was fleeing the scene.
Six people at a south-side home were alerted to a fire by a smoke detector and escaped the house without injury early Saturday morning, according to the Fort Wayne Fire Department. Firefighters were called at 12:45 a.m. to 4333 Avondale Dr.
Michelle White was in the midst of giving a quiz Friday when Fort Wayne Community Schools Superintendent Wendy Robinson and an entourage of administrators made a surprise visit to her classroom.
Health officials reported this year's first human case of West Nile in Allen County on Friday. Indiana state health officials said Friday that an Allen County resident has tested positive for the virus on an initial test. Another human case also was reported in Marion County.
The Allen County commissioners want to be a part of Huntertown. On Friday, the commissioners unanimously approved a petition asking Huntertown to annex county-owned land at Carroll and Lima Roads.
Allen County prosecutors added additional charges Friday to the criminal case against local lawyer Daniel E. Serban after investigators said he admitted misappropriating money from an estate account.
An Allen Superior Court jury was unable to agree on a verdict in the case against Sergio Sandoval, accused of neglect of a dependent in the January 2009 injury of his daughter.
A 23-year-old Fort Wayne man admitted this week in Allen Superior Court to raping a girl during a party in February. Shelton B. Stephens, of the 2000 block of Bayview Drive, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of rape and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
A Leesburg man pleaded guilty this week in Allen Superior Court to receiving stolen property, a misdemeanor, in the theft of more than $130,000 in inventory and tools from a local company.
Indiana state government took in 8.4 percent more in tax revenue in August than it did a year ago, and collections were higher than the most recent forecast.
Monday is Labor Day, and government offices are closed across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. ?Federal district and bankruptcy courts are closed. ?There will be no mail delivery, except Express Mail, and post offices will be closed.
FORT WAYNE - A water main break has interrupted water service for customers along 930 East near Adams Center Road, Fort Wayne City Utilities said in a written statement.
Fort Wayne is the 11th-safest driving city in the nation. That's Allstate's stand. Allstate Insurance Co. released its sixth annual "America's Best Drivers Report."
Just before noon, they began lining the street. Vintage Duesenbergs of all colors filled with people stopped in the 1600 block of Wayne Street, ending a ride that began in rainy Garrett and concluded at the same spot it does every year - the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum.
A Fort Wayne man recently released from prison after serving time for shooting a woman nine times was arrested Thursday night, accused this time of shooting a man to death in April.
Allen County prosecutors are asking a judge to revoke the bond of former Indiana University basketball player and radio commentator Todd Leary after he was arrested in Hamilton County on charges of burglary.
Allen Superior Court Judge Kenneth Scheibenberger prevailed Thursday in his fight to remain on the fall ballot after the bipartisan Indiana Election Commission voted unanimously to deny a challenge to his candidacy.
Two South Side High School students were arrested Tuesday after a fight broke out during lunchtime, Fort Wayne police said. The fight erupted over accusations some students had been cutting in line, a report said.
A prominent local attorney and non-profit board member has been arrested and charged with corrupt business influence and theft amid allegations he took more than $100,000 from his clients' trust fund accounts.
A 15-year-old boy has offered to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit murder in the shooting death of his stepfather if prosecutors drop charges of murder and aiding murder.
A judge's ruling to void non-union wages set for a renovation project could potentially mean taxpayers would pay more for the work, a county commissioner said.
ADAMS CENTER ROAD Closed between Moeller Road and Indiana 930 Sept. 7 through Dec. 6. BULL RAPIDS ROAD Closed at Maumee Center Road through today, Sept. 3.
A federal raid Wednesday morning rounded up six people in connection with a drug trafficking ring that shipped high-quality methamphetamine from Mexico into northeast Indiana.
The four-person Indiana Election Commission voted Thursday to deny a challenge against Allen Superior Judge Kenneth Scheibenberger, which means he remains on the fall ballot.
WARSAW ? A 15-year-old northern Indiana boy has offered to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit murder in the shooting death of his stepfather in exchange for prosecutors dropping charges of murder and aiding murder.
In addition to roving patrols this month, Kosciusko County and local law enforcement agencies participating in the county's drunken driving task force have scheduled a sobriety checkpoint.
Fort Wayne's newest downtown destination opened amid much fanfare Wednesday. Though the Courtyard by Marriott will provide guests a new place to stay and residents a new place to drink and dine, officials said the project shows the vibrancy of the downtown.
With the number of U.S. troops touching down in Afghanistan continually escalating throughout the summer, Chad Clements was as nervous about war as anyone else would be, his family said.
Indiana's popular 21st Century Scholars program, which promises full college scholarships to needy students who stay out of trouble and get acceptable grades, needs changes to head off a multimillion-dollar shortfall, state officials said.
Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., announced his participation Wednesday in a $5 million capital campaign for Community Harvest Food Bank that aims to reduce hunger by 50 percent in five years.
A record number of IPFW students returned to school this fall to enjoy new apartments, fresh educational opportunities and a revamped orientation program.
A planned $2 million medical office building on the west side further strengthens Parkview Health System's foothold in Fort Wayne's economy, leaders say.
The superintendent of Smith-Green Community Schools in Whitley County says a new strategic plan will help bolster student success, even as the district faces financial challenges.
After five years of intense debate and discussion, the state's first rule regulating outdoor wood boilers got initial approval Wednesday from the Indiana Air Pollution Control Board.
ADAMS CENTER ROAD Closed at Indiana 930 until 5 p.m. today, Sept. 2. NORARROW DRIVE Closed between Cherrywood and Fondwood drives until 5 p.m. today, Sept. 2.
ISTANBUL, Turkey ? Chauncey Billups scored 19 points, Kevin Durant had 17 and the United States powered into the quarterfinals of the world championship with a 121-66 victory over Angola on Monday.
All-Pro cornerback Darrelle Revis and the Jets agreed in principle to a four-year contract Sunday night, reaching a deal a week before the team?s season opener.
The TinCaps are in the playoffs. And their opponent in the first round is set. As the regular season winds down, manager Jose Flores said the team isn't just playing out the string.
Jack Swarbrick's comfortable and spacious office is flush with many reminders of Notre Dame's long history of athletic endeavors and excellence. For one, there's the picture of that 1913 team captained by an end named Knute Rockne.
Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly didn't see anything he would label a gross error in his team's 23-12 season-opening victory over Purdue on Saturday.
Notre Dame answered one question about its football team in Saturday's 23-12 season-opening victory against Purdue - the Irish have depth on the defensive line.
Towson coach Rob Ambrose isn't sure how good Indiana will be. "But I do know this: They're going to score more than 30 points a game in the Big Ten this year," Ambrose said. "They are very, very tough to stop."
As Albert Pujols reclined on a folding chair in the visitors' clubhouse late last month, the St. Louis Cardinals first baseman made small talk with teammate Pedro Feliz, thumbed text messages into his cell phone and played with his young son, batboy Albert Jr.
The St. Louis Cardinals handled the Cincinnati Reds again. Small consolation for a team that's seven games back in the NL Central because they can't beat anybody else in the division.
No matter what they try, the San Diego Padres just keep losing. The NL West-leading Padres lost their 10th straight game Sunday as Melvin Mora hit a go-ahead single that sent the Colorado Rockies to a 4-2 win.
The final hole gave Jason Day a one-shot lead in the Deutsche Bank Championship. The final hour gave him a good idea of what he might expect for the Labor Day finish.
The NFL players' union will continue looking into oddly timed trades involving rookies now that more of the players involved have been cut, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Sunday.
Those predicting that the United States will fall short of a world championship are focusing on the back of the jerseys. They no longer include names such as Bryant or James.
HAMPTON, Ga. - Ten drivers have locked up spots in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. No one is feeling better about his chances than Tony Stewart. The car owner raced the No. 14 Chevy to his first win of the year, pulling away from Carl Edwards off the final restart Sunday night at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Jeudy Valdez began Fort Wayne's eighth inning by crushing a double to straight-away center field. It was just the TinCaps' fourth hit of Sunday's game against West Michigan, and only the second hit since the first inning.
In 2008, the Buffalo Bills used a second-round draft pick on James Hardy, the former Elmhurst and Indiana University star, thinking he would become a receiver in the mold of Terrell Owens or Randy Moss.
Maybe this is what you need here, a man who takes the game ball from his athletic director and considers the remembrance case handled. Maybe you need the guy who's had his nostalgia organ removed, who doesn't converse with the statuary, who fails to get all weepy when the students chant his name or somebody brings up Rockne.
It has been quite a series between Homestead and East Noble over most of the past decade, but lately it had been all Spartans - until Friday night when the Knights pulled out a thrilling 49-46 win at Homestead.
The TinCaps aren't exactly rolling into the playoffs. Alexis Espinoza came within a double of hitting for the cycle for West Michigan in an 8-3 victory against Fort Wayne in front of 7,333 fans Saturday at Parkview Field.
It could be argued that the Colts' most impressive players during the preseason were wide receiver/kick returner Brandon James, wide receiver Blair White, quarterback Tom Brandstater, running back Javarris James and defensive back Terrail Lambert.
He used to go to the boss all the time, full to the top with questions. What's it like, John? How do 8,000 horses feel, right before you turn them loose? What goes through your mind in those four seconds of sound and fury and 300 mph G-forces? Robert Hight wouldn't give John Force a minute's peace.
Jason Day and Brandt Snedeker played in far different conditions Saturday and wound up with a share of the lead halfway through the Deutsche Bank Championship.
Cincinnati rookie Travis Wood pitched seven efficient innings and hit his first career homer to lead the Reds to a 6-1 win against Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals.
Gavin Floyd gave up five hits in six innings, Carlos Quentin hit a double and triple and the Chicago White Sox swept their day-night doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox with a pair of 3-1 wins on Saturday.
Neither a pregame players-only meeting nor the Famous Chicken's fowl humor could keep the NL West-leading San Diego Padres from stumbling to a nine-game losing streak, their longest since 2003.
Carlos Silva is scheduled to start Tuesday for the Chicago Cubs against Houston after missing more than a month because of a heart problem. He takes the spot of Tom Gorzelanny, who will miss at least one turn in the rotation after being hit in the left hand by a line drive against Pittsburgh on Wednesday.
Maria Sharapova knows the story all too well: An unknown American kid shows up at the U.S. Open, upsets a seeded player, gains some buzz and belief, then gets a shot at Sharapova in the third round.
The Arizona Cardinals have released Matt Leinart, parting ways with the former Heisman Trophy winner who was supposed to be the team's franchise quarterback but couldn't escape the backup role.
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. ? The Buffalo Bills are going with a young receiving corps after releasing wideouts James Hardy and Chad Jackson to set their 53-player roster.
It was a play another No. 4 made legendary, and East Noble senior quarterback A.J. Dove did the play proud in a thrilling NHC win over host Homestead on Friday.
The Eagle hasn't just landed; with host Columbia City's come-from-behind 21-14 victory over Bellmont on Friday, the thing has taken up residence as one of the heady teams in the NHC.
The countdown started immediately after Purdue beat Indiana on Nov. 21 - the final game of last season. "The Notre Dame game was 273 days away or something," junior linebacker Joe Holland said.
Nate Freiman was 7 for 7 with three doubles and three RBI in the TinCaps' doubleheader split Friday against the Silver Hawks in South Bend. Fort Wayne won the second game 5-2 after losing 2-1 in the opening game. Both were seven-inning games.
Class A second-ranked Southern Wells racked up 23 first downs and 279 yards rushing to beat host Garrett 30-13 on Friday. Cain Grogg and Kyle Jones rushed for two touchdowns apiece for the Raiders, who improved to 3-0.
Rookie Jaime Garcia beat the Reds for the fourth time, halting the free-falling St. Louis Cardinals' five-game losing streak and ending Cincinnati's four-game run in a 3-2 victory on Friday night.
Playing without three of the first four hitters in their regular lineup, the New York Yankees put speed up top and scampered for extra bases on each ball in the gap.
There aren't many positives the Chicago Cubs will take away once this awful season reaches its conclusion, so they'll cling to this one. They're 7-3 under interim manager Mike Quade. It's small consolation, but it'll do for now.
Washington outfielder Nyjer Morgan was suspended and fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Baseball for three separate incidents over the past week. And six players, the managers of Washington and Florida and a coach were cited after a review of Wednesday night's brawl in Miami.
On his way to victory at Louis Armstrong Stadium on Friday, the highest-seeded American man left in the U.S. Open, No. 18 John Isner, could hear the wild cheering and chanting going on at the adjacent Grandstand in support of another American man, Ryan Harrison, a qualifier who was the lowest-ranked (220) and youngest (18) player still in the tournament.
Three more North Carolina defensive starters are not traveling with the team for Saturday's game in Atlanta against LSU, meaning the 18th-ranked Tar Heels could be without 15 players amid an ongoing NCAA investigation.
Indiana's biggest questions entering this season centered on its retooled defense. The unit gave up a couple of big plays but made a few more early to help the Hoosiers to a 51-17 victory over Towson in the season opener Thursday in front of 35,242 fans at Memorial Stadium.
Fort Wayne's TinCaps will keep aspiring to be San Diego Padres for at least the next two seasons. The baseball club announced Thursday it signed a two-year extension to be the Low-A affiliate of the Padres' organization.
Detroit Lions rookie defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh has been fined $7,500 by the NFL for his roughing-the-passer penalty on Cleveland quarterback Jake Delhomme.
Brian Kelly set the rules early for his players: No earrings or ball caps, organize your lockers, keep your helmets on and pay attention to detail during practices that won't last more than 2½ hours.
Notre Dame quarterback Dayne Crist's wait is nearly over. The 6-foot-4, 235-pound junior will start his first college game at 3:30 p.m. Saturday against Purdue in Notre Dame Stadium.
Gary Emanuel has seen firsthand the efficiency and effectiveness of Brian Kelly's spread offense. Emanuel was defensive line coach at Rutgers for the last two seasons, and Kelly's Cincinnati team was on the schedule both seasons.
It isn't always the laser-like shot that zooms past the goalkeeper and into the net that wins a girls soccer match in dramatic fashion, even one between two ranked teams.
With as long as Allen County has waited for the new all-access online court system Odyssey, the name it shares with Homer #8217;s epic poem seems appropriate. Alas, come Tuesday, the journey will have been realized, as the system that will make the court thoroughly transparent will go live.
Signs of a smooth transition marked the first Auburn classic car auction since Auctions America by RM purchased the former Kruse International Auction Park earlier this summer. The annual Labor Day weekend event attracted more than 20,000 people.
Students in all four area public school districts are enjoying a day off school today after one, two or even nearly three weeks of classes this school year.
WASHINGTON #8212; Vowing to find new ways to stimulate the sputtering economy, President Obama will call for long-term investments in the nation #8217;s roads, railways and airports that would cost at least $50 billion, administration officials said.
HONG KONG #8212; The vaccine used to contain the recent swine flu pandemic was effective, but health authorities will need to ramp up the speed and volume of production during the next outbreak, a World Health Organization official said today.
LOS ANGELES #8212; For more than half a century, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Paul Conrad poked fun at politicians, taking on presidents from Harry S. Truman to George W. Bush.
WASHINGTON #8212; Seeking ways to spur economic growth ahead of the November elections, President Barack Obama will ask Congress to increase and permanently extend research and development tax credits for businesses, a White House official said Sunday.
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO #8212; Investigators looking into what went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece of evidence is secure aboard a ship.
Craigslist appears to have surrendered in a legal fight over erotic ads posted on its website, shutting down its adult services section Saturday and replacing it with a black bar that simply says "censored."
The Indiana State Police Criminal Investigation Division from the Fort Wayne Post arrested a 53-year-old Avilla man Friday on a preliminary charge of child molesting. Frederick W. Weese, 53, is accused of inappropriate sexual conduct with a then-8-year-old girl he is related to at a residence in Ligonier in 2002. On Aug.
Ex-convict Charles Lawrence was apparently retaliating against Quinton Lewis for battering his sister when the parolee allegedly opened fire on the 29-year-old man, killing him in April outside the woman's apartment, according to court documents.
It was supposed to be routine. But there turned out to be very little routine Friday about the Allen County Highway Department's request for more than $155,000 it said is needed to complete a $2 million bridge project that was supposedly ready last December.
Auctions America of RM President Donnie Gould said he is confident that attendance at the Auburn Fall Collector Car Auction this Labor Day weekend will meet if not exceed last year's figures.
Tom Hayhurst, the Democrat running to represent the 3rd District in the U.S. House, said Friday that if his opponent is so opposed to farm subsidies, he ought to return the nearly $1 million in subsidies he's received in the last 15 years.
